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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
Phillies - 8 runs to 2

The Curve - Year-to-Date
69 wins and 65 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
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Playing
Batting - #

------------Entered the game on a 'double switch' at the start of the top of the fourth innings
------------Playing first base

Brett's at-bats
First plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
......and now click on the "PLAY" button

Liner out into centrefield but handled by the fielder ...... out F8
Second plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
......and now click on the "PLAY" button

Swinging strike out

At the end of the Game
0 hit from 2 at-bats - 1 x strike out

Heard during the game

Fielding

Below is the play-by-play report for the top of the seventh innings - Phillies batting
----------Joey Hammond grounds out - shortstop Taber Lee to first baseman Brett Roneberg
----------Peeter Ramos pops out to first baseman Brett Roneberg in foul territory
----------Michael Garciaparra pops out to second baseman Jason Bowers
Brett's catch on the pop-up by Ramos' was described as "an excellent defensive play"
......and click on the "PLAY" button to hear the radio call
--Version #1 - from the Curve radio broadcast
--Version #2 - from the Phillies radio broadcast

Email from Brett

Game Reports

Reading plated four runs in the second inning and never looked back, beating the Curve 8-2 at Blair County Ballpark on Wednesday night

Greg Jacobs ignited the R-Phil offense in the second inning, teeing off on a Yoslan Herrera breaking ball and sending it over the wall in right field
The blast followed a lead off single from Jason Hill and gave Reading a 2-0 lead
The R-Phils weren't finished in the inning, plating two more runs off of Herrera to lead 4-0

The Curve did their only damage off of R-Phils' starter Patrick Overholt in the bottom of the inning to trim the lead to 4-2
Jason Bowers again delivered, knocking in Taber Lee and Omar Falcon with a two-run double

Bowers was 2-for-4 on the night, and extended his personal hit streak to eight games

Other than that hiccup, Overholt (6-8) was outstanding for Reading
The right-hander tossed seven innings, allowing just the two runs on five hits while striking out four
Overholt completed his evening by retiring the final 13 batters that he faced

Jacobs victimized Herrera again in the third, belting a double to left field that scored Mike Costanzo

Herrera (6-8) was tagged with the loss after lasting just three innings and allowing five earned runs

Reading extended their lead with two runs off of reliever Jason Roach in the fourth
Michael Garciaparra started the inning with a single and scored two batters later on a Greg Golson RBI triple
Costanzo followed with a double and the R-Phils led 7-2

The R-Phils capped the scoring with an unearned run off of Wardell Starling in the eighth
Jacobs doubled to lead off and scored on a Lee throwing error

The series concludes with the final home game of the 2007 season for the Curve Thursday night at 7.05pm
RHP Kip Bouknight (11-5, 3.76) will make the start for Altoona against LHP Josh Outman (1-2, 4.25) for the Phillies

Patrick Overholt threw seven strong innings and Greg Jacobs led the offensive attack in the Reading Phillies' 8-2 Eastern League win over the Altoona Curve Wednesday night at Blair County Ballpark

After the Phillies scored four runs in the top of the second, Overholt allowed two runs in the bottom half of the inning on a two-out double by Jason Bowers before settling down

Overholt (6-8) retired the last 13 hitters he faced and 16 of the last 17
He gave up five hits and two walks and struck out four in his longest outing for Reading this season

Jacobs hit his 20th homer of the year, a two-run shot in the second, and added a pair of doubles in a 3-for-5 night with two runs and three RBI
Jacobs has 38 doubles on the season, tied for second in franchise history and one behind David Doster's record set in 1995

Mike Costanzo was 3-for-5 in the 13-hit attack
He had a double, his 90th run scored and 81st RBI

Jacobs has also driven in 81 runs

Peeter Ramos was 2-for-5 with a double, a run and an RBI

The Phillies (68-68) again reached the .500 mark with the win

The Curve (69-65) had a two-game winning streak come to an end

Yoslan Herrera (6-8) allowed five runs in three innings to take the loss

The Curve’s 2007 pulse became a lot more faint Wednesday night
As things stood going into play Wednesday, the Curve already needed a miracle in the final week of the season to pull out an Eastern League playoff spot

But Wednesday’s 8-2 loss to Reading before 4,368 fans at Blair County Ballpark could very well serve to initiate the process of last rites for the Curve

Now, any combination of Curve losses and/or victories by second-place Akron totaling two would put the Curve on the outside looking in when the postseason begins next week
Which means the Curve could suffer elimination as early as tonight - when the Curve wrap up their regular-season home schedule and this four-game series against Reading

The odds don’t rattle Curve manager Tim Leiper - at least by all outward appearances
“We’re not giving up’’ Leiper said after Wednesday’s game
“Until we’re mathematically eliminated, we’re going to keep playing our tails off
Stranger things have happened’’

The Curve - who have qualified for the playoffs in each of the past four seasons - fell behind early in Wednesday’s game and never recovered
Reading built a 5-2 lead courtesy of outfielder Greg Jacobs’ two-run homer that highlighted a four-run second inning, and Jacobs’ RBI double in the third
The home run was Jacobs’ 20th this season, and Wednesday’s three RBIs gave him 81 for the year

“He’s a quality veteran guy who adds a lot to our lineup’’ Reading manager P.J. Forbes said of Jacobs
“He really hasn’t gone through a significant stretch this season where he hasn’t been productive’’

The R-Phils mounted the early offense against Curve starting and losing pitcher Yoslan Herrera (6-8), who had entered the game with a 6-3 record and 3.13 earned run average in his last 13 starts

Leiper noticed some extra zip on Herrera’s fast ball Wednesday, but the second inning proved to be Herrera’s undoing
The Cuban native worked only three innings, allowing five earned runs and six hits

Reading bunched four hits to score four runs in the second inning, with catcher Jason Hill’s single preceding Jacobs’ homer over the right field fence
First baseman Joey Hammond singled to center, went to second on a Herrera wild pitch, and scored when second baseman Peeter Ramos smoked a double to left
Ramos was wild-pitched to third, from where he scored Reading’s fourth run on a sacrifice fly to right field by Michael Spidale

Trailing, 4-0, the Curve bounced back with two runs in the bottom of the second inning, as second baseman Jason Bowers flipped a two-run double down the right-field line off Reading starter and winner Patrick Overholt (6-8)
Bowers’ double plated shortstop Taber Lee, who had walked, and catcher Omar Falcon, who had singled to left

Bowers led off Wednesday’s game with a single to center, extending his personal hitting streak to eight games
“I don’t think about the hitting streak’’ Bowers said
“I didn’t even know about it
My job is to just get on base’’

Reading pitcher Overholt did a good job of settling down after the second-inning trouble
After allowing outfielder Brad Corley’s two-out third-inning single, Overholt retired the next 13 batters in succession before departing following the seventh inning

Meanwhile, Reading expanded its lead to 7-2 in the fourth inning with two runs against Curve reliever Jason Roach
Michael Garciaparra - the younger brother of Dodgers’ star Nomar Garciapara - chopped an infield single, and scored on Greg Golson’s triple to right
Golson scored when Mike Costanzo rocketed a double to right-center

The runs gave Overholt some breathing room, which Forbes felt was important in his pitcher maintaining his composure
“The key to the game was Overholt settling down and attacking the strike zone’’ Forbes said
“He did a nice job being aggressive in the zone, and he got stronger as things went along’’

While the Curve’s playoff prospects got weaker, and dimmer

“We’re still battling, and we still think we have a chance’’ Bowers said
“Tonight, things just didn’t work out for us’’