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Home Run Number Four

Thursday 26th June 2003

Road game (First Energy Stadium) against the Reading Phillies

(Hit off the Phillies right-handed pitcher, Willie Glen, in the second innings
and the full box score is at the bottom of this page)

From the Altoona Curve web site
(1) Overshadowed in the loss was the terrific performance by Phils' starter Will Glen.
Glen, making just his second start of the season, allowed only one hit and run - a 2nd inning solo homer by Roneberg - in six innings of of work.
(2) Trailing 4-2 entering the ninth and facing one of the Phillies' top relievers, left-hander Frank Brooks, the Curve scored twice on Jose Castillo's leadoff solo home run - his fourth of the season - and a Shaun Skrehot RBI double that plated Brett Roneberg with the tying run.

From the Reading Phillies web site
(1) Phillies starter Willie Glen left after six innings with a 4-1 lead.
He limited the Curve to one hit, a second-inning leadoff homer by Brett Roneberg.
(2) The Curve scored two runs in the ninth off Brooks, the Phillies' season-long most reliable arm in the pen.
Jose Castillo began the ninth with a leadoff homer to cut the lead to one.
Following a single by Roneberg and a costly passed ball by Edgar Cruz, Shaun Skrehot's one-out double tied it.

From the USA Today Minor League Baseball web site
Brett Roneberg was 2-for-4 with a solo homer and a pair of runs scored for Altoona, which has won 11 of its last 13.

From other web sites and newspapers
(1) Altoona's only hit and run off Reading starter Willie Glen came on Brett Roneberg's fourth home run in the second inning.

(2) Pirates farm report - 1B Brett Roneberg went 2 for 4 with a solo homer (No. 4).

A look at Brett's plate appearances
Playing first base - batting at #4
Had 5 plate appearances - 4 at bats - and a walk
#01 - RHP - led off the innings - AND BELTED A HOME RUN ON THE FIRST PITCH HE SAW!!! - home run, 1 x RBI and 1 x run scored!!!
#02 - RHP - bases empty/one down - ball/ball/foul/ball/ball - walk - but was out at second base on a ground ball force-out by the next Curve batter
#03 - RHP - led off the innings - drove the first pitch he saw to deep rightfield but caught just in front of the warning track - out "F9"
#04 - LHP - bases empty/none down - and on the first pitch he hit a line drive base hit into leftfield - single - went to second base on a wild pitch and scored on a double by a following Curve batter - and that was the tying run (4/4) in the top of the ninth innings!!!
#05 - RHP - bases empty/one down - called/ball, followed by a ground ball to second base - out "4-to-3"

Email from Brett
Hi there.
See on the picture where there is a building on the right of the photo.
It hit right at the bottom-left of that building.

......and the dimensions of First Energy Stadium
The outfield wall is nine feet high from the left field foul pole to the left field power alley.
The wall is 10 feet high the remaining stretch to the right field foul pole, except directly in front of the right field pool where it is five feet.
The dimensions are 330 feet down both foul lines, 370 feet to each power alley and 400 to dead center.