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The Result
Curve - 4 runs to 3

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

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
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Batting - #

------------Entered the game as a pinch hitter during the top of the eighth innings
------------......then remained in the game to play first base

Brett's at-bats
First plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
The top of the eighth innings!!!
The Curve are trailing, 1 run to 2!!!
There are runners at first and second base!!!
And it is two down!!!
Brett is called upon to pinch hit!!!
......and now click on the "PLAY" button

Driven into leftfield for a hit ...... and the tying run scores!! ...... and the go-ahead run also scores on an error by the fielder!! ...... and Brett stands at third base on the play
Left stranded at the end of the innings
During this at-bat, the commentator mentions Brett's season-to-date pinch hitting statistics and details
......and now click on the "PLAY" button for another version - from the Fisher Cats radio broadcast

At the end of the Game
1 hit from 1 at-bat - single, 1 x run batted in

Heard during the game

Excerpts from the Curve Post Game Show

--"Hit of the Game" - click on the "PLAY" button---

--"Player of the Game" - click on the "PLAY" button---

Email from Brett

Game Reports

The Altoona Curve continued their red-hot play on the road Sunday afternoon at New Hampshire, winning a 4-3 decision against the Fisher Cats to improve to 5-1 over the first six games of their season-long nine-game Northern Division road swing

Altoona (63-55), which has also won 13 of its last 16 away from Blair County Ballpark, remains 4-1/2 games behind E.L. South wild-card leader Erie, which defeated Connecticut, 7-6, Sunday afternoon

Trailing 2-1 entering the top of the eighth inning, the Curve took their first lead of the game when pinch-hitter Brett Roneberg ripped a single to left-field, which went between the legs of left-fielder Ryan Patterson allowing Taber Lee to score from second base with the tying run and Andrew McCutchen to race around from first with the go-ahead tally

Roneberg was credited with one RBI on the play and is now 4-for-6 with six RBI this season in a pinch-hitting role

Jason Bowers added a solo home run in the top of the ninth to give Altoona a 4-2 lead and that insurance run proved to be important after New Hampshire first baseman Chip Cannon led off the bottom of the ninth with a solo shot to right off Curve closer Matt Peterson
Peterson settled in after the longball and retired the final three Fisher Cats to notch his 23rd save of the season

Romulo Sanchez (5-3) earned the win for Altoona after tossing a pair of scoreless innings in the sixth and seventh in back of starter Yoslan Herrera, who allowed two runs in five innings of work

The Curve offense banged out 10 hits in the game Sunday afternoon, marking the fifth straight contest in which Altoona has recorded double digits in the hit column

McCutchen and Peter Bergeron each posted two-hit games to lead the way

Javier Guzman and Neil Walker both went hitless to end their hitting streaks at nine and seven games, respectively

Altoona will spend their final scheduled off day of the season on Monday in Binghamton, NY before opening a three-game set against the B-Mets Tuesday evening at 7.05pm

The Curve will return to Blair County Ballpark next Friday, when they open a four-game series over three games against Erie

Erik Kratz and Chip Cannon each connected for a solo home run, but it wasn't enough as the Fisher Cats lost to the Altoona Curve, 4-3

New Hampshire held a 2-1 lead entering the eighth inning, but the Curve struck for a pair of two runs on three hits to take the lead and the win

Kratz finished the game 2-for-4 as the catcher had the second inning solo home run and a double in the fourth inning, during which he ended up getting tagged out at home later in the frame

Cannon's solo shot led off the ninth inning and was his 17th of the season
That total ties him with recently-promoted Sergio Santos for the team lead

The other Fisher Cat run came in the first inning
Manny Mayorson drew a lead off walk from Yuslan Herrera (5 innings, 5 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts) and stole second
Ryan Patterson (2-for-4, RBI) brought home the second baseman with a single to center field

Aaron Mathews and Ryan Klosterman were the other Fisher Cats to record hits

The Curve's Neil Walker led off the eighth inning with a walk from reliever Jo Matumoto
Matumoto picked off Walker prompting Altoona's Manager Tim Leiper ejection
Seth Overbey relieved Matumoto and allowed singles to Jason Delaney and Andrew McCutchen
Tracy Thorpe relieved Overbey, who failed to record an out
Thorpe struck out Javier Guzman for the second out of the inning, but Brett Roneberg hit a pinch-hit single to left field that was over-run by Patterson allowing Delaney's pinch runner Taber Lee and McCutchen to score in what was named the "RELCO Enlightening Play of the Game"

Altoona tacked on an insurance run in the ninth on Jason Bowers' home run

LHP Kurt Isenberg had an effective outing giving up just one run on five hits and two walks with four strikeouts

The surging Curve are doing everything they can to make the playoffs, but resilient Erie continues to prevent them from closing ground

Altoona rallied with a pair of runs in the eighth inning and beat New Hampshire on Sunday, 4-3

For the second straight day, though, the SeaWolves battled back themselves, overcoming a 6-0 deficit to beat Connecticut and keep the Curve 4-1/2 games back in the Southern Division playoff race

Altoona improved to a season-best eight games over .500 and is an impressive 5-1 on its nine-game road trip, the longest of the season

The Curve still have 10 games left against Erie, but they could badly use some help from other teams to shrink that deficit a couple of more games

Altoona trailed 2-1 in the eighth when Brett Roneberg singled home pinch-runner Taber Lee from second base
Fisher Cats left fielder Ryan Patterson misplayed the ball for an error, allowing Andrew McCutchen to score from first with the go-ahead run

Jason Bowers homered for a key insurance run in the ninth to put the Curve up 4-2

That run proved to be the difference as closer Matt Peterson gave up a solo homer to Chip Cannon in the bottom of the ninth before finishing things off for his 23rd save

Romulo Sanchez (5-3) won in relief for Altoona, while Seth Overbey (2-4) took the loss

McCutchen, Jason Delaney and Peter Bergeron had two hits apiece, and Bergeron drove in the Curve’s first run with an RBI groundout in the third

The Curve have their final off day of the season today, then start a three-game series at Binghamton on Tuesday

Erie visits Blair County Ballpark for what will be four crucial games starting Friday

Chip Cannon led off the bottom of the ninth inning with his team-leading 17th home run of the season and Erik Kratz added a solo shot and a double, but the New Hampshire Fisher Cats dropped a 4-3 Eastern League decision to the Altoona Curve on Sunday afternoon before 5,063 fans at Merchantsauto.com Stadium

Pinch-hitter Brett Roneberg drove in pinch-runner Taber Lee with an opposite-field single off Fisher Cats’ closer Tracy Thorpe with two outs in the top of the eighth inning, and Andrew McCutchen raced home with the go-ahead run when the ball slid under the glove of New Hampshire left fielder Ryan Patterson turning a 2-1 Curve deficit into a 3-2 lead

Altoona (63-55) made it 4-2 when Jason Bowers drilled his sixth home run of the year, a one-out solo blast off Thorpe in the top of the ninth inning that landed on the upper tier of the Poultry Products Dinner in the Den

Leading off the bottom of the ninth, Cannon cracked Curve closer Matt Peterson’s 3-2 pitch over the access road in right field for his first home run since July 21 in Connecticut and his first in Manchester since July 18 against Portland
But Peterson retired the next three batters he faced for his 23rd save in 27 chances

Romulo Sanchez (5-3) earned the win with two shutout innings of relief
The right-hander allowed one hit and struck out three

Seth Overbey (2-4) took the loss for New Hampshire (60-60)
Overbey allowed singles to the only two batters he faced, Jason Delaney (2-for-4) and McCutchen (2-for-3, R, BB), before giving way to Thorpe in the eighth
Overbey was charged with two runs - one earned - in no innings

The Fisher Cats jumped ahead, 1-0, in the bottom of the first inning against Yoslan Herrera when Manny Mayorson (0-for-3, BB, SB, R) walked, stole second base and scored on a Patterson (2-for-4, RBI, 2B) single to center

Kratz (2-for-4, HR, RBI) made it 2-0 with his fourth home run of the year, a solo fly over the right field wall in the bottom of the second inning

Kurt Isenberg had his longest outing in 10 starts, holding the Curve to one run on five hits in 6-1/3 innings
The left-hander struck out four and walked two, departing with a 2-1 lead

But the bullpen relinquished the lead, keeping Isenberg winless in his last five decisions dating back to his last victory on June 29 against New Britain

Brandon Chaves singled, stole second base, advanced to third on a Kratz throwing error and scored on Peter Bergeron’s ground out in the top of the third inning for the only run against Isenberg

The Fisher Cats remain 3-1/2 games behind Portland in the battle for second place in the Northern Division after the Sea Dogs dropped an 8-7 decision to the Harrisburg Senators on Sunday afternoon

New Hampshire's bid for the last playoff berth in the Northern Division took another turn for the worse today
Wasting a well-pitched game from starter Kurt Isenberg, the Fisher Cats coughed up a late lead and fell 4-3 to Altoona before 5,063 fans at Merchantsauto.com Stadium

Monday the Fisher Cats have the day off to think about the final stretch run that will determine their playoff fate in the Northern Division of the Eastern League
The loss today dropped New Hampshire's record to .500 (60-60), 3-1/2 games behind second-place Portland (62-55) for the last playoff berth in the division

New Hampshire has 22 games left, 11 home and 11 away and, the Fisher Cats begin the final stretch Tuesday with three games in New Britain to a start a six-game road trip that ends this weekend in Binghamton

The one disturbing trend facing manager Bill Masse's squad is that the team is struggling winning series
Since the All-Star break on July 10 - when the locals were in second place, three games ahead of the Sea Dogs - the Fisher Cats are 13-19 and have won just one of seven series

That trend will not get the Fisher Cats into the postseason, but Masse's team has a favorable schedule, playing 11 of the last 16 at home including four against the Sea Dogs beginning Aug. 23

"It does us no good to put pressure on ourselves'' said third baseman Rob Cosby, who has been with this organization since its inception
"I've been around long enough to know things can change day to day
We just have to keep playing and I think we'll be fine''

Today New Hampshire committed four errors, including a costly one in the eighth inning by leftfielder Ryan Patterson that allowed the Curve to take the lead

The Fisher Cats also left 13 men on base, signs explaining why New Hampshire hasn't played well since the all-star break

"We're not getting the clutch hits with men on base and errors are part of the game, but they seem to come at the wrong time'' said Cosby
"We just have to show some mental toughness and like I said, I think we're going to be fine
We still have time''

Isenberg, coming off his shortest outing (three innings) of the season last Tuesday in a 5-3 loss to Harrisburg, twirled a solid five-hitter over 6-1/3 innings, his longest stint since a seven-inning stint against the Rock Cats on June 19
The lefty, on 94 pitches, allowed just one earned run and two walks with four strikeouts, lowering his ERA from 6.02 to 5.74

"A big part of his game is changing speeds and he did that well today, throwing 27 change-ups'' said New Hampshire pitching coach Dave Laroche
"Overall it was a good outing and something he can build on over the remaining three weeks of the season''

Isenberg left the game with a 2-1 lead, but the bullpen couldn't hold it
Seth Overbey (2-4) entered the game with one out in the eighth, but gave up consecutive singles to Jason Delaney and Andrew McCutchen
Masse summoned Tracy Thorpe to the hill, who registered a strikeout of Javier Guzman for the second out
But the game turned when Thorpe fell behind in the count (3-1) to veteran lefthanded slugger Brett Roneberg, who drove an outside pitch to left for a single that skipped under the glove of Patterson, allowing Altoona to take a 3-2 lead

In the ninth Jason Bowers went yard against Thorpe for what turned out to be the game-winner because Chip Cannon matched it with his 17th homer to start the ninth

But reliever Matt Peterson set down the next three batters for his 23rd save, handing New Hampshire its 18th one-run loss of the season

Diamond Notes
Patterson gave New Hampshire the early lead in the first inning with his team leading 59th RBI
Manny Mayorson walked and scored on Patterson's single, but his 10-game hitting streak ended yesterday
Cannon struck out twice yesterday, giving him an Eastern-League leading 155, three shy of the Fisher Cats' franchise record that he established last year
Fisher Cats catcher Erik Kratz homered and doubled yesterday
Shortstop Ryan Klosterman committed two errors, giving him the team lead with 15
Cannon's 17th homer ties him for the team high this season with Sergio Santos, who is now with Syracuse
Cosby made a terrific catch in the seventh off the bat of Vic Buttler, preserving New Hampshire's lead at the time, but Altoona's Neil Walker made a great catch near his dugout as his momentum forced him over the railing to retire Dustin Majewski
Romulo Sanchez garnered the mound win in relief of starter Yoslan Herrera, a Cuban native who is on the Pirates' 40-man roster
Altoona manager Tim Leiper was ejected by first base umpire Grant Menke, who called Neil Walker out on a pick-off by reliever Jo Matumoto in the eighth