The Result
Curve - 3 runs to 1

The Curve - Year-to-Date
4 wins and 5 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Playing - Leftfield
Batting - #5

------Game log for the bottom of the ninth innings
------Paco Figueroa walks
------Luis Hernandez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Alex Fernandez
------------Paco Figueroa to 2nd
------With Val Majewski batting, wild pitch by Dave Davidson
------------Paco Figueroa to 3rd
------------Luis Hernandez to 2nd
------Val Majewski flies out to left fielder Brett Roneberg
------Defensive switch from center field to left field for Vic Buttler
------Defensive Substitution: Andrew McCutchen replaces left fielder Brett Roneberg
------------Batting 5th, playing center field
------Jeff Fiorentino grounds out, second baseman Taber Lee to first baseman Randy Ruiz
------------Paco Figueroa scores
------Nolan Reimold grounds out, second baseman Taber Lee to first baseman Randy Ruiz

Brett's at-bats
First plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher
Bases empty - one down
Ball - outside
Ball - overhand breaking ball - high
"That ball is hit hard across the diamond but it's backhanded by the second-baseman who throws on to first base to make the out ... that was a nice defensive play ... I don't think that Brett could have hit that ball any harder"
Ground out to second base - 4 to 3
Second plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Called strike - right on the outside corner
Foul ball - back over the screen
Ball
Foul ball
Ball - outside
Ball - outside
Ball - breaking ball - inside
"Brett used that great batting eye of his to pick a walk after being down 0balls-2strikes ... the Curve now have a two out baserunner"
Walk
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Third plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Called strike
Ball
Foul ball - "Brett splintered the top of his bat and he'll have to go and get a new red toned stick which is the type that he likes to use"
Ball - curve ball - low
"Strike three called!!! - Roneberg will not agree with that call but the umpire rang him up on a pitch that caught the outside corner of the plate"
Strike out
Fourth plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher
Runners at first and third base - one down
Ball - curve ball - low and outside
Swing and a miss
Called strike - on the outside corner
"There's a line drive one hopper but it's straight at the shortstop ... and this will be a double play!! ... there's the throw to second base and the relay to first base is in time and the twin killing ends the innings for the Curve"
Grounded into a double play - 6 to 4 to 3

At the end of the Game
0 hit from 3 at-bats - 1 x walk, 1 x strike out, 1 x grounded into a double play

Heard during the game

(01) As he was giving out the starting lineups, the commentator mentioned - "The starting pitcher for Bowie tonight is lefthander Craig Anderson ... Craig is from Australia, and was a teammate of Brett's when the Australian Team won a Silver Medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics ... tonight they will be going against each other!!!"

Email from Brett

Game Reports

Kip Bouknight shut down the Bowie Baysox for seven innings and the offense finally broke through in the eighth, as the Curve took game three from the Baysox 3-1, and the series two-games-to-one

Bouknight was sensational for Altoona, allowing Bowie just one hit over seven scoreless innings to claim his first win of the season and improve his record to (1-0)
Bouknight struck out three on the night and never found himself in significant trouble despite five walks

However, the outcome of the ballgame was certainly in doubt upon his departure

Offensively, Altoona never found traction against Bowie starter Craig Anderson
Anderson was also magnificent, firing six scoreless innings while allowing just five Curve hits

The ballgame went scoreless to the eighth inning, when the Curve offense finally got going, scoring three times against Bowie reliever Rommie Lewis Jr
Taber Lee led off the inning with a single, and was sacrificed to second by Milver Reyes
Vic Buttler's third single of the night brought home Lee to break the scoreless tie
Buttler also advanced to second on the throw which went to the plate to try to cut down Lee
Brandon Chaves took a walk, and when Neil Walker singled, the bases were loaded for Randy Ruiz
Ruiz maximized the Curve's output by adding a two-run single to score Buttler and Chaves and make it 3-0 Altoona

Dave Davidson picked up where Bouknight left off, turning in a scoreless bottom of the eighth

Davidson found early trouble in ninth, but was able to steady himself after allowing the lone Bowie run of the ballgame and close it out for a 3-1 win

Davidson earned his first save of the season for his two innings of service

Anderson received a no-decision despite his six scoreless innings of work

Lewis Jr. took the loss for the Baysox and fell to (0-1) on the season

The win gave the Curve the series win after the two clubs split a doubleheader last night at Prince George's Stadium
The series win is the first of the season for the Curve after dropping their first two series to Akron and Reading respectively

Altoona returns home to begin an eight-game homestand tomorrow
The homestand begins with four games against the Harrisburg Senators
First pitch for game one is at 6.35pm
RHP Luis Munoz (1-0) will make the start for the Curve
RHP Collin Balester (1-0) will oppose him for Harrisburg

Kip Bouknight surrendered one hit over seven scoreless innings as visiting Altoona beat Bowie, 3-1, on Wednesday night

Bouknight (1-0) walked leadoff batter Paco Figueroa, then retired the next seven batters before Ryan Hubele singled to left field with one out in the third

The 28-year-old right-hander walked five and struck out three as he lowered his ERA to 2.77

He walked Matt Cepicky and Nolan Reimold with one out in the seventh before uncorking a wild pitch that allowed pinch-runner Jeff Fiorentino to move to third
Bouknight escaped the jam as shortstop Brandon Chaves nailed Fiorentino at the plate on an attempted double steal before Oscar Salazar popped out

David Davidson replaced Bouknight and picked up his first save despite allowing one run on a hit and a walk over the final two frames

The Curve (4-5) scored all their runs in the eighth on Vic Buttler's RBI single and Randy Ruiz's two-run single with the bases loaded

All three runs came off reliever Rommie Lewis Jr. (0-1), who took the loss after giving up four hits and a walk with one strikeout over two frames

In the ninth, Fiorentino delivered an RBI groundout to plate Figueroa, who walked three times, for the Baysox (6-6)

Bowie starter Craig Anderson tossed six shutout innings, yielding five hits and a walk while fanning one
The Australian left-hander has allowed just one run over 11 innings for an 0.82 ERA

The rubber match of the first series between the Baysox and Curve in 2007 saw a pitcher’s duel between Baysox starter Craig Anderson and Curve starter Kip Bouknight

Anderson’s only blemish over the first two innings was a lead-off single by Vic Buttler in the first

But Anderson was equally matched by Curve starter Kip Bouknight
The Curve starter turned in an impressive seven innings pitched, giving up only one hit, no runs, with five walks and three K’s

Anderson finished the game, turning in six innings of five hit ball, with one walk, and one strikeout

All three Curve runs came in the eighth inning off of Baysox reliever Rommie Lewis, who spelled Anderson from the game
Vic Buttler slapped a single to left scoring Taber Lee for the first run of the ballgame, giving Altoona a 1-0 lead
Randy Ruiz would then connect on a two-RBI single to right, scoring Buttler and Brandon Chaves from second, giving the Curve a 3-0 advantage

The Baysox only had two hits on the night
The first came in the third inning when catcher Ryan Hubele connected on a single to left
Shortstop Luis Hernandez was responsible for the second hit of the night for the Baysox in the bottom of the ninth, with a single through the hole at second
Hernandez advanced to second and Paco Figueroa advanced to third on a wild pitch by Dave Davidson in the very next at bat
Jeff Fiorentino then grounded out for the second out of the ninth, but Figueroa came across for the lone Baysox run of the night
Nolan Reimold then grounded out to end the ballgame, giving the Curve the rubber match of the three-game series, 3-1

Lewis took the loss for the Baysox dropping his record to (0-1) on the season

Bouknight, who had a fabulous outing, notched his first win of the season (1-0)

Dave Davidson who gave up the only Baysox run of the game, picked up the save his first of the season

The loss drops Bowie’s record to 6-6 on the season, while the Curve moved to one game below .500 at 4-5

The Baysox now embark on an eight-game road trip, taking on the Erie SeaWolves for four games, then on to Altoona for four

In a game filled with quality pitching, the Curve didn’t have many scoring chances on which to capitalize
Vic Buttler and Randy Ruiz made the most of the limited cracks in Bowie’s pitching staff
Each came through with run-scoring singles in a three-run eighth inning

Altoona topped Bowie, 3-1, at Prince George Stadium in the rubber match of the three-game series

Taber Lee started the eighth inning with a single and moved to second on Milver Reyes’ sacrifice
Lee scored on Butler’s third hit of the game, a single
A Brandon Chaves walk and Neil Walker single to right-center field loaded the bases for Ruiz, whose single to right plated two more runs and gave the win for Curve starter Kip Bouknight (1-0)

Bowie’s Rommie Lewis (0-1), who relieved Craig Anderson after six scoreless innings, took the loss

Only once before the eighth inning - on a Chaves leadoff double in the sixth - did the Curve have a runner in scoring position
That opportunity was squandered when Chaves was picked off after being caught breaking toward third base

The only imperfection in Bouknight’s seven innings of work was the five free passes he issued
Otherwise, Bouknight held the Baysox to one hit and faced only three batters over the minimum

Dave Davidson, who retired the side in the eighth inning before facing some turmoil in the ninth, earned his first career save
Davidson walked Paco Figueroa after being ahead, 0-2, in the count
Luis Hernandez singled, and Davidson’s wild pitch placed runners on second and third with no outs
But Davidson induced a short pop-up to left field and two groundouts to save the game over the ’Sox