The Result
Rock Cats - 12 runs to 0

The Curve - Year-to-Date
66 won and 51 lost

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Did Not Play
----------Recovering from injury
----------Refer to game on Saturday 12th August - click here

----------During the top of the ninth innings the commentator mentioned:-
----------"I can see Brett Roneberg coaching at first base,
----------and I am sure that if his injury was serious, he wouldn't be out there
----------Hopefully it's not too bad"
Playing
Batting - #

At the end of the Game
0 hits from 0 at-bats

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher

Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher

Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher

Heard during the Game

Email from Brett

Well, it's Sunday night now and things are going okay
I've had a big improvement in two days and hopefully by maybe the last day here - Wednesday 16th August - I will be ready to play
I really can't say though
What's likely to happen is that I will say I am ready, and because it's a day before the off-day on Thursday, they will just say take two more days just to make sure
Don't put this anywhere on the web, but Tim Leiper wants me to tell him when I am ready, not the trainers
Just me - so I am guessing that means he wants me back soon
We didn't do too well today!! - and haven't done well for a little while now
If we struggle here I will make sure I am back for Harrisburg series
Definitely not playing in the double header tomorrow - no chance!!
I was only coaching at first base because we had no-one else

Game Reports

The Curve managed just four hits and eight baserunners in a 12-0 loss at New Britain on Sunday, the most lopsided shutout defeat in franchise history

Things got off to a bad start for the Curve after allowing two runs in the bottom of the first inning and got rockier after that

The ‘Cats would add another run in the third, four in the fourth and five more runs in the seventh inning

Altoona starter Mike Connolly fell to 1-3 since being sent down from Indianapolis (AAA) on July 5, allowing seven runs on six hits and five walks in five innings

The Curve pitching staff would combine to issue a total of nine walks, the most in any game this season

Danny Matienzo was the hero for New Britain, finishing the game 3-for-3 with two home runs and five RBI
The Rock Cats’ first baseman added to his team’s 2-0 advantage with a solo homer in the third inning before blasting a grand slam in the fourth to put the game out of reach

New Britain’s starter, Kevin Slowey, had a dominating outing, surrendering just two hits in seven innings to go along with seven strikeouts
At one point, Slowey retired twelve Curve batters in a row, before pitching out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth frame

The loss, coupled with a Reading Phillies victory, put the Curve just 5-1/2 games ahead of the R-Phils for the Southern Division’s wild card playoff berth

The Phillies have won six games in a row and shaved 4-1/2 games off of the Curve’s double-digit lead in the last six days

Altoona had two quality chances to get on the scoreboard, loading the bases in both the sixth and ninth innings
Those were the only two innings that the Curve earned base hits, collecting four singles on the afternoon

Romulo Sanchez was the only Curve hurler that kept the Rock Cats off of the scoreboard, pitching the final 1-1/3 scoreless innings

James Johnson sent down New Britain in the sixth, his first inning of relief of Connolly, but gave up five runs on four hits and two walks in the seventh before being spelled by Sanchez

The Curve will look to rebound after dropping their second straight series with a double-header on Monday against the Connecticut Defenders at 6.05pm at Dodd Stadium

The Curve will send the Pittsburgh Pirates’ John Van Benschoten to the mound in Game One against the Defenders’ James Garcia
Van Benschoten is making a rehabilitation start after missing much of this season due to shoulder injuries
In the night cap, the Defenders will start Jason Waddell against a yet-to-be-named pitcher from Altoona

Notes
The Curve have now dropped nine of their last fifteen contests
Vic Buttler, Simon Pond, Javier Guzman and Milver Reyes were the only Curve players to earn base hits, with each player collecting a single
The Curve have hit just four home runs in their last twenty games and have not gone deep in eight consecutive games

Kevin Slowey tossed seven shutout innings and Daniel Matienzo belted two homers as New Britain handed visiting Altoona its worst shutout in franchise history, 12-0, on Sunday

Slowey (4-3) gave up two hits and two walks with seven strikeouts
The 22-year-old right-hander took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before Javier Guzman broke it up with a single to right field

Matienzo went 3-for-3 with two walks and three runs scored
After cranking a solo shot in the third, he blasted a grand slam - his fifteenth homer of the year - to give the Rock Cats a 7-0 lead
The 25-year-old first baseman entered the game hitless in his last fourteen at-bats

Scott Whitrock added a double and two RBIs for New Britain (52-65)

Vic Buttler, Simon Pond, Guzman and Milver Reyes all had singles for the Curve's only hits

Altoona starter Michael Connolly (7-6) surrendered seven runs on six hits while walking five and striking out three in five innings

The Curve (66-51) have lost four of their last five and nine of their last fifteen

Danny Matienzo blasted two home runs - a solo shot in the third inning and a grand slam in the fourth - to lead the Rock Cats to a 12-0 win over Altoona
Matienzo finished the day 3-for-3 with five RBI and three runs scored

Rock Cats' starter Kevin Slowey tossed one of his most effective games in Double A with seven shutout innings
Slowey (4-3) allowed two hits and walked two
He struck out seven

The Rock Cats took an early 2-0 lead in the first on Doug Deeds' RBI triple and an RBI single by Kyle Geiger

The Cats tacked on five more runs in the seventh inning, including a two-run double by Scott Whitrock (1-for-2, SB, 2 R)
Jay Sawatski added two shutout innings in relief

For Altoona, starter Michael Connolly (7-6) was knocked around for seven runs on six hits and five walks in five innings

The Curve have endured a topsy-turvy time lately, one in which they have stomached more blows than they have delivered

Altoona followed a dramatic fourteen inning victory on Saturday night with an embarrassing loss Sunday afternoon, a 12-0 whitewash at the hands of the Rock Cats at New Britain Stadium

It was the most lopsided shutout defeat in franchise history

Altoona has lost four of its last five, witnessing its worst bullpen meltdown and one of its shakiest outings by a starting pitcher in that span

Sunday’s thrashing, coupled with a Reading victory, withered the Curve’s lead over the third-place R-Phils to 5-1/2 games
In the last six days, Reading has sliced 4-1/2 games off what once was a ten game cushion

New Britain hammered Curve starter Mike Connolly (7-6) for seven runs on six hits and five walks in five innings Sunday
The left-hander struck out three

Connolly stumbled from the outset, allowing a pair of two-out runs in the first inning

Danny Matienzo then blasted a solo shot in the third inning and a grand slam in the fourth to put the game out of reach
Matienzo finished the game 3-for-3 with two home runs and five RBIs

Reliever James Johnson surrendered five runs in the seventh inning in his first outing since coming off the disabled list Saturday
Johnson allowed four hits and three walks in his 1-2/3 innings, contributing to the Curve’s season-high tally of nine walks

New Britain starter Kevin Slowey (4-3), a Pittsburgh native, blanked Altoona on two hits and two walks over seven innings

The Curve managed only four hits and eight baserunners in the game