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Game #034 - Friday 12th May - v Binghamton Mets

Double Header - Game One

Curve and Binghamton postponed Thursday night at Blair County Ballpark
Thursday's scheduled game between the Altoona Curve and Binghamton Mets
was postponed due to rain and will made up as part of a doubleheader
Friday evening at 5.35pm at Blair County Ballpark
Per Minor League Baseball rules, the Curve and Mets
will play a pair of seven-inning contests as part of Friday's doubleheader
Ballpark gates will open at 5.00pm
For Friday's twinbill at Blair County Ballpark,
the Curve will send left-hander Josh Shortslef (4-0, 2.91) to the mound for game one,
while righty Jason Roach will pitch the nightcap
Binghamton will counter with right-handers Alay Soler (1-0, 1.35)
and Miguel Pinango (0-2, 4.68)

The Result
Curve - 7 runs to 6
Ten innings

The Curve - Year-to-Date
21 won and 13 lost

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

At the end of the Game
1 hit from 5 at-bats - single, 1 x run-batted-in, 1 x run scored, 1 x stolen base

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at third base - one down
Ball - high
Foul ball - back to the screen
Ball - slider - low and inside
"That's a ground ball on the left side of the diamond and the fielder charges in and makes the play at home ...... and the runner is safe!!!"
Safe at first base on a fielder's choice - 1 x RBI
Advanced to second base -
by a stolen base!!! (see note below in the "Heard during the Game" section)
Advanced to third base on a hit
Scored on another hit

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This game was broadcast on Live Video
However, the quality wasn't very good - the required bandwidth is 300k and we have 220.6k!!!
But we did snap these two shots of Brett during his second at-bat

Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at second base - none down
Foul ball - near the first base dugout
Ball
Called strike - breaking ball
Foul ball - down the leftfield line
Ball - up and away
Ground ball towards second base
Ground out - 4 to 3
Runner advanced to third base
Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
"And that ball is hit down the line and the first-baseman picks it up and takes it to the base himself for the out"
Ground out - PO3
Fourth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Bottom of the seventh inning!!!
Scores tied!!!
Two down!!!
The winning run is standing on third base!!!

Called strike
Foul ball - down the left side
Ball - high - "a 90mph+ fastball"
Foul ball
Ball - inside
"That is hit into leftfield and it may drop safely!!! ...... but the fielder is coming in ...... and he makes the catch and sends this game into extra innings!!!"
Fly out to leftfield - F7
Fifth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - one down
And again this runner was the potential game winning run!!!
Ball
Ball - inside
"That pitch is hit sharply into rightfield and the potential winning run is now at third base"
Single to rightfield
Brett was left on base at the end of the innings - but it didn't matter because the runner at third base scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly by the next Curve hitter!!!

Heard during the game

(#01) As Brett came in for his first at-bat, the commentator said - "And now in steps the power hitting Brett Roneberg"

(#02) Brett was at standing at first base after reaching on a fielder's choice in his first at-bat - the commentating was saying - "Roneberg is at first and he hasn't attempted a stolen base as yet this season" - and just as he finished saying this, Brett took off!!! - the pitch was a strike and Brett reached second base safely!!! - his first stolen base of Season 2006!!!

Email from Brett

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