The Result
Curve - 5 runs to 3

The Curve - Year-to-Date
45 won and 30 lost

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Playing - Designated hitter
Batting - #4

At the end of the Game
1 hit from 4 at-bats - single, 1 x run scored, 1 x walk, 1 x strike out

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runners at second and third base - one down
Ball - high
Ball - high
Ball - "and that was a pitch out and it was an perfect throw by the Aeros' catcher to third base but the runner was able to dive back safely"
Called strike
Ball - outside
Walk
Scored on a hit
Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Foul ball
"That pitch is hit weakly out towards second base and the fielder gathers it up and throws to first base for the first out of the innings"
Ground out to second base - 4 to 3
Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
"Roneberg grounds that ball to second base and is thrown out for the first out of the innings"
Ground out to second base - 4 to 3
Fourth at-bat
(did not listen)
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Called strike three
Strike out
Fifth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - one down
Ball - outside
Ball - downstairs
Ball - upstairs
"Roneberg breaks his bat on that swing, but he got enough on it to flare it out into left-centrefield for a base hit"
Single to centrefield
Runner advanced to second base
Left stranded at the end of the innings

Heard during the game

(#01) During the top of the first innings, the Curve's number two hitter, Craig Stansberry, singled and reached first base - the commentator said - "Stansberry has eight stolen bases this year and has been caught three times ...... both he and Brett Roneberg, who has two steals and been caught once, are excellant base runners ...... neither of them are the fastest on the bases, but they use the angles well and could be classed as 'text-book' base runners"

(#02) As Brett came in for his first at-bat, the commentator said - "Brett Roneberg steps in now and he is currently seventh in the Eastern League with a batting average of .302 ...... and he is also tied for fourth position with fourty-two runs scored for the season"

(#03) During the fourth innings the commentator mentioned - "The Eastern League All Star Team rosters are announced on Thursday and the Curve have a chance for six players to be selected ...... as far as position players go, you would have to think that Buttler, Roneberg and Pond have a chance to represent the Curve at Blair County Ballpark on Wednesday 12th July"

Email from Brett

Game Reports

The Altoona Curve defeated the Akron Aeros on Monday night at Canal Park 5-3 behind another strong outing by starter Shane Youman

The Curve wasted little time in getting on the scoreboard, plating three runs in their first at-bat

Altoona finished its seven-game road trip 4-3

The Curve would add two more runs in the fifth inning and hang on for the victory, after a couple late scores by Akron

Youman allowed one run on a solo homerun by Ryan Goleski on six hits in six innings for his fifth win of the year

Eight of the nine batters in the Curve lineup recorded at least one hit, with four players collecting multi-hit games

Akron starter Adam Miller was pounded for five runs on ten hits in five innings pitched and was tagged with his fifth loss of the season

Altoona loaded the bases with one out in the first inning and Ray Sadler belted a bases clearing three-run double to give the Curve an early advantage

Jorge Vasquez came on in relief in the eighth inning and struck out the final two batters of the frame with the potential tying run at first base
The right-hander picked up his fifth save of the year after allowing just one hit in 1-2/3 innings

The Curve return home for a seven-game series beginning on Tuesday against the Bowie Baysox at 7.05pm
Landon Jacobsen will start for the Curve against a yet-to-be-named pitcher for the Baysox

A spectacular fireworks show follows the game and the Curve will celebrate Hometowns of Cresson Night

The Curve don’t plan to sit back and watch Akron run away with the Southern Division
The Aeros had inched close to that “we own them” status with five straight victories over Altoona, and they made it six in a row by capturing the opener of a three-game series Saturday night

The past two days, though, the Curve proved they can hang in there with the Aeros in the battle for Southern supremacy
Altoona won Sunday and captured the series rubber game, 5-3, Monday night at Canal Park to pull within three games of first-place Akron

With the Aeros set for a four-game visit to Blair County Ballpark starting Friday, the Curve have a golden opportunity this week to draw closer and perhaps even regain the top spot in the division
Standing between now and then is a three-game home series against Bowie, which is 0-4 against Altoona this season

Ray Sadler got the Curve off to a fast start Monday night with a three-run double in the first inning

Shane Youman then worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the first to propel the visitors to the key road win

Youman (5-2) continued an amazing run of success by Curve starting pitchers, giving up one run over six innings
The lefty allowed six hits, struck out one and walked one while dropping his ERA to 1.63

Curve starters have compiled a 1.76 ERA over the past twelve games, giving up only thirteen earned runs in 66-1/3 innings
Altoona is 8-4 in those contests

The only game the Curve lost to Akron in the series was a ten-inning, 1-0 defeat Saturday night
In three games, Altoona held the Eastern League’s top-hitting club to only four runs

The Curve led 5-0 after five innings Monday against Akron starter Adam Miller (7-5), with Rafael Alvarez’s RBI single highlighting a two-run fifth

The Aeros scored a pair of runs off Curve reliever Chris Hernandez, but Jorge Vasquez recorded the final five outs for his fifth save

Ray Sadler's first-inning three-run double sparked Altoona to a 5-3 victory over Akron on Monday
Sadler ripped a two-out line drive into center field to give the Curve (45-30) an early 3-0 lead

Altoona tacked on two runs in the fifth, including Rafael Alvarez's RBI single to right

Alvarez went 3-for-4 with an RBI and David Parrish added two hits and also drove in a run for the Curve

Shane Youman (5-2) won his fifth straight decision, yielding one run on six hits and a walk while striking out one in six innings

Jorge Vasquez struck out two in 1-2/3 one-hit frames to pick up his fifth save

Ryan Goleski went 3-for-3 with a homer and a walk and Brad Snyder and Ryan Mulhearn added RBI singles for Akron (48-27)

Starter Adam Miller (7-5) suffered the loss as he gave up five runs on ten hits and three walks through five innings

Ryan Goleski was 3-for-3, including a solo home run in the sixth inning, but it wasn't enough to shake the Aeros out of the offensive slump in which they've scored just four runs in their last twenty-eight innings

With their 5-3 loss to Altoona, the team's lead in the Southern Division is down to three games - prompting a closed-door meeting after the loss