Friday night’s game between the Altoona Curve and the Binghamton Mets has been suspended due to rain with the Mets leading 1-0 in the bottom of the second

The game will resume on Saturday at 6.00pm, with two men on and two out for Binghamton

Following the completion of the suspended game, the Curve and Mets will play a shortened seven-inning game
Saturday will be the second double header between the Curve and Mets in eight days, with the Curve taking both games of a twin-bill last Friday

The Mets will head into Saturday’s makeshift doubleheader with a 1-0 lead courtesy of a Michel Abreu RBI single in the bottom of the first, that plated Bobby Malek and broke the scoreless tie

Altoona's starter Mike Connolly struggled early, allowing four hits and a walk in only 1-2/3 innings of work

The Curve will still be looking for their first hit, as their lone base runner of the game came courtesy of a Simon Pond walk in the second

Prior to the game, the Altoona Curve added OF Ray Sadler from Triple-A Indianapolis and 3B/OF Brant Ust was activated from the Disabled List
The two moves will fill the spots on the Curve roster vacated by RHP Josh Sharpless and OF Adam Boeve, who were promoted to Indianapolis following Wednesday’s game
Also, OF Chaz Lytle, who had been on the Curve’s Disabled List since May 1, was transferred to Lynchburg (A) on Wednesday and has been activated by the Hillcats

The Result
Mets - 4 runs to 3

The Curve - Year-to-Date
26 won and 15 lost

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

At the end of the Game
0 hit from 4 at-bats - 1 x strike out

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Ball - inside
Called strike - fast ball - down the inside
Ball - low
"That is driven in the air down the leftfield line and the fielder moves across and gets under it to make the catch"
Fly out to leftfield - F7
Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Called strike
"Roneberg bounces out to second base to end the innings"
Ground out - 4 to 3
Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - one down
Called strike
Ball - low
Ball - in the dirt
"Brett drives that pitch well and hard into deep centrefield ...... the fielder is going back ...... and makes the catch on the warning track!!! ...... and if the wind wasn't blowing in towards home plate like it is, Roneberg would have had another home run"
Fly out to centrefield - F8
Fourth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Called strike
Called strike - on the outside corner - "and Roneberg is not in agreement with the call and it did appear to be a bit outside the plate"
Swing and a miss
Strike out

Heard during the game

Email from Brett

Refer to Game #043 on Sunday 21st May 2007

Game Reports

For Mike Connolly, it was a chance to pitch close to home
For Bryan Edwards, it was a chance to get back on the mound
However brief it turned out to be
Connolly, an Oneonta native, started for the Altoona Curve in their Eastern League game against the Binghamton Mets on Friday night at NYSEG Stadium
Edwards made his first start since being put on the B-Mets' disabled list last month
But neither had much chance to show their stuff

The game was suspended in the second inning after rain left the field unplayable

It will be picked up starting at 6.00pm today with two runners on base, two outs in the second inning and the B-Mets leading, 1-0

Today's regularly scheduled game will follow and be limited to seven innings

Connolly, who is in his fourth season with the Curve, allowed a run on four hits and had two strikeouts
"I felt good out there" Connolly said
"They had a couple broken-bat singles, some bloops and a ground ball that just got in the hole, but I felt good"

Edwards, who hadn't pitched since April 26 because of a strained oblique muscle, retired all six batters he faced
"It felt good to get out there and get the adrenaline going" Edwards said
"I felt a little rusty at first, but I'm happy with how I pitched
All in all, it was a good day"

Connolly, who was Altoona's opening day starter, has fully recovered from the left elbow surgery that ended his 2004 season early and bothered him at times last season
He came into Friday's game 3-3 with a 4.99 ERA and 34 strikeouts and 21 walks in 39-2/3 innings

On Friday, Connolly looked strong at times
In the first inning, he struck out both Jorge Padilla and Jay Caligiuri with nice curveballs
But the B-Mets also came alive offensively off the left-hander
Bobby Malek led off the first with a single and later scored on Michel Abreu's soft single to center field
Yunir Garcia and Edwards hit back-to-back singles in the second inning before the rain became too heavy to continue

The game was delayed for nearly 90 minutes before it was officially suspended

Despite getting hit early, Connolly was happy with the way he pitched
"I can't be too upset" he said
"I wish I could have pitched later into the game"

Connolly said he planned on returning to Oneonta on Friday night to visit with friends and family before rejoining the team this afternoon
This is Altoona's only scheduled appearance at NYSEG Stadium this season

"I was looking forward to pitching this game" Connolly said
"It's always good to play close to home and have my friends and family here
It's a disappointment, but that's the nature of the game"

Edwards, who entered the game 1-2 with a 6.98 ERA, was on a strict 50-pitch count
He threw 21 pitches through two innings
"I just wanted to do what I could to help us" Edwards said
"It was good to feel the butterflies in my stomach before the game again"

Edwards walked Simon Pond on four pitches to lead off the second inning, but got out of the inning thanks to a 4-6-3 double play

"When he walked the first batter in the second inning, I sensed some of his rustiness" B-Mets manager Juan Samuel said
"But he came back and got out of that
We were hoping he could give us 3-4 innings"

Samuel said that Tim McNab will likely start the continuation of Friday's game
Mike Pelfrey will make his scheduled start in the second game

Gates will open at 5.30pm today for the resumption of the suspended game