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Defenders and Curve postponed The Connecticut Defenders and Altoona
Curve 7.05pm game for Friday July 28 |
| Note #01 | Make sure your speakers are on |
| Note #02 |
This audio link is to an external site (MiLB) I am not sure how long this archived file will be available |
| Note #03 | There is four minutes of music before the game broadcast begins |
| Note #04 |
Have some time to spare!!! The game goes for approx three-and-a-half hours |
| Note #05 |
Brett's Grand Slam is during the top of the third inning, and his bases loaded two run single is during the top of the seventh innings |
The Result
Curve - 6 runs
to 1
The Curve - Year-to-Date
61 won and 43 lost
Brett's Position and
the Batting Order
Playing - Rightfield
Batting - #4
At the end of the Game
2 hits from 4 at-bats
- GRAND SLAM, single, 6 x runs-batted-in, 1 x run scored, 1 x strike out
Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - two down
Called strike - on the outside corner
Foul ball - down the first base line
Ball - outside - "and the runner is off on that pitch!!!
...... and he's into second base safely!!! ...... and the Curve
now have a runner in scoring position with two down"
Ball - inside
Ball - low
"Roneberg hits that back up the middle and it's knocked down
by the pitcher and then picked up by the Defenders' shortstop
who throws on to first base for the final out of the innings"
Ground out to the pitcher/shortstop
- 1 to 6 to 3
Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
- James Garcia
Top of the third
innings!!!
No score in the game!!!
The bases are loaded!!!
One down!!!
Foul ball - "and Brett likes to swing at the first pitch"
"Brett swings at
that pitch and hits it a long way"
"The Defenders' rightfielder is going back ...... back ......
back, and he's looking up"
"And that ball is out of here!!!"
"A GRAND SLAM to Brett Roneberg!!!"
"And they are all coming home!!!"
"He turned on that pitch and drove it well over the rightfield
wall!!!"
"Roneberg is certainly a clutch hitter"
"He is batting over 0.360 with runners in scoring position"
"Brett picks up his eighth home run of the year"
"That is Brett's second GRAND SLAM this year!!!"
"He now has driven in fifty-three runs for the year"
"The Curve now have a four to nil lead in this game"
HOME RUN - GRAND SLAM!!! - 4 x RBI - 1 x R---(click
here for all the details)
Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Called strike
Called strike
"Roneberg swings and misses at that pitch and strikes out
for the first out of the innings"
Strike out
Fourth at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Top of the seventh
innings!!!
The Curve are leading four runs to one!!!
The bases are loaded!!!
Two down!!!
Ball - low
Called strike - on the outside corner
Swing and a miss
Ball - inside at the belt
Ball - low
"The bases are
loaded and it's two down!!! ...... the runners will be going!!!
...... and here comes the full count pitch!!! ...... and Roneberg
drives it on the rightside!!! ...... the Defenders' first-baseman
makes a valiant diving effort but the ball skips off his glove
and is picked up by the second-baseman ...... the runner from
third base is in to score and the runner from second base is rounding
third base and he is in to score!!! - and the runner from first
base is now at second base on the play ...... Brett has the infield
single with another two runs-driven-in!!! ...... and that gives
him six RBI's for the game and he has now driven in fifty-five
runs for the year!!! ...... the Curve are now leading six runs
to one and Brett has driven in all of the Curve's runs here tonight!!!"
Infield single to second base - 2 x RBI
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Heard during the game
Email from Brett
Game Reports
Brett Roneberg belted a
third-inning grand slam and accounted for all six Curve runs in
a 6-1 win over the Connecticut Defenders Saturday night at Dodd
Stadium
Roneberg's six RBI night marked just the tenth time in Altoona's
eight-year history that player has tallied six or more runs in
a single-game
Teammate Vic Buttler also counted a six-RBI game earlier this
season on May 17th against Reading
The 27-year old Australian
touched up Connecticut starter James Garcia (2-5) for his grand
slam, giving the Curve a comfortable 4-0 advantage, which would
not be threatened
The grand slam was Roneberg's second of the season
He also went deep with the bases loaded on May 12th v Binghamton
Roneberg capped his huge night with a two-run single in the top
of the seventh to give Altoona's lead plenty of padding at 6-1
Wardell Starling (3-2) allowed just one run in six innings to
pick up the win for Altoona
The right-hander walked one batter and struck out four
He surrendered his lone run in the bottom of the sixth inning,
after the Curve had already built a healthy four-run lead
Relievers Blaine Neal, Jorge Vasquez and Ron Chiavacci each worked
a scoreless inning to help the Curve pitching staff hold an opponent
to two runs or fewer for the eighth time in nine games
Leadoff man Nyjer Morgan recorded his second straight three hit
game and scored a pair of runs in the victory
The victory improved the Curve (61-43) to eighteen games above
the .500 mark, matching a season high
Connecticut (47-60) lost for the twelfth time in thirteen games
The two clubs will play the deciding game of their rain-shortened
three-game series Sunday afternoon at 2.05pm
Altoona will send righty Jason Roach (6-2, 2.34) to the mound
against fellow right-hander Chris Begg (8-10, 3.92)
The Connecticut Defenders
could not ride their momentum to another victory, and took a 6-1
loss at the hands of the Altoona Curve
Brett Roneberg knocked in all six runs for Altoona in the winning
effort
The game was scoreless entering the third inning when James Garcia
made a fielding error with one out and two runners on base
An inning ending double play would have likely been the result
had the play been made cleanly, but instead Garcia was left with
one out and the bases loaded
The next batter, clean-up hitter Brett Roneberg took Garcia deep
for a grand slam, giving Altoona a 4-0 lead
In the bottom of the the fifth, the Defenders had a threat, loading
the bases with two outs, but Dan Ortmeier struck out looking to
end the threat
The 'Brians' finally produced a run for the Defenders in the bottom
of the sixth with a Brian Buscher lead off double followed by
a Brian Horwitz RBI single making the score 4-1
The Curve would put
the game out of reach in the top of the seventh thanks to Roneberg
again
With two outs and the bases loaded, Roneberg had a two run infield
single to make the score 6-1, which would be the final
The Defenders will try to take the series victory on Sunday afternoon
behind right hand ground ball specialist Chris Begg (8-10)
The Curve will send right hander Jason Roach (6-2) to the hill
to face the Defenders
The first pitch is scheduled for 2.05pm
Brett Roneberg belted a
grand slam and drove in a season-high six RBI's to lead visiting
Altoona over Connecticut, 6-1, on Saturday
Roneberg, whose eighth homer gave the Curve a 4-0 lead in the
third inning, added a two-run single in the seventh
The 27-year-old right-fielder is 15-for-35 with thirteen RBI's
over his last ten games, raising his average from .276 to .293
The performance marked the tenth time in Altoona's eight-year
history that a player has collected six or more RBI's in a game
Most recently, Vic Buttler knocked in six runs against Reading
on May 17, 2006
Nyjer Morgan added three hits and two runs scored for the Curve
(61-43), who have won four of their last five
Altoona starter Wardell Starling (3-2) worked six strong innings,
giving up one run on six hits and a walk while striking out four
Connecticut's James Garcia (2-5) allowed four runs - three earned
- on four hits and a walk while fanning six over five innings
Brian Horwitz smacked an RBI single in the sixth for the Defenders
(47-60), who have lost twelve of their last thirteen games
Altoona (Double-A, 61-43) won, 6-1, at Connecticut
(Giants)
Right fielder Brett
Roneberg accounted for all his team's runs, going 2 for 4 with
a grand slam in the third inning
Wardell Starling (3-2) picked up the win, giving up one run and
six hits in six innings
Relief pitchers Blaine Neal, Jorge Vasquez and Ron Chiavaccin
worked the final three innings, allowing no runs
The Connecticut Defenders
have scored five runs in their last six games
Brett Roneberg drove in more than that on Saturday night alone
The Altoona right fielder came in hitting .419 in his last nine
games and continued that torrid pace with a pair of hits and all
six RBI in a 6-1 victory for the Curve at Dodd Stadium
Roneberg did have some help, especially at the top of the lineup, as the Defenders continued to have more than their
share of troubles against opposing teams' leadoff hitters in their
five-game homestand thus far
Todd Donovan of the Bowie Baysox had nine hits in a three-game
set v the Defenders to start the week, and the Curve's Nyjer Morgan
picked up where the Bowie outfielder left off
Morgan had two singles and a triple in Thursday night's opener
and followed that up with another three for five night on Saturday
"You have to keep the leadoff hitter off base
If you don't, they're going to kill you" Connecticut manager
Dave Machemer said
"They're going to score runs like they did"
Morgan helped set up
Roneberg in the third inning as he lofted a one-out single into
short left field
Brian Bixler slapped one hard toward the second base bag that
Connecticut second baseman Derin McMains made a great diving stop
on, but could not get up and make a play
The Curve then loaded the bases when a comebacker to pitcher James
Garcia (2-5) found its way under his glove
That brought up Roneberg, who drilled a shot over the wall in
right for a grand slam
"It was a slider, middle in, and I had seen three of them
in my first at bat" Roneberg said "so I just reacted
to that one and it was in a good hitting spot"
It was the second grand slam of the season for the former Red
Sox farmhand, who had Altoona's first slam of the season on May
12th v Binghamton
"He's a veteran guy who can hurt you," Machemer said
about the Altoona outfielder
"He can probably hit at a lot higher level than this because
he sure hits here
I've seen the kid for three years - I know he can hit"
Winning pitcher Wardell Starling (3-2) helped his own cause in
the seventh as he slipped a double over Brian Horwitz's head in
right field
Morgan looked as if he would be the second out of the inning,
but his pop behind third base fell in between three Defenders
for a base hit
Bixler walked to load
the bases and, one out later, Roneberg slapped one into short
right field that McMains could not make a play on and two more
runs scored
"I was pretty happy looking at the scoreboard tonight and
knowing that I drove them all in" Roneberg said
"It's nice to have a night like that"
The Defenders did push a run across in the sixth on a double by
Brian Buscher and a single from Brian Horwitz
Connecticut did outhit Altoona 9-8, with Horwitz and Quincy Foster
each getting a pair
The problem was they left nine runners on base, six in scoring
position
"We hit, but we didn't have the big hit, and that's been
a problem all season" Machemer said
Grand slams have a tendency to deflate opposing
teams, and when that opposing team has scored just five runs in
their last four games, the deflation becomes much more apparent
Brett Roneberg hit a grand
slam to right field in the third inning, helping the Altoona Curve
to a 6-1 win over the Connecticut Defenders before 3,140 fans
at Dodd Stadium on Saturday night
Roneberg, who won an Olympic Silver Medal as a member of the Australian
national team in 2004, added a two-run single in the seventh and
drove in every Altoona run
“I was pretty happy with looking at the scoreboard tonight
and knowing that I drove them all in” Roneberg said
“It's nice to have a night like that”
Roneberg hit a slider that got too much of the plate for the grand
slam
After seeing a few sliders in his first at-bat, Roneberg was sitting
on the pitch
“I saw three of them, and I just reacted to that one”
Roneberg said
The loss is the twelfth in the last thirteen games for Connecticut,
which snapped an eleven game losing streak with a 2-1 win over
the Curve on Thursday
The Defenders remain in last place in the Eastern League in runs
scored, a full 100 runs behind Erie, the team closest to them
in the category
“Grand slams take the wind out of your sails a little
early in the game
You don't want to see that” Connecticut manager Dave Machemer
said
“But, we seemed to have some life in the dugout still
We just didn't have the big hit, and that's been the problem,
the big hit”
Making his eighth start of the season for Altoona, Wardell Starling
went six innings for his third Double-A win
Starling, who held Carolina League batters to a .202 batting average
before being promoted from Single-A Lynchburg on June 19, gave
up one run on six hits with three strikeouts
The Pittsburgh Pirates' fourth-round draft selection in 2002,
he also doubled and scored a run
Connecticut scored its only run in the sixth when Brian Buscher
hit a leadoff double and Brian Horwitz drove him in with a single
The Curve entered the game in second place in the Southern Division,
and with the second-best record in the entire league, just 3-1/2
games behind first-place Akron
The well-balanced Curve lead the league in team ERA and are second
in team batting average
Connecticut continued to allow the leadoff batter to reach base,
as Nyjer Morgan had three hits, scored twice and stole a base
During a three-game set with Bowie, East Lyme native Todd Donovan
had nine hits from the leadoff sport as the Baysox swept the series
“You've got to keep the leadoff hitter off base
If you don't, they're going to kill you
They're going to score runs” Machemer said
“Tonight, Morgan did”
The Defenders loaded the bases in the fifth on a single by Todd
Jennings, a walk to Jake Wald and another single by Quincy Foster,
but Dan Ortmeier took a called third strike to end the threat
Ortmeier also struck out with a man on third in the seventh
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Brett Roneberg belted a
grand slam and drove in a season-high six RBI's to lead visiting
Altoona over Connecticut, 6-1, on Saturday
Roneberg, whose eighth homer gave the Curve a 4-0 lead in the
third inning, added a two-run single in the seventh
The 27-year-old right fielder is 15-for-35 with 13 RBI's over
his last ten games, raising his average from .276 to .293
The performance marked the tenth time in Altoona's eight-year
history that a player has collected six or more RBI's in a game
Most recently, Vic Buttler knocked in six runs against Reading
on May 17, 2006
Nyjer Morgan added three hits and two runs scored for the Curve
(61-43), who have won four of their last five
Altoona starter Wardell Starling (3-2) worked six strong innings,
giving up one run on six hits and a walk while striking out four
Connecticut's James Garcia (2-5) allowed four runs - three earned
- on four hits and a walk while fanning six over five innings
Brian Horwitz smacked an RBI single in the sixth for the Defenders
(47-60), who have lost twelve of their last thirteen games