The Result
Curve - 11 runs to 5

The Curve - Year-to-Date
18 won and 8 lost

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Playing - Leftfield
Batting - #3

At the end of the Game
5 hits from 6 at-bats - 5 x singles, 1 x run-batted-in, 3 x runs scored

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - one down
Ball - breaking ball - just a bit inside
Swing and a miss
Called strike - "that ball was at the knees and Roneberg checked his swing but it didn't matter because the umpire made the strike call"
"The runner is off on that pitch and Roneberg pokes it through the right side for a base hit ...... a hit-and-run play and the runner reaches third base and the Curve have runners at the corners"
Single to rightfield
Advanced to second base on a walk to the next hitter
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - one down
Called strike - change up - at the knees
Called strike
Call - "and Roneberg checked his swing ...... "Did he go?" ...... "No" says the third base umpire!!!"
Foul ball - breaking ball - tapper at the plate
"That's a liner back up the middle and just out of the pitcher's reach and it goes into centrefield for Roneberg's second hit of the night"
Single to centrefield
Advanced to second base on an error by the SeaWolves' second-baseman (should have been a double play, but both Brett and the hitter were safe!!!)
Scored on a hit
Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - one down
"And that first pitch is driven into centrefield and it gives back-to-back-to-back singles to Roneberg"
Single to centrefield
Advanced to second base on a walk
Advanced to third base on a throwing error by the SeaWolves' catcher - attempted pick off
Scored on an infield ground out to third base
Fourth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runners at first and second base - one down
"That ball is well hit into leftfield ...... and the runner is being send around third base ...... it's going to take a perfect throw to get him ...... and here comes the play at the plate ...... and they got him!!! ...... and that was a perfect strike thrown in by the SeaWolves' leftfielder"
Single to leftfield
The runner at first base moved to second base on the hit
Brett advanced to second base on a hit
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Fifth at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Runner at second base - two down
"That ball is driven down the line and comes off the first-baseman's glove ...... but the play is well backed up by the SeaWolves' second-baseman who stops the runner from scoring"
Infield ground out - safe at first - E3
Runner advanced to third base
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Sixth at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher - new pitcher
Runners on first and third base - one down
Called strike
Foul ball - back
Ball - breaking ball - missing away
Foul ball - back
"Roneberg hits that over the shortstop's head and into leftfield for his fifth hit of the night and another run comes in to score for the Curve"
Single to leftfield - 1 x RBI
The runner went to third base on the hit
Brett advanced to second base on an infield hit
Went to third base on a wild pitch
Scored on a sacrifice fly

Heard during the game

Email from Brett

It was a pretty good day!!
And a long game too!!
But it was worth it!!

Game Reports

The Altoona Curve took their third game in a row from the Erie SeaWolves on Wednesday night, by the score of 11-5

Altoona trailed on four separate occasions, and capped their final comeback with a seven-run ninth inning that propelled the Curve to victory

On night when the Curve collected a whopping seventeen hits, Brett Roneberg paced the Altoona offense, going 5-for-6 on the night with three runs scored

The SeaWolves struck first on Wednesday night, scoring a single run in the bottom of the first without collecting a hit
Erie manufactured the run with a walk, stolen base, error and ground out to take an early 1-0 lead

In the top of the third, the Curve's Rafael Alvarez continued his recent hot streak with an RBI double to left field that plated Simon Pond and knotted the score at 1-1

In the bottom of the frame, Erie would once again score a single run and take a 2-1 edge, but an inning later the Curve would respond and tie the game for the second time
Brett Roneberg started the fifth inning rally with a single, and after a walk and an error, Adam Boeve grounded out to chase him home and make the score 2-2

The sea-saw battle between the divisional rivals continued in the bottom of the inning, as Erie scored a run on a Tony Giarratano RBI triple that made the score 3-2 in favor of the SeaWolves

In the sixth, the Curve responded yet again, this time taking their first lead of the game courtesy of a sacrifice fly from Javier Guzman and an RBI single from Pond that put Altoona on top, 4-3

The lead was short-lived however, because in the bottom of the sixth Erie got a clutch two-out double from Vince Blue that drove in two and put Erie in front for the fourth time in the game

After matching zeroes in the seventh and eighth, the Curve bats came to life in the ninth
The first five batters in the inning reached base and when the frame was over eleven men came to bat, and Altoona had scored seven times to take a commanding 11-5 lead

Jonathan Albaladejo (1-0) pitched the final 3-1/3 innings of the game for Altoona and combined to hold the Erie offense, which featured the rehabbing major leaguer Dmitri Young, without a hit

The Curve will take on the SeaWolves in the final game of the four-game set on Thursday afternoon at 11.05am
Right-hander Matt Peterson (2-2, 3.58) will toe the rubber for Altoona and will be opposed by Erie righty Scott Mathieson (2-1, 3.62)

Altoona will then return home to open a three-game series against the Reading Phillies on Friday

Friday night will be the second stop on the Curve's Retro Celebrity Tour as Erik Estrada will be at Blair County Ballpark to help celebrate Cinco de Estrada

The SeaWolves took a 5-4 lead into the top of the ninth inning, but could not close the game as they fell in their fourth consecutive by a final score of 11-5

Erie took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning
Tony Giarratano walked to lead off and stole second
He reached third on an error and scored on a Brent Clevlen fielder’s choice

After Altoona tied the game in the top of the third, Erie came right back in the bottom half
Giarratano led off with a single and was brought in on a Brent Clevlen double, giving the SeaWolves a 2-1 advantage

The game would continue to go back and forth with the Curve once again tying the game in the top of the fifth

The ‘Wolves regained the lead in the bottom half when Vince Blue walked to lead off and was brought in on a Giarratano triple putting Erie up 3-2

Altoona grabbed their first lead of the game in the top of the sixth against Brian Rogers
Rogers, who hadn’t given up a run in 11.1 innings, surrendered two, allowing the Curve to go ahead 4-3
In the inning, Altoona sent seven batters to the plate, and five reached on hits
The highlight on the inning was when Garth McKinney threw out Octavio Martinez at home plate while attempting to score from second
At the time it kept the game at 4-4, but the Curve would take a 5-4 lead once the inning was complete

The SeaWolves jumped right back on top in the bottom of the sixth
Dmitri Young doubled off the wall in left to lead off the inning
After Danilo Sanchez walked with one out, Chris Maples struck out and McKinney walked to load the bases
Blue, who went 3-3 with a walk in the game, doubled to the left field gap, plating two runs, putting the SeaWolves up 5-4

The lead held until the top of the ninth inning
In the ninth, the SeaWolves gave up a seven-spot as Altoona sent eleven batters to the plate

Erie would never rebound, dropping the game by a final of 11-5

The Curve offense continues to do amazing things

Altoona exploded for seven runs in the ninth inning Wednesday night to rally for an 11-5 win over Erie at Jerry Uht Park
The Curve trailed 5-4 entering the ninth in what had been a see-saw game, only to bust loose and beat the SeaWolves for the third straight day

Altoona ripped seventeen hits, seven in the ninth inning, with Brett Roneberg leading the charge going 5-for-6 to tie the franchise record for hits in a game

The Curve have had balance throughout the order all season and did once again Wednesday, getting at least one hit from eight of the nine starters
They’ve done that two games in a row and seven times already in just 26 games

Altoona scored four runs through eight innings but came up empty on numerous occasions, stranding ten runners

The visitors led 4-3 after scoring twice in the sixth, but Erie answered with two runs in its half of the inning for a 5-4 edge

Adam Boeve started the Curve’s hit parade in the ninth with a bloop single
Rafael Alvarez walked, then Brandon Chaves tied the game with an RBI single
Brant Ust’s bloop single to center scored Alvarez with the go-ahead run
Altoona poured it on from there
Octavio Martinez singled in Chaves and, after Javier Guzman’s sacrifice bunt, Craig Stansberry singled in Ust
Roneberg’s fifth hit of the night plated Martinez for a 9-5 lead
Simon Pond moved into a tie for the Eastern League lead with 19 RBIs as he singled in Stansberry, and Boeve closed the scoring splurge with a sacrifice fly that plated Roneberg

Altoona did most of the damage off SeaWolves reliever Chris Homer (0-2), touching him up for four runs

Jonathan Albaladejo (1-1) picked up his first Double-A win with 2-1/3 innings of scoreless relief

Curve starter Mike Connolly allowed five runs - four earned - on seven hits over 5-2/3 innings

After an 11.05am start this morning to close out the series, the Curve will return home for a three-game series starting with Reading on Friday night
Game time is set for 6.35pm

Altoona (18-8) won at Erie, 11-5

LHP Mike Connolly (2-2, 6.11) allowed five runs, four earned, in 5-2/3 innings
RHP Jonathan Albaladejo (2.35) pitched 3-1/3 innings of scoreless relief

LF Brett Roneberg (.395) went 5 for 6 with three runs and an RBI

Just when you thought nothing worse could happen to the Erie SeaWolves, a ninth-inning implosion by the bullpen kept the last-place club mired in its losing ways
Altoona erased a 5-4 Erie lead by scoring seven runs on seven hits and a walk in the ninth inning to rally for an 11-5 victory Wednesday before an announced attendance of 1,646 at Jerry Uht Park

Until Erie closer Chris Homer gave up six runs and lefty Daniel Zell the last run in the disastrous ninth, the top storylines for the Wolves (9-17) were improved production from an offense that's been stagnant all season and the presence of Detroit Tigers' infielder/designated hitter Dmitri Young

Young joined the SeaWolves on Wednesday for the first game of a two-game rehabilitation assignment
Getting the start at first base and hitting cleanup, Young went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored
Young struck out once and had two of Erie's four errors
"Just seeing a few pitches is all I need to do, just see live pitching" Young said
"I wanted to come down here because the last time I rehabbed, it was at Triple-A (Toledo) and I don't really know Detroit's minor league system"

Young, 32, has been on the Tigers' disabled list since April 15 with a strained quadriceps muscle in his right leg
He will handle the SeaWolves' designated hitter role tomorrow in the final game of their four-game home series with Altoona, then depart for Minneapolis, where the Tigers begin a three-game series against the Twins on Friday

"I'm ready to get back" Young said
"I feel rusty, period - in the field and at the plate - but it's not going to take fifty at-bats for me to find my stroke"

Young looked rusty at first in pregame infield drills and bobbled routine grounders on each of his errors
In the third inning, Altoona designated hitter Rafael Alvarez hit a foul fly near the right field grandstand that dropped behind Young
On the next pitch, Alvarez lined a two-out, RBI double to the left field corner to tie the game at 1
Young handled four other grounders to first, including a diving stop of a sharply hit ball at the first base bag in the fifth to rob Altoona center fielder Brandon Chaves of an extra-base hit

"I played a little first base in the spring, but once the season began, no first base at all" Young said
"Then, I'm using a new glove
The quad was the one thing I was worried about, but it didn't stop me from going to the left, going to the right, running the bases
It didn't stop me from playing, so we'll see how it turns out tomorrow
I'll find out in the morning how I feel"

Young suffered his quadriceps injury on April 14 while running the base paths in Detroit's 5-1 home win over the Cleveland Indians
He hurt himself as he was slowing down and pulling into third base on a double by first baseman Chris Shelton
Young, in his fifth season with the Tigers and 16th in professional baseball, missed two weeks of spring training with a strained quadriceps muscle in his left leg
At the time of his injury, Young was hitting .219 (7-for-32) with no homers and three RBIs games in eight games with Detroit

Young would not answer questions regarding his younger brother, Delmon, a highly touted minor league prospect in the Tampa Bay Devils Rays organization who plays at Triple-A Durham
Delmon Young was suspended indefinitely last week by the International League for flipping his bat at an umpire's chest April 26 after he was ejected in a game at Pawtucket
Delmon Young was the No.1 overall pick in the 2003 draft and Baseball America's 2005 minor league player of the year

The SeaWolves dropped to 4-9 at home with Wednesday's loss, the club's fourth straight and have lost five of six games to Altoona (18-8) this season

Center fielder Vince Blue's two-out, two-run double in the fifth inning put the SeaWolves up 5-4

Erie relievers Brian Rogers and Bobby Jones held the lead with a combined three innings of relief

"This is kind of hard to think about, but it's like life - sometimes you have adversity and you have to fight through it" Blue said
"We're going through a tough time and that's just the way the game is sometimes"

Notes
Erie hosts Altoona tomorrow at 11.05am
Right-hander Humberto Sanchez (2-1, 1.50) will start for Erie tomorrow against Altoona right-hander Landon Jacobsen (4-1, 2.22)

The following game report was published on the

Brett Roneberg had five hits, including an RBI single in a seven-run ninth inning, as visiting Altoona rallied for an 11-5 victory over Erie on Wednesday

Roneberg had four singles in his first five at-bats for the Curve (18-8), who had seven of their 17 hits in the ninth en route to their third straight win

Trailing 5-4, Adam Boeve opened the ninth with a single off reliever Chris Homer
After a walk to Rafael Alvarez, Brandon Chaves singled to plate Boeve, and Alvarez scored on a base hit by Brant Ust to give the Curve a 6-5 lead
Octavio Martinez drove in Chaves with a single and, after Javier Guzman advanced the runners with a sacrifice bunt, pinch-hitter Craig Stansbury delivered a base hit to make it 8-5 and chase Homer
Roneberg continued the assault with a single off Danny Zell, and Simon Pond followed with a run-scoring base hit
Roneberg scored on a sacrifice fly by Boeve before Zell finally ended the inning

Altoona reliever Jonathan Albaladejo (1-1) picked up the win, allowing just one hit and one walk over 3-1/3 innings

Vincent Blue had three hits and two RBIs for Erie (9-16), which has lost four consecutive games and five of its last six

The Curve spoiled Dmitri Young's SeaWolves debut
Young, who is rehabbing a quadricep injury, went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored