The Result
Curve - 1 run to 0

The Curve - Year-to-Date
56 won and 40 lost

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Playing - Leftfield
Batting - #3
----------After eight innings, the Curve were leading one run to nil
----------Brett led off the top of the ninth innings and picked a walk
----------He was then replaced by a pinch runner

At the end of the Game
1 hit from 3 at-bats - double, 1 x walk, 1 x strike out

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Ball
Ball - fast ball - outside
Called strike
Foul ball
"Brett is all over that pitch and drives it into the gap at right-centrefield ...... the fielder is coming around to cut it off but not before Roneberg cruises into second base with a two out double"
Double to right-centrefield
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Second at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Count was '3balls-1strike' - not broadcasted due to radio problems
Called strike
"Here comes the 3-2 pitch and Roneberg swings and misses at a change up for the first out of the innings"
Strike out
Third at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Called strike - on the outside corner
Ball - breaking ball - low
"That ball is lifted into leftfield and it should be an easy play for the Baysox fielder ...... and he makes the catch and the innings is over"
Fly out to leftfield - F7
Fourth at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Ball
Ball - inside
Ball
Called strike
Ball - outside
Walk
Replaced by a pinch runner

Heard during the game

Email from Brett

Game Reports

One swing of the bat from Brandon Chaves provided all the offense the Curve would need on Thursday night, as Altoona defeated the Bowie Baysox at Prince George Stadium, 1-0

Shane Youman lowered his league-leading ERA to 1.43 with seven shutout innings and a career-high nine strikeouts

Chaves lifted a home run to left field with one out in the second inning to score the only run of the game and provide the winning margin for the Curve

Youman (7-2), who has now won his last six decisions, pitched brilliantly for Altoona, fanning nine batters and allowing just four hits and no runs in seven full innings pitched
The All-Star left-hander has now surrendered just five earned runs in his last seven starts

Brandon Knight struck out two of the three batters he faced in the ninth inning to pick up his nineteenth save of the year

Bowie starter Eric Dubose lost his first decision of the season, allowing just one run on four hits and striking out six in seven innings

The Curve threatened to add to their lead in both the fifth and seventh innings, placing runners at second and third base, but were unable to pad their lead

The slim one-run victory marked the ninth shutout win of the season for Altoona

The Baysox and Curve continue their series on Friday night at 7.05pm
Landon Jacobsen (9-7, 3.21) will start for Altoona against Bowie’s Radhames Liz (1-0, 0.00)

Shane Youman hurled seven dominant innings and Brandon Chaves homered as Altoona squeezed past Bowie, 1-0, on Thursday night at Prince George's Stadium

Youman (7-2) scattered four hits while walking two and striking out a season-high nine
The 26-year-old left-hander lowered his ERA to 1.43 and won his seventh straight decision

Jorge Vasquez tossed a hitless eighth, and Brandon Knight worked a perfect ninth to earn his nineteenth save

After Simon Pond led off the top of the second with a groundout, Chaves produced the game's lone run with a blast to left field

Brett Roneberg's first-inning double was the only other extra-base hit for the Curve (56-40)

The teams combined for eight hits and went 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position

Eric DuBose (4-1) suffered the hard-luck loss, giving up a run on four hits and two walks while fanning six over seven innings
His ERA dipped to 1.79 in eleven appearances with the Baysox

Noah Hall went 2-for-4 with a stolen base for Bowie (42-52)

Altoona's Brandon Chaves hit a solo home run in the second inning and Shane Youman struck out nine Baysox batters as the Curve stole game one 1-0 in front of 5,143 fans Thursday evening

Youman, who has the Eastern League's best 1.43 ERA took the hill against LHP Eric DuBose, who is second among EL current starters with a 1.79 ERA in a classic pitchers' duel
The two southpaws combined for fifteen strikeouts and just four walks as both hurlers went seven complete

After Chaves' solo shot in the second, the Baysox had runners at third base in both the fifth and the seventh but Youman held his ground and ended both threats unscathed

Brandon Knight retired three straight Baysox in the bottom of the ninth to pick up his nineteenth save of the season

Only one of the two starting pitchers Thursday night could boast of having fifty-two games of major league experience under his belt, but it was hard to tell which one

Shane Youman outdueled his Bowie counterpart, former big leaguer Eric Dubose, to lead the Curve to a 1-0 victory at Prince George’s Stadium

Youman established a new career high with nine strikeouts over seven dominant innings and combined with two relievers on a four-hitter
The lefty’s strikeout total represented the highest any Altoona pitcher has accumulated this season
Youman (7-2) also lowered his league-leading ERA to a miniscule 1.43

A scout who recently visited Blair County Ballpark attributed Youman’s success this season to his ability to get opposing hitters to swing and miss at his slider and changeup, something he failed to do consistently last year
Youman showed that ability early on in Thursday’s game, registering all his strikeouts in the first four innings
He didn’t allow a ball out of the infield until the sixth inning and surrendered just four hits - two of them infield singles - and two walks

Brandon Chaves homered with one out in the second inning to give Youman all the run support he would need

DuBose (4-1) suffered his first loss of the season, despite pitching seven solid innings
DuBose allowed just one run on four hits and two walks, while striking out six

Brandon Knight picked up his nineteenth save with a perfect ninth inning for the Curve

The only threat the Baysox mounted against Youman came in the fifth inning
Youman issued a leadoff walk and fielded the ensuing bunt cleanly, only to hurl the ball high over the head of infielder Javier Guzman, who was covering second base
That left runners on second and third with no outs, but Youman induced harmless groundouts from the next three batters to wiggle out of trouble