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The Result
Curve - 6 runs to 0

The Curve - Year-to-Date
62 wins and 55 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Playing - First base
Batting - #6

Brett's at-bats
First plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - one down
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Popped up on the leftside and into foul territory but the Fisher Cats' third-baseman is able to make the catch near the rail - F5
Second plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
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"Tattooed" out to deep centrefield but caught on the warning track!! - F8
The commentator says that 'maybe' last night that would have been a home run ...... but tonight the wind is blowing in!!
Third plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - one down
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Line drive base hit into rightfield - single
The audio also includes Brett advancing to second base on a groundout, and then scoring on a hit!!
Fourth plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - none down
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That is lifted high into lefttfield ...... and no-one can get there!! ...... that ball should have been caught ...... but Roneberg will take it!! - single
Scored on a hit
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......and in this version, the commentators say that the fielders did all they could, etc

At the end of the Game
2 hits from 4 at-bats - 2 x singles, 2 x runs scored

Heard during the game

Fielding
The Fisher Cats are batting during the bottom of the ninth innings and here is the play-by-play report......
---------------Rob Cosby flies out to rightfielder Vic Buttler
---------------Erik Kratz pops out to first baseman Brett Roneberg in foul territory
---------------Ryan Klosterman walks
---------------Juan Peralta called out on strikes
The count on Erik Kratz is '1ball-2strikes' ...... and now click on the "PLAY" button

Email from Brett

Game Reports

Josh Shortslef turned in his best start of the season Saturday evening, tossing seven shutout innings to lead the Altoona Curve to a convincing 6-0 win over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in front of 5,901 at MerchantsAuto.com Stadium

Shortslef, who entered the game with a 2-12 record over his first 22 starts, picked up his first victory since game one of a June 20th doubleheader at Erie
The 25-year old southpaw scattered five hits in the contest and allowed only two New Hampshire base runners to reach second
Shortslef walked two batters and struck out two in the win

Olivo Astacio made his Double-A debut and worked two scoreless innings to complete the Curve's third shutout win of the season
The 23-year old right-hander was called up from Class-A Lynchburg on Tuesday

Altoona (62-55) is now 4-1 over the first five games of a season-long, nine-game road trip
The Curve swept a three-game series at Portland to open the trip and have now split the first two games of the weekend series against the Fisher Cats

Altoona will finish the three-city, nine-game trip next week in Binghamton

Offensively, the Curve were once again led by shortstop Javier Guzman, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored to improve to 11-for-19 (.579) over the first five games of the road trip
Guzman, who also extended his current team-high hitting streak to nine games, is batting .398 (37-for-93) since being activated from his 2-1/2 month stint on the Disabled List with a left knee injury

The Curve started the scoring in the top of the first inning against New Hampshire starter Ty Taubenheim (0-1) when Jason Bowers led off the game with a double to left-center field and scored two batters later on Neil Walker's ground out to second

Taubenheim, who was making his first start for the Fisher Cats since being sent down from Triple-A in the Blue Jays' chain, allowed two runs over six innings in taking the loss

Peter Bergeron added a pair of hits and two RBI in the contest, including an RBI triple in the top of the fifth, which brought home Guzman with the Curve's second run

The Curve and Fisher Cats will play the deciding game of the their three-game series Sunday afternoon at 1.05pm
Yoslan Herrera (6-6, 4.47) will make the start for Altoona against New Hampshire lefty Kurt Isenberg (3-9, 6.02)

Manny Mayorson connected for a pair of singles, but the third baseman's efforts weren't enough as the Fisher Cats fell to the Altoona Curve, 6-0

The Fisher Cats managed just two opportunities with runners in scoring position and each was with two out

Josh Shortslef went seven innings to improve to 3-12 for the Curve allowing just five hits with two strikeouts

Olivio Astacio finished the game for the Curve working two perfect innings with one strikeout

The Fisher Cats other hits besides Mayorson's came from Ryan Patterson, David Smith and Juan Peralta
Ryan Klosterman and Patterson each drew a pair of walks

Altoona jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning as Jason Bowers led off with a double, went to third on a sacrifice bunt and came home on Neil Walker's ground out

Peter Bergeron tripled in the RELCO Enlightening Play of the Game in the fifth inning to drive home Javier Guzman for a 2-0 Curve lead

Altoona added two in the seventh and two more in the ninth

Ty Taubenheim made his Eastern League debut and went six innings giving up just two runs on four hits with six strikeouts

Ismael Ramirez came in for the final three innings and gave up four runs and six hits with three strikeouts

The Fisher Cats conclude the three-game series against the Curve on Sunday afternoon at Merchantsauto.com Stadium
Left-hander Kurt Isenberg (3-9, 4.02) takes the mound against Altoona right-hander Yoslan Herrera (6-6, 4.47) at 1.05pm

Sunday features Astronaut bobbleheads to the first 2,000 fans through the gates
As part of New Hampshire Space Exploration Day, Astronaut Jay Buckey, UNH Institute of Earth, Ocean and Space, Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, and the SEE Science Center will be at the game

The Curve are peaking at the right time, and it only helps matters to have Josh Shortslef finally starting to turn the corner
Shortslef enjoyed the best outing of what’s been a disastrous season Saturday night as he tossed seven shutout innings against New Hampshire
The Curve put together an all-around complete effort in beating the Fisher Cats, 6-0, at MerchantsAuto.com Stadium

Altoona once again reached its season high point of seven games over .500 but did not pick up a game on Erie in the Southern Division playoff race
The Curve trail the SeaWolves by 4-1/2 games with 25 contests remaining

Shortslef entered Saturday with a 2-12 mark, one loss shy of matching the franchise record
He showed signs of improvement two starts ago, giving up only one run in seven innings against Reading, then yielded six runs - though just two earned - in 4-2/3 innings his last time out against New Hampshire

Shortslef was much better this time around against the Fisher Cats, blanking them on five hits over seven innings with two strikeouts and two walks

The Curve gave Shortslef a quick lead as Jason Bowers opened the game with a double and scored on Neil Walker’s RBI groundout

Peter Bergeron tripled home Javier Guzman in the fifth to make it 2-0

Guzman drove in one of Altoona’s two runs in the seventh, then capped his big night with a two-run double in the ninth
He went 3-for-4, is batting .365, has a nine-game hitting streak and has hit .398 since coming off the disabled list July 7

Shortslef turned things over to the bullpen in the eighth, and Olivo Astacio finished it off with two scoreless innings in his Double-A debut

New Hampshire starter Ty Taubenheim (0-1) took the loss