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When???

Saturday 9th June 2007

Where???

Commerce Bank Park - game against the Harrisburg Senators

Ballpark Dimensions
----------Leftfield - 335 feet
----------Centrefield - 400 feet
----------Rightfield - 335 feet
The ballpark's dimensions are fairly basic
The walls at the left and right field lines are 335 feet from home plate, and the center field wall is 400 feet from home plate, with the outfield wall pretty much the same setup that multi-purpose stadiums had in the 80's (though Commerce Bank Park itself is not a multi-purpose stadium), with no extra bends or such in the wall, and the height of the wall at 8 feet
Billboards also ring around by the walls, and reach a height of 16 feet
Anything that hits the billboards are home runs

......and there are eight more photos of City Island and Commerce Bank Park below

The pitcher

Righthanded pitcher - T.J. Nall

Full Name - T.J. Nall
Date of birth - 4th November 1980
Bats - right
Throws - right
Height - 6'1"
Weight - 175lbs
Residence - Schaumburg, Illinois
Previous Team - Columbus Clippers (AAA)

The at-bat

Fourth plate appearance of the game

Runners at first and second base - one down

"Brett has jumped on the first pitch he sees"
"It is driven high and deep into left-centrefield!!!"
"The fielders are going back ... but they can give it up ... because that ball is 'outa here'!!!"
"It bounces off the top of the second wall!!!"
"Brett has picked up his third home run of the season along with three runs batted in!!!"
"Brett Roneberg has given the Curve a four runs to three lead here in the seventh innings!!!"

HOME RUN - 3 x RBI's and 1 x R

Other Notes and Comments

Excerpts from the Game Reports

The Harrisburg Senators matched a five-run Curve seventh inning with five runs of their own
in the bottom of the frame and went on to defeat Altoona, 9-6, Saturday night in Harrisburg
Brett Roneberg (pictured) homered and knocked in four runs in the loss

#01
"The Harrisburg Senators matched a five-run Curve seventh inning with five runs of their own in the bottom of the frame and went on to a 9-6 win over Altoona Saturday night at Commerce Bank Park
Brett Roneberg's three-run homer capped the Curve's five-run outburst in the top half of the seventh and gave Altoona their first lead of the game at 6-3
The longball was the Australia native's third of the season
Four Curve players - Roneberg, Andrew McCutchen, Steven Pearce and Brian Peterson - finished the game with two hits"

#02
"The Senators rallied from a 6-3 deficit to defeat the Altoona Curve 9-6 in front of the largest crowd to see a game this season
Harrisburg scored first on a two-run home run off the bat of Cristian Guerrero in the fourth inning
Seth Bynum then doubled in Steve Mortimer for a third run in the fourth to give the Sens a 3-0 lead
But then Altoona came back, scoring a single run in sixth, then a five-run seventh inning highlighted by a three-run home run by Brett Roneberg, to take a 6-3 lead in the ballgame
On Saturday night though, the Senators weren't going to be denied and fought back with six unanswered runs"

#03
"Brett Roneberg drove in four runs for Altoona (29-29), three with his third homer of the season in the seventh"

#04
"The Curve had rallied to take a 4-3 lead on Brett Roneberg’s three-run homer in the seventh"

#05
"The Senators' five-run outburst in the bottom of the seventh was necessitated by a sloppy top of the inning
With right-hander T.J. Nall cruising through six innings, holding onto a 3-1 lead, Harrisburg unraveled
Jason Bowers grounded a one-out single to center
Andrew McCutchen followed by blooping another single to shallow center, a ball that normally would have been caught except for a slow jump by center fielder Sheldon Fulse
Had Fulse made the catch, Bowers was a dead duck at first base, as he was running on the play
Instead, former Senator Brett Roneberg drilled a three-run homer to left-center, handing the Curve (29-29) a 4-3 lead
Brian Peterson later lined a two-run double to right-center to extend the advantage to 6-3"

#06
"Altoona (Double-A, 29-29) lost, 9-6, at Harrisburg (Nationals)
Leftfielder Brett Roneberg hit a three-run home run and had four RBIs"

Commerce Bank Park--//--Riverside Stadium

Harrisburg City Island and the Stadium

In the middle of The Susquehanna River