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The Altoona Curve will close out the home portion of their 2007 season with an eight game homestand comprised of two four game series

Altoona will take on the:-
------------Harrisburg Senators - Thursday August 23rd to Sunday August 26th, and the
------------Reading Phillies - Monday August 27th to Thursday August 30th

Monday August 27, 2007
--Ace Young Appearance presented by the New ATT and Curve All-Star Poster Giveaway
Former American Idol contestant Ace Young will appear during the series opener with Reading on August 27th as part of the Curve Idol Series presented by the New AT&T!
Plus, the Curve recognize their 2007 All-Stars in poster form, and you can share in the celebration
The first 3,000 fans through the BCB gates will receive a Curve All-Star Poster!

Tuesday August 28, 2007
--Anson Williams Appearance and 1950's Night
"Happy Days" are here again, as television's "Potsie", Anson Williams continues the Curve Retro Celebrity Series with a visit to Blair County Ballpark
In honor of his presence, the Curve have made it 50's Night at the ballpark!
Williams will be on hand to sign autographs, mingle with fans and throw out the first pitch
Plus, it's Karaoke Night as the Curve take on the Reading Phillies

Wednesday August 29, 2007
Blair Candy Baseball Bingo
Come out and play Blair Candy Baseball Bingo as the Curve entertain the Reading Phillies!

Thursday August 30, 2007
--Fireworks and "Fandemonium"
Blair Candy Company helps the Curve celebrate you the fans with Fandemonium, as the Curve celebrate the best fans in all of minor league baseball!
There will be a fireworks extravaganza as we close out the home portion of the Curve's 2007 schedule against the Reading Phillies
The gates will be open early for Curve Happy Hour (5-7 PM) presented by the Hotel Belmar on the Toyota Party Deck
Curve Happy Hour features live music and food specials
There will also be post-game team party at the Hotel Belmar following the ballgame

The Result
Curve - 3 runs to 0

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

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Game Reports

Luis Munoz turned in seven scoreless innings as the Curve blanked the Reading Phillies, 3-0, in game one of a four-game series at Blair County Ballpark on Monday night

Munoz (11-5) was in control throughout his 11th victory of the season, permitting just five hits and striking out two in his seven-inning outing

After allowing a leadoff single to Michael Spidale to start the ballgame, Munoz retired the next 13 batters he faced

R-Phils' starter Chris Rojas was nearly as good, matching zeros with Munoz through five innings

But the Curve finally got to the right-hander in the sixth
Adam Boeve started the inning with a broken-bat, infield-single
Brad Corley, added to the Curve roster from Lynchburg earlier in the day, followed with a single to move Boeve to second
Jason Delaney walked to load the bases with nobody out, and Brian Peterson followed with a sacrifice fly to right field to break the scoreless-tie and give the Curve a 1-0 lead

It was anything but an infield-single for Boeve as the Curve stretched their lead to 3-0 in the seventh
With Vic Buttler aboard, Boeve crushed a pitch from R-Phils' reliever Julio De La Cruz onto the hillside above the left field bleachers
Boeve's 16th home run of the year gave the Curve a three-run cushion

That was more than enough for the Curve bullpen

Chris Hernandez pitched a scoreless eighth inning despite allowing back-to-back singles to start the frame
It was Hernandez's ninth consecutive scoreless outing (11.0 IP)

Curve closer Matt Peterson slammed the door in the ninth, picking up his 26th save of the year after turning in a scoreless inning that included two strike outs

Rojas (6-4) was tagged with the loss despite allowing just one run on six hits over 5-1/3 innings
Rojas did issue five walks in the ballgame

Jason Bowers enjoyed a three-hit night for Altoona, finishing the evening 3-for-5 including a double

Game two of the series will be played at 7.05pm at Blair County Ballpark
LHP Josh Shortslef (4-12, 4.33) will start for the Curve against a 'TBA' starter for Reading

---Michael Spidale - three hits and two stolen bases

Luis Munoz tossed seven scoreless innings and Adam Boeve delivered a two-run homer in the Altoona Curve's 3-0 Eastern League win over the Reading Phillies Monday night at Blair County Ballpark

Munoz (11-5) allowed just five hits
He walked none and struck out two in improving to 3-0 against the Phillies

The game was scoreless into the sixth inning
The Curve (68-65) got back-to-back singles from Boeve and Brad Corley to start the inning
Chris Rojas (6-4) walked Jason Delaney to load the bases
Brian Peterson lifted a sacrifice fly to right to make it 1-0

In the seventh, Vic Buttler drew a leadoff walk from Julio De La Cruz and scored on Boeve's 16th home run of the season
Boeve was 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI

Reading pitching issued seven walks in the game

Matt Peterson tossed a scoreless ninth for his 26th save of the season

The Phillies (67-67) had several chances to score, but were blanked for the seventh time this season
They had a runner on third with one out in the first and failed to score
They left the bases loaded in the seventh and could not capitalize on a first and third, no-out situation in the eighth

Michael Spidale had three hits and two steals for the Phillies and Joey Hammond was 2-for-4 with a double

Mike Costanzo went down on strikes twice to set the R-Phils' franchise single-season strikeout mark with 149, passing Greg Luzinski

Altoona Curve manager Tim Leiper regards outfielder Adam Boeve as the consummate professional
Which is part of the reason why Boeve didn’t return to Altoona Aug 17 with a chip on his shoulder after two promotions to Class AAA Indianapolis
Boeve was naturally disappointed to get bumped back down to the Class AA Curve after a solid showing in Indianapolis, where he batted .277 with four homers and six RBI while appearing in 29 games
But the 27-year-old, fifth-year pro has kept his nose to the grindstone and his attitude positive

On Monday night, he slugged his 20th homer of the season and scored twice to lead the Curve to a 3-0 win over Reading before 4,948 at Blair County Ballpark

Boeve crushed a slider from Reading reliever Julio De La Cruz on to the hillside above the leftfield bleachers in the seventh inning, scoring Vic Buttler ahead of him with the runs that staked Altoona to a 3-0 cushion

“I hit a slider that stayed out over the plate, and the ball definitely came off my bat good’’ Boeve said
“I was able to get a pitch I could handle with two strikes there’’

Boeve appeared to be handling Class AAA pitching well, too, during his latest tenure in Indianapolis
But he fell victim to a numbers game and was returned to Altoona in mid-August after infielder Neil Walker and outfielder Andrew McCutchen were sent up to Indy by the Curve

“Any time you go back down a level, it’s going to be disappointing’’ said Boeve, who played all three outfield positions at Indianapolis
“And (because he was doing well at Class AAA) makes it (the recall by the Curve) a little more frustrating
But Indianapolis had players who they wanted to get out on the field, and I wasn’t one of them
But coming back here, which is a great place to play, with great teammates and great coaches, makes the move back to Class AA a little bit easier for me’’ Boeve added

Curve manager Tim Leiper said Boeve has always been one of the players who has made his job easier
“He’s played his way out of this level, but we’re always glad to have him here’’ Leiper said
“He’s always been a consummate professional who works hard every single day’’

Boeve also scored the first run of the game in the sixth inning, reaching on a leadoff infield hit and crossing the plate on catcher Brian Peterson’s sacrifice fly to right field off Reading starting and losing pitcher Chris Rojas (6-4)

On a night when the Curve’s pitching proved solid from top to bottom, three runs were more than enough

Starting and winning pitcher Luis Munoz worked seven scoreless innings to improve to 11-5, allowing just five hits

Chris Hernandez pitched a scoreless eighth - his ninth straight scoreless outing covering a total of 11 innings - and Matt Peterson struck out two batters in a scoreless ninth inning for his 26th save of the year

“Munie (Munoz) had a good game plan and followed it for seven innings’’ said Curve pitching coach Ray Searage
“And Herny and Peterson have been our go-to guys since the beginning of the season
All our pitchers pitched very well tonight’’

Reading stranded eight baserunners, including two who had reached third base with less than two outs

“Obviously, their pitchers executed well tonight’’ Reading manager P.J. Forbes said of the Curve’s three hurlers Monday
“But we had baserunners on third base with less than two outs twice and did not score
Those are ‘gimme’ RBI situations
If you don’t score there, you’re not going to win’’

The Curve closed play Monday 5-1/2 games behind second-place Akron for the Southern Division’s final playoff spot
While the team’s playoff possibilities are remote, Leiper was heartened by what he saw from his team Monday
“It was a good, clean baseball game in which we did all the little things well’’ Leiper said