The Result
Curve - 13 runs to 3

The Curve - Year-to-Date
30 wins and 30 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Playing - Designated hitter
Batting - #3

Brett's at-bats
First plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher------Tristan Crawford--
Bases empty - two down
Ball - low and inside
"The pitcher delivers the 1ball-0strike pitch and Brett drives that ball deep into right-centrefield!!!"
"The fielders cannot catch up to it"
"It one hops the wall and Roneberg is in at second base with a two out double"
"NO!!! ... Brett is being waved around ... it's a home run!!!"
"The third base umpire went out on the hit and made a clear signal that that ball was out of the park"
"There is a secondary wall behind the fence in that section of the park and it must have hit that and bounced back into the field"
"The Rock Cats' outfielders are not making any protests so it was a great call by the umpire"
"From up here it looked like it one hopped the wall"
"Brett is coming around to score on his fourth home run of the season!!!"
"The Curve now have a 1-0 lead here early in the ballgame during the bottom of the first innings"
HOME RUN - 1 x RBI - 1 x R------(click here for more details)
--Click on the thumbnail to see fourteen photos taken during the above plate appearance
Second plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at second base - none down
"Brett jumps on the first pitch he sees and it's lined through the rightside for his second hit of the night ... that ball was hit very hard and got out to the rightfielder very quickly and Manager Tim Leiper wisely decided to hold the runner up at third base"
Single to rightfield
Scored on a home run
Third plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher------Tristan Crawford--
Runner at second base - two down
Ball - breaking ball - inside
Called strike
Ball - slider - down and in
Ball - fast ball - down and in
Foul ball
"Here comes the 2out-3ball-2strike pitch"
"Brett gets hold of that and drives it high and hard into straightaway rightfield!!!"
"It's outa here!!! ... and the ball is bouncing around in Lakemont Park out behind the rightfield fence"
"Brett now has his second home run of the night and this one was a two run shot to add to his solo effort back in the first innings!!!"
"Tonight Brett has hit his fourth and fifth home runs of the season!!!"
HOME RUN - 2 x RBI's - 1 x R------(click here for more details)
--Click on the thumbnail to see sixteen photos taken during the above plate appearance
Fourth plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Runners at first and third base - none down
Foul ball - an inside out swing
"That ball is hit down the first base line ... it's picked up in fair territory and the only play the first-baseman has is to step on the bag for the out ... the runner advances to second base safely and the runner at third base comes in to score ... and Roneberg has his fourth run batted in for the night"
Ground out to first base - PO3 - 1 x RBI
Fifth plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - one down
Foul ball - "Roneberg hit that deep but foul down the leftfield line"
"Brett breaks his bat on that hit ... the ball is back up the middle and it's backhanded by the Rock Cats' second-baseman and he has only one play and that is to first base ... the runner is safely in to second base"
Ground out to second base - 4 to 3

At the end of the Game
3 hits from 5 at-bats - 2 x HOME RUNS, 4 x runs batted in, 3 x runs scored

Heard during the game

Email from Brett

Game Reports

The Curve supplied plenty of power early, then waited out a 90-minute weather delay before claiming a 13-3 win over New Britain in game one of a three-game series at Blair County Ballpark

Yoslan Herrera (1-4) was the beneficiary of 13 runs of support as he won for the first time as a professional in the United States
Herrera threw six scoreless innings to earn the victory

Brett Roneberg and Steven Pearce each hit a pair of home runs as the Curve tied the franchise record by belting five in the ballgame

Jason Bowers clubbed the other homer in the third inning

The Curve did most of their damage off of Rock Cats' starter Tristan Crawford

Roneberg started the onslaught with two outs in the first inning, sending a solo home run over the wall in right-center field to give the Curve a 1-0 lead
Pearce followed with a double and scored on a Neil Walker single to make it 2-0

Altoona was back at it in the third inning
Bowers led off with his home run to left field
Andrew McCutchen followed with a double and advanced to third on a Roneberg single
Pearce then drilled a three-run homer to make it 6-0

Roneberg and Pearce hit back-to-back home runs off of Crawford in the fourth inning
Roneberg's came with Bowers aboard to bring the count to 9-0

Crawford departed in the fourth in favor of Danny Powers who ran into his own troubles in the fifth
The Curve scored four more times on four singles and a walk in the fifth inning to lead, 13-0

New Britain staged their lone uprising in the seventh inning when Trevor Plouffe clubbed a three-run homer off of Romulo Sanchez

As Brock Peterson led off the eighth inning for the Rock Cats, the stadium lights at Blair County Ballpark shut off, the power knocked out just ahead of an arriving storm
The combination of factors force a 90-minute delay

The game eventually continued as Mike Nannini took over for Sanchez and closed out the ballgame with two scoreless innings

Crawford (6-4) was charged with nine earned runs and took the loss for the Rock Cats

The Curve have scored 13 runs in back-to-back ballgames against New Britain after they won 13-6 in their last meeting last Thursday at New Britain Stadium
In the two games, Altoona has accumulated 37 hits

The Curve will look for the series win in game two tomorrow night at 7.05pm
LHP Josh Shortslef (1-6, 3.88) will make the start for Altoona against RHP Brad Baker (2-3, 3.99) for New Britain

Altoona lost electricity but still had plenty of power as Brett Roneberg and Steven Pearce smacked two homers apiece in a 13-3 rout of visiting New Britain on Tuesday

Roneberg ripped a solo blast in the first inning and a two-run shot in the fourth, when the Curve tallied three times for a 9-0 lead
He has five dingers this year

Pearce, who has hit in 10 straight games, belted his fifth, a three-run shot in the third, and went back-to-back with Roneberg in the fourth

They drove in four runs apiece

Jason Bowers led off the third with his third homer of the year for Altoona (30-30)

The game was interrupted for about 90 minutes during the seventh by an electrical outage at Blair County Ballpark

Curve starter Yoslan Herrera (1-4) scattered seven hits over six scoreless innings, fanning two without issuing a walk

Starter Tristan Crawford (6-4) allowed nine runs on 11 hits, striking out three and walking one over 3-2/3 innings to take the loss for the Rock Cats (31-27)

Trevor Plouffe belted his fifth home run with two men aboard in the seventh for New Britain

Shortly after 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday, a thunder and lightning show officially rolled in
By that point, the 3,832 fans at Blair County Ballpark had already witnessed a similar outburst for nearly two hours
The Curve tied a franchise record with five homers, and Yoslan Herrera had his best start of the season in a 13-3 laugher

Steven Pearce and Brett Roneberg each hit a pair of homers, while Jason Bowers also mashed one in Altoona’s 18-hit attack

Every starter had at least one hit

The Curve did most of the damage off New Britain starter Tristan Crawford, drilling him for all five homers and nine runs over 3-2/3 innings

Crawford had shut down Altoona’s offense just a week ago, tossing four-hit ball and yielding one run over seven innings

It did not take long for Altoona to get to Crawford (6-4) this time

He fanned Bowers and Andrew McCutchen on six pitches to start the game before the Curve teed off:-
(#1) First up was Roneberg, whose long ball hit off a small green wall above the fence in right-center
He stopped at second - thinking, like many onlookers, he had a double - before rounding the bases for a 1-0 first-inning lead
(#2) Bowers crushed a solo shot down the left field line in the fourth to put the Curve up, 3-0
(#3) Pearce blistered the first pitch he saw in the third for a three-run homer to make it 6-0
(#4) Roneberg’s second blast removed any doubt
He hit a towering, two-run fourth-inning shot to put his squad up, 8-0
(#5) Pearce launched a flat offering to left-center in the fourth to take a 9-0 lead

Pearce and Roneberg, who each had three hits and drove in four, became the second and third Curve players this season to hit two homers in a game (Neil Walker the other)
No Altoona player has ever hit three in one contest

‘‘Hitting’s contagious’’ Pearce said
‘‘When everybody’s hitting, everybody wants to get that next hit
Our team hit, and the pitching did awesome
Hopefully we’ll get the other team shaking in their shoes’’

A fierce lightning storm lingered above BCB, and a power outage delayed the game at 9.21pm
By the time things resumed at 10:51, barely more than a handful of fans remained
One of them was Rich Riva, who brought his grandson, Eric Fischkeller
‘‘He’s doing a scorecard, and he wants to make sure the game’s over’’ Riva, a Pittsburgh native, said

The blowout gave the Curve a chance to relax - their past 11 wins entering Tuesday came by only 22 runs
Altoona coasted to a 13-6 win at New Britain on Thursday, so the offense has scored 26 runs against the Rock Cats the past two games

‘‘Oh man, a blowout’s always fun for everybody’’ Roneberg said
‘‘You have a good time’’

Herrera (1-4) pitched six shutout innings and won his first game in the USA

Starling suspended
The Eastern League suspended Curve pitcher Wardell Starling two games for his actions May 26 at Bowie
Starling objected to home plate umpire Mark Ripperger on a double down the right field line and charged the plate to contest the call
He was immediately ejected
Starling began his suspension Tuesday and will finish it today
‘‘During an emotional time, he showed that he cared, and there’s nothing wrong with that’’ Curve manager Tim Leiper said
‘‘He pays his two days, and that’s it’’

Tristan Crawford allowed 11 hits and nine runs in 3-2/3 innings as the New Britain Rock Cats lost 13-3 to the Altoona Curve Tuesday in Altoona, Pa

Crawford (6-4) gave up five home runs, including two each to Brett Roneberg and Steven Pearce
Roneberg and Pearce were both 3-for-5 with four RBI

Trevor Plouffe hit a three-run homer for the Rock Cats

Brian Buscher and Luke Hughes each had two hits

Cuban defector Yoslan Herrera pitched six strong innings to earn his first professional win and designated hitter Brett Roneberg and first baseman Steven Pearce each homered twice as the Altoona Curve defeated New Britain 13-3 Tuesday at Blair County Ballpark

The Curve (30-30) scored all of their runs in the first five innings which benefited Herrera who allowed seven hits and no runs in six innings

Pearce and Roneberg both went 3-for-5, scored three runs and recorded four RBIs
Pearce also doubled to raise his batting average to .314

Center fielder Andrew McCutchen went 3-for-5 with a double while Neil Walker, Jason Bowers and Alex Fernandez each recorded two hits

Altoona (Double-A, 30-30) won, 13-3, at home against New Britain (Twins)

First baseman Steven Pearce went 3 for 5 with two home runs and four RBI

Designated hitter Brett Roneberg went 3 for 5 with two home runs and four RBI

Third baseman Neil Walker went 2 for 5 with an RBI

Center fielder Andrew McCutchen had three hits and an RBI

Starter Yoslan Herrera (1-4) pitched six shutout innings