Tuesday 25th April 2006
Blair County Ballpark - game against the Sea Dogs
Righthanded pitcher - Edgar Martinez
Acquired - signed as a non-drafted free agent,
July 2, 1998
2005 Season
“At the Yard” magazine honored Martinez as its Breakout
Player of the Year after the catcher-turnedpitcher posted a combined
1.89 ERA and 59 strikeouts in 52.1 innings over 43 appearances
with Single-A Wilmington and Double-A Portland
Opponents hit just .175 (32-for-183) with 3 home runs
Opened the year 1-1 with 7 saves and a 2.10 ERA (8 ER/34.1 IP)
in 25 outings at Wilmington
Had no record, one save and a 1.50 ERA (3 ER/18.0 IP) in 15 games
with Portland
Fourth at-bat of the game
Bases empty - one down
First pitch swinging
"That pitch is crushed to rightfield just to the left of
the 375 foot sign and over the eight foot high wall"
"Roneberg homers for his first hit of the 2006 season"
"That run ties up the ball game at four-all and forces the
game in to extra innings"
HOME RUN - 1 x RBI and
1 x R
#01 - And a familiar face to Curve fans, Brett Roneberg, who was making his first start for the Curve since the 2003 season, brought the Curve all the way back with a mammoth home run to right-center that knotted the score at 4-4 and sent the game into extra frames
#02 - Brett Roneberg, in his first game of the season after
battling back problems, then cracked a homer to right to even
it up at 4-4
“I felt pretty good” Roneberg, back with Altoona after
playing here in 2003, said
“I was hoping to get at least one hit today, and that was
a good one”
#03 - And Roneberg launched a solo-shot to tie the game
#04 - A tying solo shot to Roneberg
It was Roneberg's first start since being sidelined by back problems
in spring training
Exciting comeback win tonight,
and Brett made his debut back in Altoona a memorable one indeed
Tied the game with his first homer, and singled the winning run
to third in the 11th inning
Very big win!
The best part was, Brett and Rafael Alvarez were signing autographs
before the game, and as I am usually one of the first fans into
the ballpark, I was the first to greet him, and welcome him back
to the Curve
Took his picture and talked to him a little before more fans lined
up for autographs
He said his was anxious to get to playing ball, and that he thought
we had a great team for '06
When he said he was DHing tonight, I wished him well in his debut,
and boy, did he ever come through!!
I must have been physic, because I told him, since Travis Chapman
was on the shelf for awhile, we needed him for some pop in the
line-up
He didn't take long to provide some!!
Brett's off to a great start!!