The Result
Curve - 3 runs
to 2
The Curve - Year-to-Date
19 won and 11 lost
Brett's Position and
the Batting Order
Playing - Leftfield
Batting - #3
At the end of the Game
2 hits from 3 at-bats
- 2 x singles, 1 x run-batted-in, 1 x run scored, 1 x walk
Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - one down
Called strike - fast ball - on the outside corner
Ball - fast ball - low and away
Foul ball - on the third base side
Runner picked off!!! - but a balk called by the plate umpire -
lots of controversy, but runner is now at second base!!!
Ball - down and away - and this was a wild pitch/passed ball and
the runner advanced to third base
"And there is a routine two-hopper to shortstop - but he
dropped it!!! - and that's another error made by the Phillies!!!
- Roneberg is at first base and he gets credited with the run-batted-in"
Ground out, but safe at
first base via error -
1 x RBI
Out at second base on a fielder's choice hit by the next Curve
batter
Second at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Bases empty - one down
Swing and a miss - curve ball
Ball - fast ball - low
Ball - fast ball - just off the outside corner
Ball - fast ball - low and away
Called strike - fast ball
Ball - fast ball - "and that must have just missed according
to the umpire and the pitcher is not at all happy with the call"
Walk
Advanced to third base on a hit
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Third at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - none down
"That's a line drive base hit into leftfield and Roneberg
now has a twelve game hitting streak and that is the longest current
streak in the Eastern League"
Single to leftfield
Runner advanced to second base
Brett scored on a hit by the following batter
Fourth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
"And Roneberg is continuing his hitting as he drives that
first pitch into centrefield for another base hit"
Single to centrefield
Advanced to second base on an infield ground out
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Heard during the game
(#01) The Reading Phillies were batting during the top of the third inning - the bases were empty and it was two down - the next batter (John Castellano) steps in and hits and the commentator said - "That is well driven high into leftfield and Brett Roneberg is on the run and is going back and tracking it ...... and he makes a great running catch right at the wall!!!"
--to see a photo of the catch!!!Email from Brett
Game Reports
The Altoona Curve (19-11) snapped a season
high three-game losing skid on Sunday evening, with a 3-2 victory
over the Reading Phillies (13-15)
Jason Roach (3-2) got the win for the Curve, allowing only one
run on four hits over his six innings of work
Altoona's Brett Roneberg
continued his hot hitting, going 2-for-3 with an RBI to push his
hitting streak to 12-games
For the third time in the three-game series, it was the team that
scored first that ended up on the losing end
On Friday and Saturday it was the Phillies who overcame the early
deficit, and on Sunday it was the Curve’s turn to come back
Reading started the scoring with a John Castellano solo-home run
in the top of the first, but the lead was short lived as the Curve
bounced back in the bottom of the frame
Craig Stansberry walked
to start the rally, and after a balk and a passed ball moved him
to third, he came around to score on a Brett Roneberg ground out,
that knotted the score at 1-1
After matching zeros over the next three innings, the Curve jumped
in front for good in the fifth
Once again it was Stansberry
and Roneberg at the heart of the rally with a walk and single
to start the frame, and both runners came around to score on a
booming double off the bat of Simon Pond that gave Altoona the
3-1 advantage
The Reading Phillies tried to mount a comeback, scoring once in
the eighth, but reliever Josh Sharpless got the final four outs
to close out the Curve’s 3-2 victory and pick up his seventh
save of the 2006 season
The Curve will head to Harrisburg for a three game series with
the Senators beginning Monday at 6.05pm
Southpaw Mike Connolly (2-2, 6.11) will make the start for Altoona
and will be opposed by righty Shawn Hil l(2-2, 3.34)
The Curve will return to Blair County Ballpark on Thursday to
take on the Binghamton Mets, in the first game of a seven game
home stand
Simon Pond's two-run double in the fifth inning
led the Altoona Curve to a 3-2 Eastern League win over the Reading
Phillies Sunday afternoon at Blair County Ballpark
The Curve (19-11) avoided a three-game sweep and snapped a three-game
losing streak
The Phillies (13-15) had their three-game winning streak halted
Reading failed in its bid to reach the .500 mark for the first
time this season
John Castellano gave the Phillies a 1-0 lead in the first with
his second homer of the season
He knocked in the other Reading run with an eighth-inning single
Castellano was 3-for-4 and has hit safely in all seven games he
has played with Reading
In the fifth, Craig Stansberry walked to start the inning and Brett Roneberg singled to extend
his hitting streak to 12 games
Pond then delivered a two-run double to center off Gio Gonzalez
(1-2) to put the Curve in the lead
Jason Roach (3-2) allowed one run in six innings to pick up the
victory
Josh Sharpless recorded the last four outs for his seventh save
Reading's Carlos Leon was 0-for-4 to end a 10-game hitting streak
The Altoona Curve halted their season-high
three-game losing streak Sunday with a 3-2 win over the Reading
Phillies
Jason Roach (3-2) held the Phillies to one run on four hits over
six innings for the win, and
Brett Roneberg went 2-for-3 to extend his hitting streak to 12
games
Altoona (19-11) fell to an early 1-0 deficit when Reading's John
Castellano hit a solo home run in the top of the first, but the Curve evened the score when
Craig Stansberry scored on a groundout by Roneberg
The Curve took a 3-1 lead in the fifth when Simon Pond plated
Stansberry and Roneberg with a two-run double
Reliever Josh Sharpless retired the final four Phillies for his
seventh save of the season
Jason Roach pitched six solid innings to lead
Altoona past visiting Reading, 3-2, on Sunday
Roach (3-2) allowed one run on four hits, walked two and struck
out one to lower his ERA to 1.57
The right-hander has yielded just six earned runs over 34-1/3
innings in six starts
Josh Sharpless got the final four outs for his seventh save as
Altoona ended a season-high three-game losing streak
Brett Roneberg remained
hot at the plate for the Curve, going 2-for-3 with a walk and
an RBI to extend his hitting streak to 12 games
He raised his average to .407
Simon Pond went 2-for-4 with two RBIs for Altoona
John Castellano carried the load for Reading, going 3-for-4 with
a homer and two RBIs
He is batting .500 in seven games with the Phillies
Gio Gonzalez (1-2) took the loss, allowing three runs - two earned
- on four hits and four walks with four strikeouts in five innings
Reading had a three-game winning streak snapped