The Result
Curve - 5 runs to 1

The Curve - Year-to-Date
13 wins and 13 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Did Not Start
Playing
Batting - #

------Brett did not start the game
------Entered as a pinch hitter during the bottom of the seventh innings
------The score was tied up at one-all!!!
------There were runners at first and third base with none out!!!
------He then stayed in the game and played leftfield

Brett's at-bats
First plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Runners at first and third base - none down
Ball - fast ball - down and in
Ball - fast ball outside
"Brett gets hold of that pitch and bounces it hard back up the middle ... and it's through into centrefield for a hit!!! ... Roneberg answers the call!!! ... and the runner is coming in to score and Roneberg has given the Curve a two-runs-to-one lead here in the bottom of the seventh innings in a very tight ballgame" ------(see the notes below in the "Heard during the Game" section)
Single to centrefield - 1 x RBI
Scored on a home run
NOTE - click here to see eight photos of Brett and his teammates after he drove in the go-ahead run!!! - also includes shots at home plate after Andrew McCutchen's home run

At the end of the Game
1 hit from 1 at-bat - single, 1 x run batted in, 1 x run scored

Heard during the game

(01) After the Curve put the two runners on base in the bottom of the seventh innings, the commentator said - "We could see a pinch hitter here now ... and we are going to ... Brett Roneberg is coming out of the dugout in place of Taber Lee ... I was talking to the Curve Manager Tim Leiper, and he said that the Curve would have one of the strongest benches in the entire Eastern League ... in today's game, Brett is part of that bench and he is being called on here for a "righty-lefty" match up and to try to give the Curve the lead"

Following Brett's hit, the commentator continued - "The Curve now have a one run lead in the game, thanks to Brett Roneberg's RBI single ... it's great that Tim Leiper has this sort of 'ace-up-his-sleeve' ... Brett has now been called upon to pinch hit three times, and he has two hits and has driven in two runs on those occasions ... and this would probably have to be the most important one of them"

Just a Note
I could hear Brett being announced over the loudspeakers at Blair County Ballpark ... and it was great hearing the terrific round of applause he received!!!

Email from Brett

Game Reports

Kip Bouknight no-hit the Akron Aeros for 5-1/3 innings and Andrew McCutchen homered for the second straight day as the Curve won Sunday's series finale 5-1 and the three-game series two-games-to-one

Bouknight was dominant in his fifth start of the year, carrying a no-hit bid into the sixth inning
Argenis Reyes did spoil that bid with a single, but it was one of just two hits the Aeros collected against Bouknight
Bouknight (3-0) worked seven innings allowing just one earned run on two hits to earn the win

Scott Lewis was also effective on the mound for Akron, holding Altoona to a lone run on just three hits in six innings

The Curve broke through against reliever Kyle Collins in the seventh inning
With the score tied 1-1, Steven Pearce led off with a single and advanced to third on a Dave Parrish single
Brett Roneberg was then called upon to pinch-hit for Taber Lee and he came through with a single back up the middle to put the Curve ahead 2-1
Collins retired Brandon Chaves and Jason Bowers, but with two outs, Andrew McCutchen belted a line-drive home run into the left-field bleachers to give Altoona a 5-1 lead
It was the second home run of the year for McCutchen on the heels of his first which he hit in Saturday night's 6-2 loss

Justin Vaclavik relieved Bouknight in the eighth inning and turned in his third consecutive scoreless outing
Vaclavik held the Aeros hitless over two innings to preserve the 5-1 win

The Curve scored first in the ballgame, plating a run off of Lewis in the fourth inning
With one out, Lewis walked Neil Walker, who then stole second base to get into scoring position
Dave Parrish drove him in with a ringing single to left for a 1-0 lead

The Aeros tied it up in the sixth with their only run off of Bouknight
Reyes broke up the no-hit bid with a flare single to left-field
He scored two batters later on an Asdrubal Cabrera double to left-field

Collins, who surrendered the four runs to the Curve in the seventh inning took the loss for Akron (14-12) who dropped behind Erie (15-11) for the top-spot in the Eastern League's Southern Division

Erie arrives at Blair County Ballpark for the first time this year on Monday for game one of a three-game series
Game one is scheduled for 6.35pm with RHP Luis Munoz (3-0, 2.60) on the hill for the Curve against RHP Dallas Trahern (5-0, 1.78) for the Seawolves

Kip Bouknight and Justin Vaclavik combined on a two-hitter to lead Altoona past visiting Akron, 5-1, on Sunday

Bouknight (3-0) took a no-hitter in the sixth inning before running into a jam
He allowed a one-out single to Argenis Reyes, who scored two batters later on Asdrubal Cabrera's RBI double
The 28-year-old right-hander went seven innings, allowing one run on two hits
He struck out four and walked one to remain unbeaten in six games, five of which have been starts

Vaclavik fanned three and walked one in two hitless frames to close it out

David Parrish and Brett Roneberg had RBI singles in the fourth and seventh respectively and Andrew McCutchen ripped a three-run homer - his second in as many games - in the seventh for the Curve (13-13)

Akron starter Scott Lewis yielded one run on three hits in six innings
He fanned a season-high eight batters and walked two

Kyle Collins (0-2) took the loss for the Aeros (14-12) after surrendering four runs on five hits over two innings

Curve outfielder Andrew McCutchen couldn’t capitalize on his first opportunity to drive in a run Sunday afternoon
Akron wasn’t as fortunate the second time around
McCutchen’s three-run homer in the seventh inning gave the Curve some breathing room in a 5-1 victory over the Aeros before 5,817 fans at Blair County Ballpark

Altoona also got an outstanding performance from starting pitcher Kip Bouknight, who allowed just a run on two hits over seven innings

McCutchen came to the plate in the third inning with one out and Brandon Chaves on third, but the Pirates’ top prospect popped up a 2-0 pitch on the infield
McCutchen made the most of his next hitter’s count in drilling Aeros pitcher Kyle Collins’ 2-0 fastball over the wall in left for a four-run cushion

“I got a little over-anxious in the first at-bat” McCutchen said
“I learned from that and slowed myself down”

Bouknight, who carried a no-hitter for 5-1/3 innings, turned in his fourth consecutive quality start
The right-hander has lasted seven innings in three of his past four starts, during which he’s allowed five runs in 27 innings

“We were in position to win because Kip kept us in the game” Curve manager Tim Leiper said
“We were lucky
He gave us a chance to make an adjustment”

Brett Roneberg’s pinch-hit single, which started the scoring in the four-run seventh off Collins (0-2), snapped a 1-1 tie and helped Bouknight (3-0) get the win

“Bouknight stayed with it and kept us in the game” McCutchen said
“For him to do that, it almost seems like we have to get that win for him”

McCutchen homered for the second consecutive game, his first two long balls of the season

“It’s like the weight of the world lifted off his shoulders” Leiper said
“It’s a better game here
He’s a guy opposing pitchers bear down on
They’re not gonna give him cookies”

Bouknight struck out four, walked one and lowered his ERA to 2.45
Argenis Reyes broke up his no-hitter on a one-out single in the sixth

“The reputation on me is I’m a grinder who gives the team a chance to win, and that’s what I want to continue to do” Bouknight, who has spent parts of the past four seasons in the Eastern League, said

Catcher Dave Parrish, playing before learning of his promotion to Triple-A Indianapolis, went 2-for-4 with an RBI
His bloop single down the right field line, in what Leiper called a “gigantic” at-bat, put runners at the corners to precede Roneberg’s go-ahead RBI single in the seventh
“I’m glad we took two of three from those guys” Parrish said of winning the series

Leiper, who expressed dissatisfaction with his team’s passive approach at the plate in the game’s early innings, held a brief team meeting in the clubhouse after the game but downplayed the significance
“We were able to survive not coming out and following the game plan” the manager said
“We want to make sure we attack what they’re doing as opposed to waiting a couple innings”