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Tuesday 28th August 2007

Blair County Ballpark - game against the Reading Phillies

Ballpark Dimensions
----------Leftfield - 325 feet
----------Left-centrefield - 365 feet
----------Centrefield - 405 feet
----------Right-centrefield - 375 feet
----------Rightfield - 325 feet
----------Fence Height (left-field corner) - 16 feet
----------Leftfield Fence Height (in front of Outfield Reserved Bleachers) - 6 feet
----------Outfield Fence Height - 8 feet
----------Centrefield Fence Height - 16 feet

Righthanded pitcher - Scott Mathieson

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Scott Mathieson
Born - 02/27/1984
Birthplace - Vancouver, BC
Height - 6'3"
Weight - 190
Bats - Right
Throws - Right
MLB Debut - 06/17/2006

2006 Career Highlights
Pitched for Canada in the inaugural World Baseball Classic
Began the season with Reading (AA) as the club's Opening Day starter
Held opponents to a .221 avg, 3rd-lowest in the Eastern League
Won EL Pitcher of the Week honors, 4/24-30 (2-0, 1.29 ERA, 14.0 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 18 SO)
Went 1-for-2, 2 RBI, 2 R and his 1st professional HR, 5/5 at Altoona; finished with 2 HR on the season
Pitched at least 7.0 innings in 6 of 7 starts, 4/17-5/21
Did not allow a HR in 4 consecutive starts (27.0 IP), 4/24-5/10
Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Week, 5/29-6/4 (1-0, 7.0 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 11 SO)
Recalled on 6/17 and made his ML debut that night vs TB (L, 6.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO)
At the time of his recall, was 1st in the EL in SO (95),T-1st in wins (6) and 2nd in innings (85.2)
Pitched a career-high 8.0 innings and collected his 1st ML hit (single off Jake Peavy), 7/5 vs SD before being optioned back to Reading on 7/7
Made one start there and was promoted to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)
Pitched at least 6.0 innings in all 6 starts with Scranton
Recalled again on 7/31 and earned his first ML win, 8/1 at STL
Left his final start of the season after 6 pitches, 9/2 vs ATL (gm 2), with a sprained right elbow
Had "Tommy John" surgery on his right elbow on 9/29 (Dr. Lew Yocum)
Named to the EL Baseball Writers Association midseason All-Star team

#01
The Curve erased the deficit and jumped to the lead in the fourth
Russ Johnson and Brett Roneberg singled off of Reading reliever Allen Davis to set the stage for Brad Corley
Corley, who was promoted to Altoona yesterday, picked up his first RBI by driving home Johnson with a single back up the middle
Taber Lee followed with another single to plate Roneberg and give the Curve a 2-1 lead
Davis (3-1) was saddled with the loss, allowing those two runs in two innings
Leading off the sixth inning, Roneberg added to the Curve lead with his first home run since June 12th to put Altoona ahead 3-1
The drive, sent to right field off of Scott Mathieson, held up as the game-winner
The Curve tacked on a second run off of Mathieson to cap their scoring

#02
Josh Shortslef allowed one run in six innings and Brett Roneberg homered and scored twice in the Altoona Curve's 4-2 Eastern League win over the Reading Phillies Tuesday night at Blair County Ballpark
Roneberg started the sixth inning with his sixth homer and Jason Bowers had an RBI single with two outs to extend the Curve lead to three runs

#03
Josh Shortslef gave the Curve another solid start and the Altoona offense did enough to put up another victory
The Curve scored twice in the bottom of the fourth inning to grab a 2-1 lead, and they added a pair in the sixth to make it 4-1
Brett Roneberg's homer - his first since June 12 - made it 3-1 and Jason Bowers singled in Taber Lee with the fourth tally
Reading picked up an unearned run off of Ronald Belisario in the eighth before Peterson came on to nail it down in the ninth
Right-handed pitcher Scott Mathieson, on a rehab assignment from the Philadelphia Phillies, worked two innings for the R-Phils
Mathieson, who had Tommy John surgery last Sept. 29, served up a sixth-inning home run to Brett Roneberg on his third pitch

#04
Pirates Farm Report
Altoona (Double-A, 69-64) won, 4-2, at home against Reading Phillies
Brett Roneberg went 2 for 4 with a solo home run

#05
Scott Mathieson, making his first appearance with Reading, on a major league rehabilitation assignment, was greeted in the sixth by Brett Roneberg’s solo home run

#06
Josh Shortslef tossed six solid innings as Altoona beat visiting Reading, 4-2, on Tuesday
Shortslef (5-12) yielded one run on eight hits and a walk with two strikeouts
After opening the season 2-12, the 25-year-old left-hander has allowed only four earned runs over 25 innings in going 3-0 in his last four starts
Matt Peterson fanned one in a perfect ninth to notch his 27th save, tying the franchise record set last season by Brandon Knight
Brett Roneberg went 2-for-4 with his sixth homer and two runs scored and Jason Bowers chipped in two hits and an RBI for the Curve (69-64)