The Result
Baysox - 6 runs to 3
---------------Eleven innings

The Curve - Year-to-Date
7 wins and 8 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Playing - First base
Batting - #5

---------------Ejected from the game in the bottom of the eighth innings
---------------For the details, refer to the fourth plate appearance below

Brett's at-bats
First plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher
The bases are loaded!!!
And it's one down!!!
Called strike - fast ball
Ball - breaking ball - down and away
Called strike - fast ball - on the outside corner
"That ball is hit across the diamond and it should be an easy double play!!! ... the ball is scooped up, thrown to second base for the first out and the relay throw is in time for the second out!!! ... the innings is over and the Curve cannot score after loading the bases with just one away"
Grounded into a double play - 4 to 6 to 3
Second plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher
Runner at third base - two down
Called strike - breaking ball
Ball - fast ball - high
"Roneberg slaps that through the rightside for a base hit!!! ... and the runner is trotting home to score!!! ... Brett hit into a double play in the first innings but he atones for that here by driving in the first run of the ballgame and giving the Curve a 1-0 lead"
Single to rightfield - 1 x RBI
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Third plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - two down
Swing and a miss
Ball
"Roneberg hits that high into the air and out into centrefield and the fielder camps under it and makes the catch to end the innings"
Fly out to centrefield - F8
Fourth plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - one down
Ball
Ball - fast ball - inside
Ball - fast ball - low
Called strike - "Brett was taking all the way there"
Foul ball - back over the net
"Here comes the full count pitch ... and Roneberg is rung up on that fast ball on the outside corner!!! ... and Brett is not happy with the call ... he is making his point with the home plate umpire ... and he has now been ejected from the game!!! ... here comes the Curve Manager, Tim Leiper, and he is talking to the umpire as well ... and he has also now been ejected!!!"
Strike out - and ejected from the game!!! - bottom of the eighth innings

At the end of the Game
1 hit from 4 at-bats - single, 1 x run batted in, 1 x strike out, 1 x grounded into a double play

Heard during the game

Email from Brett

Game Reports

Bowie shortstop Luis Hernandez ripped a go-ahead, two-run double in the top of the 11th inning to key a four-run outburst and lift the Baysox to their second straight win over the Curve, 6-3, Tuesday night at Blair County Ballpark

The loss drops the Curve (7-8) back below the .500 mark after entering Monday's series opener with their first winning record of the season

Bowie (9-9) also took Monday's contest, holding off a late Curve comeback in an 8-7 win

Hernandez recorded the go-ahead hit against Altoona reliever Jason Roach (0-1), who was tagged with the loss after allowing four runs - one earned - in the 11th inning
Brandon Sing led off the inning with a single, went to second on catcher Brian Bock's sacrifice bunt and then to third when Paco Figueroa reached on a throwing error by Curve third baseman Neil Walker
Sing and Figueroa each scored on the Hernandez double
Bowie added two more runs in the 11th to grab a 6-2 advantage

The Curve got one back in the bottom of the frame when Randy Ruiz tripled off the right-field wall and then scored on a wild pitch thrown by eventual winning pitcher Fredy Deza (1-1)
However, Deza got Dave Parrish to bounce into a game-ending 6-4-3 double play to preserve the Bowie win

The Baysox and Curve went to extra innings tied at 2-2 after starters Kip Bouknight of Altoona and Bowie left-hander Chris Waters each turned in solid starting performances
Bouknight, who blanked the Baysox on just one hit over seven shutout innings in a win last Wednesday in Bowie, worked seven innings and yielded two runs on five hits, walking none and striking out three
Meanwhile, Waters, who failed to pitch past the fifth inning in any of his first three outings for the Baysox, allowed only one run over six innings

One night after posting a season-high 15 hits, the Curve managed just six hits against three Baysox pitchers

Brandon Chaves recorded the lone multi-hit contest for Altoona, going 2-for-3

Ruiz's 11th-inning triple extended his team-high hitting streak to seven games and a first-inning walk moved his season-opening on-base streak to 15 games

Nolan Reimold's three hits paced the Baysox nine hits on the evening

The Curve and Baysox will play the third game of their four-game series Wednesday night at 6.35pmat Blair County Ballpark
Altoona will send right-hander Luis Munoz (1-0, 3.46) to the mound against Bowie righty Radhames Liz (1-1, 5.54)

The first 2,000 kids through the gates, ages 14 and under, will take home Curve Wrist Bands and all fans can participate in Blair Candy Baseball Bingo
Ballpark gates open at 5.30pm

Luis Hernandez's go-ahead two-run double keyed a four-run 11th inning as visiting Bowie outlasted Altoona, 6-3, on Tuesday

Hernandez snapped a 2-2 tie with a two-bagger off Jason Roach (0-1) with one out in the 11th
Nolan Reimold, who went 3-for-5, followed with an RBI single and Val Majewski scored on a wild pitch as the Baysox (9-9) opened a 6-2 lead

Fredy Deza (1-1) picked up the win after allowing a run on one hit and a walk over two innings

Bowie starter Chris Waters gave up a run on four hits and three walks with four strikeouts over six frames

Alex Fernandez and Brett Roneberg each drove in a run for the Curve (7-8)

Roach surrendered four runs - one earned - on three hits and a walk in one inning

Altoona starter Kip Bouknight went seven frames, yielding two runs on five hits with three strikeouts

The Baysox survived their longest game of the season thus far in 2007, holding on to beat Altoona, 6-3 in 11 innings

The Curve would get on the scoreboard first in the bottom of the third when Brett Roneberg drove a single to right off of Baysox starter Chris Waters
Vic Buttler would come around to score and give the Curve an early 1-0 lead

Waters would turn in a strong outing for the Baysox going six innings, giving up only four hits and one run, while striking out four

Kip Bouknight would be equally as good for the Curve on the mound, but the Baysox would get on the scoreboard in the fifth
Nolan Reimold would start the inning off with a lead off double and be brought around to score in the frame on a Jeff Fiorentino single to left, knotting the game up at 1-1

The Baysox would then take a one run lead in the sixth
Paco Figueroa would get on base with a lead off single to center
He would be followed up by SS Luis Hernandez, who extended his hit streak to 11 games with a single to center, moving Figueroa to third
Val Majewski would ground into a double play in the next at bat, but Figueroa scored giving the Baysox a 2-1 lead
Bouknight would get out of the seventh, getting Oscar Salazar to ground out ending the inning

Bouknight finished the game, going seven innings giving up five hits and two runs, while striking out three

The Curve would strike again in the seventh off of Baysox reliever Felix Romero
Brandon Chaves led off the inning with a single and then stole second base
Chaves would advance to third on an Andrew McCutchen groundout and be brought around to score on an Alex Fernandez sacrifice fly, making it 2-2
Romero would get out of the inning though getting Neil Walker to line out to second

The score would be knotted at 2-2 through nine and then the Baysox exploded for an insurmountable four runs in the top of the 11th
Brandon Sing would lead off the inning with a single left
Bryan Bass then came in to pinch run for Sing and would reach second on a Brian Bock sacrifice bunt
Paco Figueroa then reached first in the next at bat on third baseman Neil Walker’s throwing error and Bass would reach third
Luis Hernandez came up big again in a critical situation and doubled to left, scoring both Bass and Figueroa, giving the Baysox a 4-2 lead
Curve reliever Jason Roach would then intentionally walk Val Majewski, to get to Oscar Salazar who flew out to right
Nolan Reimold would then connect again, this time a single to right, scoring Hernandez and moving Majewski to third, giving the Baysox a 5-2 lead
Majewski would then come around to score on a wild pitch with Matt Cepicky batting, giving the Baysox a 6-2 lead
Roach would get out of the inning though, getting Cepicky to ground out ending the inning

Roach took the loss for the Curve, giving up all four runs in the inning on three hits

Freddy Deza would close out the 11th for the Baysox, but gave up a lead off triple to Randy Ruiz
Ruiz would then score on a wild pitch, but the Deza would end the game getting Chris Truby to pop out to third, then getting Dave Parrish to ground into a double play, cementing the 6-3 win for the Baysox

Deza picked up his first win of the season, improving his record to (1-1)

The Curve and Baysox will play the third game of their four-game series Wednesday night at 6.35pm at Blair County Ballpark
RHP Radhames Liz (1-1, 5.54), will get the start for the Baysox
Altoona will counter with RHP, Luis Munoz (1-0, 3.46)

Neil Walker made a superb diving play to his left to snare a grounder and save a run from scoring in the third inning Tuesday night
It was the best example yet this season of the athleticism the Pirates talked so much about when they switched Walker from catcher to third base

‘‘He’s doing outstanding’’ Curve manager Tim Leiper said
‘‘For a guy that’s been over playing 25 games at third base including spring training, he’s done an outstanding job, and he’s only going to continue to get better’’

When Walker makes an error, the first inclination may be to blame it on his inexperience at the new position
But sometimes, Leiper noted, players make errors that have nothing to do with anything except one bad play

One of those plays just happened to cost the Curve in the 11th inning Tuesday night, opening the floodgates for Bowie
The Baysox cashed in on a throwing error by Walker to score four runs and pulled away for a 6-3 win before 2,766 fans at Blair County Ballpark

‘‘The guy made an error; errors happen’’ Leiper said
‘‘It’s not the reason we lost the game’’

No, the reason for that was several blown scoring chances much earlier and the Curve’s inability to produce with runners in scoring position
Without that, there wouldn’t have been an 11th inning in which Walker could make his error

Bowie’s Brandon Sing opened the 11th with a single to left off Altoona reliever Jason Roach (0-1), then pinch-runner Bryan Bass took second on Brian Bock’s sacrifice bunt
Paco Figueroa followed with a soft bouncer to Walker, who charged and fielded the ball cleanly as Bass ran behind him to third base
Walker stepped toward first but threw high, putting runners at the corners with one out

‘‘I took a peek and saw the guy move from second to third and caught it and threw it away’’ Walker said
‘‘If you want to blame the game on me, that’s fine’’

It wouldn’t be fine to Leiper if people blamed the loss on Walker
‘‘Every player in baseball makes errors’’ the manager said
‘‘Perennial Gold Glove winner Scott Rolen makes errors
Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson makes errors
He made an error, big deal
The guy’s playing his butt off’’

The Curve pulled the infield in, and with Figueroa taking off on a hit and run, Luis Munoz smacked a double to left that scored both runners for a 4-2 Baysox lead
Bowie added two insurance runs as Nolan Reimold, who went 3-for-5, singled home Munoz and Val Majewski scored on a wild pitch by Roach

The Curve got one run back in their final at-bat before Bowie reliever Fredy Deza (1-1) closed it out

The Baysox have beaten the Curve in back-to-back one-run games, and both times Altoona let key opportunities slip away

‘‘It’s just a learning process’’ Altoona’s Randy Ruiz said
‘‘These guys like to go out and do their best and give their all
I don’t doubt these guys’’

The Curve wasted a strong pitching performance from Kip Bouknight, who held Bowie to two runs on five hits over seven innings
He one-hit the Baysox over seven shutout frames his last time out

‘‘He’s going to keep you in every game’’ Leiper said of Bouknight ‘‘and with our offense, he’s going to win a lot of games here’’

The Curve loaded the bases with one out in the first but couldn’t score against Bowie starter Chris Waters, who came in with an 8.76 ERA over three outings

Altoona also came up empty after putting runners at the corners with two outs in the second, then scored its first run in the third when Brett Roneberg singled home Vic Buttler

Roneberg was ejected arguing a third strike call in the eighth inning
Leiper stepped in to defend his player and was thrown out for the second straight game

The Curve manager said ‘‘the effort’s there’’ from his team but added ‘‘It’s just a matter of getting the one extra big hit and doing a little bit more and the one thing that’s going to put us over the top
Right now we’re just not getting it done’’

The Altoona Curve allowed three unearned runs during the 11th inning and manager Tim Leiper was ejected for a second straight game in a 6-3 loss to Bowie on Tuesday at Blair County Ballpark

With one out in the 11th, third baseman Neil Walker made a throwing error that allowed Bryan Bass to advance to third base and Paco Figueroa to reach base
Figueroa and Bass then scored on a double by Luis Fernandez off Jason Roach

The ending wrecked a solid pitching performance from Kip Bouknight, Romulo Sanchez and Matt Peterson
The trio combined to allow six hits and two runs during the first 10 innings

The Curve (7-8) recorded just six hits against the Bowie pitching trio of Chris Waters, Felix Romero and Fredy Deza

Leiper and first baseman Brett Roneberg were ejected during the eighth inning by plate umpire Grant Menke
Leiper was also ejected during the first inning of Monday's 8-7 loss