The Result
Game One - Curve - 4 runs to 1
Game Two - SeaWolves - 4 runs to 3
--------------Eight innings

The Curve - Year-to-Date
34 wins and 33 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Game One
----------Playing - Designated hitter
----------Batting - #3
Game Two
----------Playing - First base
----------Batting - #3

Brett's at-bats --- Game One

First plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - one down
Ball - a little bit outside
Called strike - fast ball - at the knees
"There's a liner back up the middle and Roneberg has a base hit into centrefield"
Single to centrefield
Scored on a home run
Second plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Called strike - on the inside corner
Foul ball - down the third base line
Ball - outside
"That's a check swing roller and it's picked up by the SeaWolves' third-baseman and the throw goes to first base for the final out of the innings"
Ground out to third base - 5 to 3
Third plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
The bases are loaded!!!
One down!!!
Ball - high
Ball - high and outside
"Roneberg drills that ball into leftfield ... the fielder makes the catch and the runner has tagged and is coming home ... the throw comes in to third base ... and did they get him??? ... yes, they did!!! ... and has the runner scored??? ... no, it's a double play by the SeaWolves to get out of the innings!!! ... Curve Manager Tim Leiper is attacking the umpire and I think he has a legitimate beef in this case"
Fly out to leftfield - F7
NOTE - it looks like Brett should have got a sacrifice fly with a run batted in here, but the runner from second base was doubled off when trying to reach third base ... not sure if it was poor judgement by the baserunner, or a 'blunder' by the coach, or a bad call by the umpire, etc, etc ... it all results in nothing for Brett!!!

Brett's at-bats --- Game Two

First plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Called strike
Ball - outside
Foul ball
"That ball comes off the end of the bat and goes towards the third-baseman who gathers and thows across to first base for the final out of the innings"
Ground out to third base - 5 to 3
Second plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Runners at first and third base - two down
Ball - in the dirt
"That is lined into rightfield but it's right at the fielder who makes the catch to end the innings"
Fly out to rightfield - F9
Third plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Foul ball
Ball - outside and in the dirt
Foul ball
"That's a line drive into centrefield but the catch is made for the final out of the innings"
Fly out to centrefield - F8
Fourth plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Ball - high
Ball - outside
"That pitch is lined into rightfield for a base hit to Roneberg"
Single to rightfield
Left stranded at the end of the innings

At the end of the Game
Game One
----------1 hit from 3 at-bats - single, 1 x run scored
Game Two
----------1 hit from 4 at-bats - single
TOTAL
----------2 hits from 7 at-bats - 2 x singles, 1 x run scored

Heard during the game

Email from Brett

Game Reports

Josh Shortslef worked 6-2/3 strong innings and Steven Pearce cracked a three-run, first-inning home run to lead the Curve to a 4-1 win over the Erie SeaWolves in game one of a doubleheader Wednesday evening at Jerry Uht Park

The Curve, however, were unable to complete the twinbill sweep as Erie plated two seventh-inning runs to send the nightcap into extra innings before winning it in the eighth, 4-3

Altoona (34-33), which swept the Reading Phillies in its previous doubleheader on June 1 at Blair County Ballpark, entered the seventh and final inning of game two with a 3-1 lead, but the SeaWolves scored a pair of runs off Curve reliever Chris Hernandez, including a game-tying RBI single by Pedro Cotto which forced extra innings

In the bottom of the eighth, Andres Torres led off with a walk against Jason Roach and eventually came home with the game's winning run when Roach was charged with a wild pitch that got past catcher Dave Parrish

The Curve built their 3-1 lead in game two thanks to five strong innings from right-hander Todd Redmond and a three-run homer off the bat of Adam Boeve, who was celebrating his 27th birthday

Redmond, who was called up from Class-A Lynchburg to make his Double-A debut against the SeaWolves, shook off a first-inning home run by Torres to finish with only one run allowed and four hits

Matt Rusch (3-1) earned the game two win for the SeaWolves, while Roach (4-2) was tagged with the loss

In the earlier contest, Shortslef (2-6) came within one out of his first complete game victory in a Curve uniform, going 6-2/3 innings and allowing only one run and five hits
The left-hander, who started the season with an 0-6 record, had his second straight winning decision preserved by closer Matt Peterson, who came on to record the final out of the game and notch his 14th save to match the Eastern League lead

The Curve led the entire game thanks to Pearce's three-run homer in the first inning off Erie starter Andrew Kown (2-4)
The longball was Pearce's ninth in a Curve uniform and his 20th overall this season, including his 11 homers with Class-A Lynchburg to open the season

Jason Bowers added three hits in the game one victory and finished with four overall in the doubleheader to lead all Altoona hitters

The Curve and SeaWolves will return to the diamond on Thursday at 12.05pm for a second straight doubleheader at Jerry Uht Park
Kip Bouknight (7-2, 3.27) will draw the starting assignment for the Curve in game one against Detroit Tigers' left-hander Nate Robertson, who will be making a major league rehab start for the SeaWolves
The nightcap will feature eight-game winner Dallas Trahern (8-3, 3.46) of Erie against an undecided Curve pitcher

Josh Shortslef tossed 6-2/3 strong innings and Steven Pearce belted a three-run homer as visiting Altoona beat Erie, 4-1, in Wednesday's doubleheader opener

Shortslef (2-6) won his second straight decision after dropping his first six

The 25-year-old left-hander allowed one run on five hits and two walks while striking out three
After yielding two hits and a walk in the first inning, the Oswego, N.Y., native retired 16 of the next 18 batters before running into trouble in the seventh
Matt Peterson replaced Shortslef with two on and two out and fanned Clete Thomas for his 14th save, tying him with Bowie's Jim Hoey for the Eastern League lead

The Curve jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first on Pearce's ninth homer
Pearce has a combined 20 roundtrippers between Altoona and Lynchburg, tying him for second in the Minors with Toledo's Mike Hessman and Albuquerque's Val Pascucci

Jason Bowers went 3-for-4 and Brian Peterson had two hits and a run scored for Altoona (34-32)

Erie starter Andrew Kown (2-4) was charged with four runs - three earned - on five hits over six innings
He struck out one and walked one

Joel Roa smacked an RBI single in the seventh for the SeaWolves (35-32), who have dropped four of five

Andres Torres scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth inning as Erie rallied to beat Altoona, 4-3, and split Wednesday's doubleheader

Torres led off with a walk and moved up on Michael Hollimon's sacrifice
Curve reliever Jason Roach intentionally walked Matthew Joyce to set up a potential double play, but a passed ball by David Parrish allowed the runners to advance
After Erick Almonte was intentionally walked to load the bases, Roach uncorked a wild pitch and Torres scored

The SeaWolves, who lost the opener, 4-1, scored twice in the seventh to force extra innings
Steve Torrealba hit an RBI groundout and Pedro Cotto delivered a run-scoring single

Torres slugged a solo homer, his fourth, in the first and Hollimon and Cotto each had two hits for Erie (36-32)

Reliever Matt Rusch (3-1) yielded one hit and fanned one in a scoreless eighth for the win

Starter Randor Bierd allowed a hit and a walk over three scoreless innings

Adam Boeve went 2-for-3 with a three-run homer in the fourth for Altoona (34-33)

Roach (4-2) allowed one run on three walks while recording one out

Chris Hernandez blew his first save after giving up two runs on three hits and one walk while fanning one over two innings

Todd Redmond, who was making his first start for Altoona after being promoted from Class Advanced A Lynchburg earlier in the day, allowed one run on four hits over five innings
He struck out two and walked one
The 22-year-old right-hander went 5-4 with a 3.98 ERA in 13 starts with the Hillcats

The SeaWovles have dropped three in a row, falling to the Altoona Curve in game one of Wednesday night’s doubleheader at Jerry Uht Park by a score of 4-1

The SeaWolves fell behind early in game one against Altoona when they struck for three runs in the top of the first inning
Andrew McCutchen reached on a fielder’s choice with one out and Brett Roneberg singled to put two aboard for Steve Pearce
Pearce connected on a three-run home run on the first pitch of the at bat to put the Curve up 3-0

The homer for Pearce was his ninth of the season for Altoona and he now has 20 home runs overall with 11 from Class-A Lynchberg and his nine with the Curve

Altoona would add a run in the top of the fifth inning
With one out, Brian Peterson singled, Brandon Chavez walked and Jason Bowers singled to load the bases for McCutchen
McCutchen hit a ground ball to short, Nick McIntyre fired the ball home to cut down the runner, however, Joel Roa could not hold on and was charged an error as Peterson scored to make it 4-0 Curve

Erie got on the board in the bottom of the seventh inning in their final at bat of the game
Kody Kirkland was hit by a pitch with one out and Andres Torres singled to put runners on first and second
With two outs, Joel Roa singled through the left side of the infield, bringing home Kirkland for the only SeaWolves run of the game

Starter Andrew Kown (2-4) went six innings for the ‘Wolves allowing four runs, three earned, on five hits
He took the loss, his second loss against the Curve

Zach Miner, down on Major League rehab with the SeaWolves, tossed the seventh inning
He allowed no runs on two hits and he struck out a pair
It was Miner’s first action since June 5 with the Tigers in Texas

The SeaWolves were down to their final out in game two of Wednesday’s doubleheader but the offense came through and Erie won the game in extra innings

The SeaWolves jumped out in front in the bottom of the first inning with one out when Andres Torres hit a solo home run, his fourth of the season, to put Erie up 1-0

The Curve came back in the top of the fourth against reliever Matt Righter
Steven Pearce and Neil Walker both singled to start the inning and Adam Boeve came to the plate and slammed his ninth home run of the season
The three-run home run put Altoona ahead 3-1

The score would remain the same until the bottom of the seventh against reliever Chris Hernandez
Erick Almonte led off the inning with a walk and Jackson Melian extended his hitting streak to 13-straight games with a base hit to put two on board
Kody Kirkland successfully laid down a sacrifice bunt to move the runners into scoring position
Steve Torrealba grounded out for the second out of the inning and Almonte scored to make it a 3-2 game in favor of Altoona
Then with the final out looming, Pedro Cotto connected on a liner through the right side of the infield, scoring Melian, tying the game at 3-3

In the bottom of the eighth against reliever Jason Roach, Torres drew a leadoff walk
Mike Hollimon laid down a sacrifice bunt to put Torres into scoring position
The Curve then intentionally walked Matt Joyce to set up a potential double play
A passed ball moved Torres to third and Joyce to second on the first pitch to Almonte
Almonte was then intentionally walked to load the bases for Melian
With Melian at the plate, Roach delivered a wild pitch, bringing home the winning run in Torres for a 4-3 comeback win for Erie, splitting the doubleheader

Matt Rusch (3-1) picked up the win for the ‘Wolves by pitching a scoreless top of the eighth inning

The Curve played well in 13 of the 15 innings they played Wednesday
It was those two bad innings that cost Altoona an opportunity to move within a half-game of second place

Altoona beat Erie, 4-1, in the first game of a doubleheader, but the SeaWolves rallied for two runs in the seventh and one in the eighth to take the nightcap, 4-3, at Jerry Uht Park

Harrisburg swept a twinbill from Bowie, and Altoona could have made up two games on both the Baysox and SeaWolves had the bullpen not squandered a seventh-inning lead
Curve reliever Chris Hernandez allowed RBIs to Steve Torrealba and Pedro Cotto
Torrealba, hitting .192, grounded out to draw Erie within 3-2
Cotto is batting just .237 but tied it at 3-3 on a single

Erie won when Jason Roach (4-2) allowed a bases-loaded wild pitch

Adam Boeve hit a three-run homer in the fourth for the Curve

Steven Pearce and Josh Shortslef sparked Altoona in the first game

Pearce, who said after Sunday’s 8-6 loss to Connecticut that Altoona needed to come out ready to play, took care of business with a first-inning long ball to give his team a 3-0 lead

Shortslef carried a three-hit shutout into the seventh and was an out away from tossing a complete game
He scattered just five hits and allowed Erie’s only run on Joel Roa’s RBI single
Shortslef (2-6) had his heart and motivation questioned by pitching coach Ray Searage before his start June 13

Todd Redmond, the Pirates’ ninth overall prospect, was called up from Single-A Lynchburg to make a spot start and limited Erie to one run on four hits over five innings

Curve closer Matt Peterson earned his 14th save in game one, tied for tops in the Eastern League

Erie’s Andrew Kown (2-4) lost game one, while reliever Matthew Rusch (2-2) won game two