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The Result
Phillies - 10 runs to 0

The Curve - Year-to-Date
64 wins and 61 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Playing - First base
Batting - #4

Brett's at-bats
First plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - two down
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Lifted into the right-centrefield gap but chased down by the fielder ...... out F9
Second plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher
Runners at first and second base - one down
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A come-backer to the mound ...... the pitcher throws to the shortstop covering second base and the relay throw is in time ...... out 1 to 6 to 3 double play
Third plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - one down
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A broken bat pop up to the Phillies' second-baseman ...... out F4
Fourth plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - one down
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Swinging strike out

At the end of the Game
0 hit from 4 at-bats - 1 x strike out, 1 x grounded into a double play

Heard during the game

Email from Brett

Game Reports

The Altoona Curve continued their recent offensive woes, managing just four hits in a rain-shortened, 10-0 loss to the Reading Phillies in the opener of a three-game series Monday evening at FirstEnergy Stadium in Reading, PA

The game was called in the bottom of the eighth inning after heavy rainfall forced the game to be halted

Reading left-hander Josh Outman baffled Curve hitters over eight scoreless innings to earn a shutout victory
Outman (1-2), one of the Philadelphia Phillies' top pitching prospects, scattered four hits, walked five and fanned four in picking up his first Double-A victory

In their last three games, the Curve offense has managed just one run in 22 innings
On Saturday, the Curve dropped both ends of a doubleheader to first-place Erie after managing just one run and three hits between the two contests

Altoona (64-61) has now lost five consecutive games and drops 6-1/2 games behind E.L. South wild-card leader Akron, which had its game at Erie postponed Monday night
Reading (64-62) won its fourth in a row and is now just 1/2 game behind the fourth-place Curve in the standings

Curve right-hander Kip Bouknight (11-5) dropped his second consecutive decision after allowing four runs - one earned - in 5-1/3 innings

Bouknight tossed scoreless baseball into the fifth inning before yielding a two-run double to Reading center fielder Greg Golson

Reading padded its lead against Bouknight in the sixth, when Outman delivered a two-run single to right-center field to make the score 4-0
Outman went 3-for-4 at the plate in addition to his eight shutout innings on the mound

The Phillies blew the game open in the seventh and eighth innings, scoring six times against reliever Jason Roach

Reading was poised to add to its 10-0 advantage in the eighth, loading the bases after two outs before the game was stopped due to a consistent, heavy downpour

Jason Bowers counted half of Altoona's four hits, going 2-for-4 at the plate

Jason Delaney and Javier Guzman added the Curve's other hits in the loss

The Curve and R-Phils will play the middle game of their three-game series Tuesday evening at 7.05pm
Dewon Brazelton (4-3, 3.67) will make the start for Altoona against Philadelphia Phillies' top prospect Carlos Carrasco (4-3, 5.40)

With a sense for the dramatic, Phillies lefty Josh Outman collected his first Double-A victory, shut out the Altoona Curve on four hits over a season-high eight innings, and, oh, yeah, also was the hitting star Monday night in a 10-0 victory

Outman (1-2) struck out four and walked five and had things pretty much his own way after the third inning

For the Phillies it was the first time they've posted back-to-back shutouts at home since June 2 and 6 of 2000 v Binghamton and Harrisburg respectively

Offensively, Outman was 3-for-4, including a pivotal two-run single in the sixth
He was down in the count 0-2, fouled off two pitches, and singled to right for a 4-0 lead

A pair of two-out, two-run hits also were huge at the time
Greg Golson delivered a two-run double in the fifth, Outman starting the rally with an infield single
Then, in the seventh, Michael Garciaparra flared a single to right to up the lead to 6-0

The Phillies (64-62), who won their fourth straight, were helped by an uncharacteristic three errors by an Altoona team that came in ranked as the second-best fielding team in the Eastern League
Fittingly, it was 'Christmas in August' night at FirstEnergy Stadium

The Phillies put up four runs in the eighth before the rain picked up, suspending things with two out and the bases loaded

The Curve, who lost their fifth straight, fell to 64-61

Kip Bouknight (11-5) took the loss

Notes
Right-hander Gary Knotts was named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for his one-hit shutout effort Thursday against the Erie SeaWolves - he struck out eight and walked two in the 7-0 decision - he had pitched no-hit ball for 6.2 innings
Going into the fifth inning Monday, Curve starter Kip Bouknight owned a 1.36 ERA in five appearances vs. the Phillies
Mike Costanzo was 3-for-4 with a walk
Greg Jacobs and Jason Hill had two hits apiece, Hill stroking his 33rd double, which tied him with Jacobs for the team lead
The Phillies banged out 15 hits, getting at least one hit in each inning
The Phillies have allowed three runs and 19 hits in their last four games, all victories
They are 16-8 in their last 24 home games
The Curve lead the season series 8-7 - they have won it every year since 2003
Monday's loss was just their sixth in the last 20 road games
Former Phillie Peter Bergeron led off and played center field for the Curve - he signed with Pittsburgh as a minor league free agent July 31

Play of the Day
Jason Delaney was thrown out at the plate on a double to the wall in left-center by Javier Guzman in the second inning on a perfectly executed 8-6-2 relay started by Greg Golson to Joey Hammond then Jason Hill

The Curve’s recent offensive struggles continued Monday night
Reading held a sloppy Altoona squad to just four hits in its 10-0 win at FirstEnergy Stadium as the Curve lost their fifth consecutive game

Heavy rains stopped the game after eight innings

The R-Phils shelled reliever Jason Roach for six runs in just 1-1/3 innings to pad the margin

This lack of output came on the heels of the Curve’s dud against Erie, when the SeaWolves held Altoona to only three hits and one run in Saturday’s doubleheader

Altoona has scored just one run in its past 24 innings

The loss continued the Curve’s freefall of late, as the team is now 6-1/2 games behind Akron for the Southern Division wild card spot and eight games behind first-place Erie
Fourth-place Reading closed to within just a half-game of Altoona

Reading starter Josh Outman (1-2) had the best start of his season
He held the Curve to four hits and five walks in eight shutout innings
He also got it done from the plate, as the lefty went 3-for-4 with two RBIs
Outman laced a two-run double to chase Curve starter Kip Bouknight and stake the R-Phils to a 4-0 lead

Bouknight, usually cool, calm and collected, was visibly frustrated walking off the mound
Bouknight (11-5) allowed four runs - one of which was earned - in 5-1/3 innings as the Curve defense failed to do its part

Javier Guzman’s shoddy defense allowed Reading to take an early 2-0 lead
Guzman failed to charge a slow-rolling groundball that led to an infield single and later dropped a soft liner that led to two unearned runs in the fifth inning
Greg Golson’s double, which the Curve bullpen believed was foul, scored the runs

Reading hammered Roach for seven hits, six runs and a 10-0 advantage

Significant scoring chances were minimal
Javier Guzman doubled in the second inning, but Jason Delaney was thrown out at the plate on a perfect relay throw
Delaney led off the seventh with a double but the Curve couldn’t bring him home