The audio file opposite/below includes two segments from the Game Day Show PART ONE Manager Tim Leiper discusses Brett's situation He says he would like to see him back in the lineup, and that he "feels bad for the guy" He also mentions his great work as the First Base Coach during the recent games PART TWO During the Curve Injury Report, the commentator mentions that Brett is an important part of the Curve lineup, but there is no timetable for his return NOTE - Tim Leiper speaks 'a little fast' and is a bit difficult to understand - the rest of the tape, including the Injury Report, is very clear

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Curve Game Day Notes on Tuesday 17th July 2007

The Result
Baysox - 6 runs to 1

The Curve - Year-to-Date
47 wins and 46 losses

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

Brett's at-bats
First plate appearance

Second plate appearance

Third plate appearance

Fourth plate appearance

At the end of the Game
0 hit from 0 at-bats

Heard during the game

Email from Brett

Game Reports

The Curve and Bowie Baysox were delayed for nearly an hour following the first inning due to an area-wide power outage, and when play resumed it was all Bowie as the Baysox rolled the Curve, 6-1

The power actually went out in the top of the first inning, but the two teams were able to continue playing through the conclusion of the inning due to enough natural light
Following the inning however, the decision was made to halt play

Both starters, Josh Shortslef for Altoona and Fredy Deza for Bowie, were unable to continue after the 56-minute delay

Rosman Garcia took over for Deza and was magnificent
Garcia (2-4) earned the win by throwing five scoreless innings and allowing Altoona just two hits

Wardell Starling, who came on for Shortslef, couldn't match that performance

Starling worked two scoreless innings, but Bowie got to him for a run in the fourth inning, when Bobby Andrews plated Luis Jimenez with a ground out for a 1-0 lead

The Baysox erupted for five runs to break the game open in the fifth
Starling walked Blake Davis to start the frame
He retired Bryan Bass, but Paco Figueroa singled and Oscar Salazar scored Davis with an RBI-single to put Bowie ahead, 2-0
Starling then walked Jimenez to load the bases
Matt Cepicky doubled home two runs and chased Starling from the ballgame
Dave Davidson came on for Starling but permitted both inherited runners to score and the Baysox led, 6-0

The Curve scored their lone run in the eighth inning on a Jason Delaney RBI-single that scored Matt Meath

Starling (3-8) was saddled with his eighth loss of the season, allowing six earned runs in just 3-1/3 innings of work

The Baysox won for the ninth time in 13 meetings between the two clubs at BCB and also secured the 2007 season series with their 13th overall win in the 24-game series

The series will be decided with the finale on Wednesday night at 7.05pm
Altoona will turn to RHP Dewon Brazelton (2-2, 1.91) in the rubber-match against RHP Beau Hale (6-4, 4.52) for Bowie

Jason Delaney walked into a dark Curve clubhouse during a power loss
Once play finally resumed, Altoona’s offense was met with another outage

Bowie silenced the Curve in coming away with a 6-1 win Tuesday night before 3,909 fans at Blair County Ballpark

A mechanical problem at a Penelec building caused a power loss that hit BCB with the game barely under way
The lights went out with Bowie’s Oscar Salazar, the game’s third hitter, at the plate
Play was stopped for three minutes then, but the second delay was much longer
Umpires stopped play for 56 minutes after the first inning
Had the delay lasted five more minutes, the ballpark would have had to be evacuated because of darkness

‘‘You’re walking around, having a good time, Peter Brady’s here and everybody’s enjoying themselves’’ Curve general manager Todd Parnell said
‘‘Then boom, the day changes’’

So did the Curve’s recent offensive success

Baysox reliever Rosman Garcia (2-4) limited Altoona to two hits over five innings

The Curve had scored 20 runs in the previous two games

‘‘Sometimes you’re going to run into a guy that can expand the strike zone because he’s pitching well, and I think that was the case today’’ said Delaney, whose eighth-inning single produced the Curve’s only run
‘‘He pitched effectively, and he was able to expand the zone himself’’

Bowie hammered reliever Wardell Starling for six runs in 3-1/3 innings, including five in the fifth inning
Matt Cepicky’s two-run double helped stake the Baysox to a 6-0 lead

The Curve had a 1970s theme to accompany an appearance by Christopher Knight, famour for his role as Peter Brady from “The Brady Bunch”
Jon Laaser, the club’s assistant director of communications, came up with a great line to describe the evening’s theme and power outage
‘‘I know it’s 70s night, but I didn’t know it was 1870s night’’ Laaser deadpanned

Blair County Ballpark finally became illuminated again around 8:05, when the lights on the party deck in left field and the radar gun flickered
Full power was restored five minutes later

Parnell experienced only one other extended outage at BCB a couple years ago
‘‘That night, luckily The Blues Brothers were here’’ he said
‘‘We had The Blues Brothers come set up their stuff’’

Members of the Curve staff generated the entertainment this time, running throughout BCB to spark fan noise in place of sound effects piped through the speakers
Shirts and other merchandise were shot into the crowd

‘‘Our first thing is to make sure everybody’s safe, then continues to have fun’’ Parnell said
‘‘It’s hard to communicate that when there’s no power and no sound’’

The experience of the Curve staff helped keep order
Director of ballpark operations Kirk Stiffler called Penelec for updates, and head groundskeepr Patrick Coakley consulted with the umpires
‘‘Everybody knows pretty much where their area is’’ Parnell said
‘‘It’s a tribute to how they work together
We’re all on the same page so much that they automatically know what to do’’

Neil Walker and Delaney each did their part to keep the mood light, hopping on tiny tricycles to race - at Walker’s urging
Walker easily beat Delaney, raising his hand in triumph after coming down the first base line and breaking up the umpires huddled at home plate

‘‘It’s just like any other rain delay, except you couldn’t really do anything’’ Delaney said
‘‘There was nowhere to go
You come back in the clubhouse, and there’s nowhere to go
It’s dark in here
We were just kind of finding ways to waste some time’’

Curve manager Tim Leiper now will try to fill innings with a taxed bullpen, which essentially pitched nine innings Monday and eight more Tuesday
Romulo Sanchez, Dave Davidson and Starling (3-8) each worked three or more innings in the past two days

“The outage disrupts a lot’’ Leiper said
‘‘We had to use a lot of the bullpen that we weren’t counting on using’’

Curve starter Josh Shortslef, who pitched only one inning before being pulled because of the delay, will move up in the rotation
Leiper said it’s possible Shortslef will start Saturday in place of Jason Roach, who made a spot start Monday
‘‘I’m not going to let Shortslef go five days without pitching’’ Leiper said before adding ‘‘we’re definitely going to move him up’’

McCutchen back in lineup
Outfielder Andrew McCutchen, who had a minor groin injury, returned to the starting lineup today after a two day break
He went 0-for-3
McCutchen came up gingerly on Friday after falling short on a diving attempt to take away a single
He played the next night before taking two days off