The Result
Curve - 10 runs
to 6
The Curve - Year-to-Date
9 wins and 10 losses
Brett's Position and
the Batting Order
Playing - Leftfield
Batting - #3
Brett's at-bats
First plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Ball
Ball - low and away
Ball - outside
Called strike - "Roneberg was taking all the way there"
Foul ball
"That pitch is popped up on the left side and the shortstop
goes around to make the catch for the final out of the innings"
Pop up to shortstop - F6
Second plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - one down
"Brett jumps on that ball and hits it very hard but it's
right at the Met's rightfielder who is able to make the catch
... here we are in the top of the fourth innings and that would
easily be the hardest hit ball of the night so far ... Roneberg
gave it a ride but the Curve are still looking for their first
hit in the ballgame"
Line out to rightfield - F9
Third plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at third base - two down
Called strike - breaking ball
Ball - fast ball - down and away
Swing and a miss - "Brett tried to check his swing on that
ball in the dirt but the home plate umpire said he went too far
... Brett turns and grins at the umpire and he could be asking
him to refer to the third base umpire but the answer is no and
it's the second strike on Roneberg"
Foul ball - back
"Oh boy, Roneberg has got hold off that!!! ... it is hit
high and hard out to right-centrefield!!! ... and the fielder
is chasing it down and makes a dive but he comes up empty!!! ...
the ball bounces at the foot of the wall and Brett is chugging
around the bases and arrives at third base for his first triple
of the season ... the runner from third base trots in to score
and Brett has his seventh run batted in for the season ... off
the bat it looked like that had enough to leave the park and give
Brett his second home run of the year"
Triple to right-centrefield
- 1 x RBI
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Fourth plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Swing and a miss
"That is high and heading down into the leftfield corner
... and the fielder can't get there!!! ... and Brett is trotting
into second base for a lead off double here in the top of the
seventh innings ... Brett now has two hits in the game, a double
and a triple"
Double to leftfield
Advanced to third base on a balk - "That didn't look too
good for the pitcher ... it appeared that he got his cleat caught
on the mound ... he seems to be okay, but it's an illegal move
and Roneberg will be awarded third base"
Scored on a hit
Fifth plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Ball - fast ball - outside
"There is more really solid contact by Roneberg ... he drives
that deep into centrefield and the fielder is back-pedalling and
makes the catch on the warning track ... Brett hit that to the
deepest part of the ballpark and it nearly snuck out of here"
Fly out to centrefield - F8
At the end of the Game
2 hits from 5 at-bats
- double, triple, 1 x run batted in, 1 x run scored
Heard during the game
(01) During the bottom of the fourth innings, the commentator said - "The lead off hitter for the Mets is Miguel Negron and he hits the ball down the line into leftfield ... the ball is slicing into foul territory and Roneberg is tracking it down ... and he makes a very nice play and the hitter is retired!!! ... there isn't much room in foul territory here at NYSEG Stadium and Brett made a great play up against the tarpaulin down there in leftfield"
(02) He also mentioned - "For some reason or other, Brett is not wearing his normal #17 uniform ... he has on #39, which is actually not assigned to any player on the Curve roster"
Email from Brett
Game Reports
Pitching dominated through four innings on
Saturday, but the Curve put up back-to-back four run innings that
propelled them to a 10-6 victory over the Binghamton Mets at NYSEG
Stadium in Binghamton
B-Mets starter Salvador Aguilar seemed to be cruising, holding
Altoona off the scoreboard on just one hit through the fourth
inning, but the Curve exploded in the fifth
Adam Boeve led off the inning with a single which was followed
by a Dave Parrish single
Taber Lee then singled to give the Curve a 1-0 lead
A batter later, Andrew McCutchen tripled to the power-alley in
left-centerfield to clear the bases and put Altoona in front 3-0
Aguilar was removed
from the ballgame as Binghamton brought in Marcelo Perez, but
the Curve got a second consectutive triple off the bat of Brett
Roneberg to score McCutchen and lead 4-0
The rally woke the slumbering B-Mets
Wardell Starling, who was dominant through the first four innings,
also had things fall apart in the fifth
In the bottom of the inning, Jose Coronado singled to start things
Coronado was forced at second on a ground-out by Corey Ragsdale
It was the last out that Starling would record
Starling walked Marcelo Perez and then gave up an RBI single to
Fernando Martinez to get Binghamton on the board
He then hit Mark Kiger in the back to load the bases
Miguel Negron took a walk with the bases full to force home a
run and make it a 4-2 ballgame
That walk was the end of the line for Starling, who departed in
favor of Jason Roach
Roach's first pitch of the game was wild and kicked to the backstop
allowing another to score and bring the B-Mets to within one run
at 4-3
Mike Carp drilled a double that scored two and Binghamton led
for the first time at 5-4
Carp then scored the sixth run of the inning on a single by Mike
Nickeas and a combined ten-run inning left the score 6-4 in favor
of the B-Mets
Although Roach endured a rough outing, the Curve put him in a
position to win the ballgame with another outburst in sixth
Neil Walker led off with his first home run of the season, a towering
blast over the wall in right field
Boeve then started things right back up with a single which was
followed by another single by Parrish
Taber Lee then stroked a single to right to load the bases and
Alex Fernandez followed with a bounce-out to first base that tied
the game at 6-6
The grounder also moved Parrish to third and Lee to second
They scored from there when the newest member of the Curve, Jason
Bowers collected a two-run single to put Altoona ahead for good,
8-6
Dave Davidson came on in relief for Altoona to start the sixth
and was brilliant, holding Binghamton scoreless for 2-2/3 innings
into the eighth
Matt Peterson took over from there, and collected the final four
outs of the game
The Curve added an insurance
run in the seventh inning when Walker singled home Brett Roneberg
The final run of the ballgame scored in the eighth as Bowers doubled
to bring home Lee
Roach (1-1) earned the win for the Curve despite his troubles
in the six-run fifth inning for Binghamton
Perez (0-3) was saddled with the loss, allowing four earned runs
in 2/3 of an inning
The Curve scored a season-high ten runs in the win, but it may
have come at a price
Dave Parrish was taken to the hospital following the game to examine
a possible broken nose
Parrish was injured in the eighth inning on the back-swing of
Jose Coronado
The three-game series will be decided tomorrow at 1.05pm
RHP Yoslan Herrera (0-1, 7.71) will make the start for Altoona
RHP Kevin Mulvey (1-3, 6.06) will oppose him for Binghamton
All eight position players recorded at least
one hit as the Curve used 16 hits to outlast the Mets, 10-6, on
Saturday at Binghamton Municipal Stadium
After working through four scoreless innings, the two teams broke
out with a combined 10 runs scored in the fifth
The Curve plated four in the top half before Binghamton replied
with six in the bottom of the frame
Altoona's fifth-inning
outburst was sparked by back-to-back two-out triples by outfielders
Andrew McCutchen and Brett Roneberg,
while Binghamton's big blow was a two-run double off the bat of
Mike Carp
The Curve immediately responded to the two-run deficit in the
top of the sixth as leadoff hitter Neil Walker belted his first
homer of the season
After three consecutive singles loaded the bases, Alex Fernandez
tied the game with an RBI groundout
Jason Bowers followed with a two-run single to give the Curve
a two-run advantage
Walker and Bowers provided Altoona with insurance runs in the
seventh and eighth innings, respectively
Jason Roach was credited with the win in relief of starter Wardell
Starling, who allowed five runs on three hits and four walks over
4-1/3 innings
Marcelo Perez suffered the loss out of the bullpen
Perez was tagged for four runs on six hits in just 2/3 of an inning
The Binghamton Mets went ahead with a big fifth
inning, but the Altoona Curve scored in four different frames
to pick up a 10-6 victory at NYSEG Stadium Saturday
Binghamton’s loss, which evens the series at a game apiece,
is their eighth in nine games
Both teams combined for two hits over the first four innings before
Altoona (9-10) scored four times in the top of the fifth
The inning began with three straight singles off Salvador Aguilar,
with Taber Lee picking up an RBI
Andrew McCutchen drove
in two more with a two-out triple before scoring on Brett Roneberg’s
subsequent triple off B-Mets reliever Marcelo Perez
Jose Coronado began the Binghamton (4-12) half of the fifth with
a base hit before being erased on a fielder’s choice that
allowed Corey Ragsdale to reach
After Wardell Starling walked Perez (0-3), Fernando Martinez singled
home Ragsdale
Mark Kiger was then hit by a pitch, loading the bases for Miguel
Negron, who walked, scoring Perez and chasing Starling from the
game
On came Altoona reliever Jason Roach, whose first pitch went to
the backstop, scoring Martinez
The next pitch by Roach (1-1) was lined to left by Mike Carp for
a go-ahead two-run double that scored Kiger and Negron
Carp would come home on a base hit by Mike Nickeas for a 6-4 B-Mets
lead
However, Altoona put four more runs on the board in the sixth
on Neil Walker’s leadoff homer, Alex Fernandez’s RBI
groundout and a two-run single by Jason Bowers
Walker picked up an RBI single in the seventh and Bowers doubled
home another run in the eighth for the final margin of victory
Sunday, the B-Mets play the rubber game of their three-game series
against the Altoona Curve
Kevin Mulvey (1-3, 6.06) gets the start for the B-Mets against
Yoslan Herrera (0-1, 7.71) of Altoona
Game time is 1.05pm from NYSEG Stadium with the radio broadcast
starting at 12:50 on Newsradio 1290 WNBF
Notes
Former B-Mets Roach and Matt Peterson pitched today for Altoona
Binghamton’s had the lead in each of their last four games
The six-run inning is a B-Mets season-high
Tony Beasley’s return, albeit brief, as
Curve manager coincided with the club’s best offensive showing
of the season Saturday
Of course, Altoona was playing the Eastern League’s worst
team, so Beasley’s influence may not have been a big factor
in the 10-6 win over Binghamton at NYSEG Stadium
The 10 runs set a season high for the Curve, who also matched
their top hit production with 16
Altoona scored four runs in both the fifth and sixth innings,
Neil Walker hit his first homer and newcomer Jason Bowers had
three RBIs
Curve manager Tim Leiper is away from the team for a few days
for personal reasons, so Beasley took over Saturday as interim
manager
Beasley, the Pirates’ roving infield coordinator, guided
Altoona during the 2004 and ’05 seasons and led the club
to the playoffs each year
Beasley should remain in charge today
The Curve are off Monday, and there’s a good chance Leiper
will rejoin the club Tuesday at Connecticut
‘‘I don’t think it’s affecting the team at
all’’ Curve reliever Jason Roach told the Binghamton
Press & Sun-Bulletin about the managerial switch
‘‘To be honest, I think a lot of guys didn’t realize
Leiper wasn’t here until the game started Friday night’’
Binghamton, an EL-worst 4-12, scored six runs in the fifth inning
to erase Altoona’s 4-0 edge
The Curve quickly reclaimed the lead in their next at-bat
Walker’s homer started the inning, and Alex Fernandez’s
groundout scored Adam Boeve to tie it
Bowers, who joined the Curve on Friday, followed with a two-run
single that scored Dave Parrish and Taber Lee for an 8-6 lead
Lee went 3-for-3, and six others had two hits for Altoona
Roach (1-1) won in relief after Curve starter Wardell Starling
allowed five runs in 4-1/3 innings
Marcelo Perez (0-3) lost in relief for Binghamton
Jason Roach and Matt Peterson, a couple of
former prospective starters in the New York Mets organization,
have found a new home in the Altoona Curve's bullpen
The two former Binghamton Mets continued their new career paths
on Saturday afternoon in Altoona's 10-6 victory at NYSEG Stadium
Roach, who is primarily a relief pitcher for the first time in
his 11-year pro career, pitched two-thirds of an inning to pick
up the victory
Peterson, who's in his first full season coming out of the bullpen,
pitched 1-1/3 scoreless innings to close the victory for the Curve
and send the B-Mets (4-12) to their eighth loss in nine games
"It was a crazy game" Roach said
"I wish I could have done a better job picking up for starter
Wardell Starling, but our hitters were able to pick it up and
get some big hits"
The game began as a pitchers' duel
B-Mets starter Salvador Aguilar carried a no-hitter into the fourth
inning, and Starling allowed just one hit through four
The duel didn't last
Altoona scored four runs in both the fifth and sixth innings and
finished the game with 16 hits
"It was like Jekyll and Hyde" B-Mets manager Mako Oliveras
said
"In the first four innings, there was no offense
From the fifth on, they got all their hits"
Roach, 31, went 11-11 in 29 starts with the B-Mets between 2000-02
He started two games for New York in 2003 (losing both) and eventually
signed with the Pirates as a free agent in 2005
He split last year between Altoona and Triple-A Indianapolis,
going 8-9 in 27 starts
But this offseason, he began tinkering with a side-arm delivery
"I was playing with it in January" Roach said
"I was throwing at a college, and a Pirates' scout was there
watching
He liked it and it worked well"
With a new motion, the Pirates moved Roach into the bullpen
"I like it" he said of being a reliever
"With a new delivery, it was a time in my career to take
a chance and make a change"
On Saturday, Roach came on in the fifth
The Curve had taken a 4-0 lead in their half of the inning, but
the B-Mets got two of the runs back and loaded the bases on Starling
Roach's first pitch was wild, allowing Fernando Martinez to score
from third
Mike Carp hit an opposite field double to give the B-Mets a 5-4
lead, and Mike Nickeas added an RBI single to give the B-Mets
a 6-4 lead, with all but the final run charged to Starling
The lead was short-lived
The Curve scored four runs in the sixth off B-Mets reliever Marcello
Perez (0-3) to take an 8-6 lead and make a winner out of Roach
Peterson came on in the eighth in relief of Dave Davidson
A former top-5 prospect in the Mets organization who went 7-5
in Binghamton in 2003-04, Peterson was sent to Pittsburgh in 2004
in the Kris Benson deal
He spent all last season in Altoona, first as a starter and then
as a reliever
Peterson entered Saturday's game with a win and two saves and
said he loves his role in the bullpen
"It's more adrenaline, and it's all on you at the end"
said Peterson, who allowed ninth-inning singles to Mark Kiger
and Miguel Negron
"You've got to trust your stuff a lot more
If you look crappy in the bullpen, it's going to show on the mound,
so you've just got to trust yourself"
Around the Horn
Martinez and Negron each had two hits for the B-Mets, who sent
10 batters to the plate in the fifth inning but had just four
hits in the other eight innings - "We just didn't execute
well enough" Carp said
Altoona manager Tim Leiper is not with the team this weekend,
as he returned home to Ottawa to attend to a family matter
Curve hitting coach Brandon Moore has been the team's acting manager
the past two days
Pitching dominated through four innings on
Saturday, but the Curve put up back-to-back four run innings that
propelled them to a 10-6 victory over the Binghamton
Binghamton starter Salvador Aguilar held Altoona off the scoreboard
through the fourth innings before Altoona exploded for four runs
in the fifth behind singles from Adam Boeve, Dave Parrish and
Taber Lee
Andrew McCutchen and
Brett Roneberg the followed with back-to-back triples to put the
Curve on top 4-0
The Mets rallied for six runs in the home half of the fifth, but
the Curve responded with another four-run inning in the sixth
sparked by a Neil Walker home run
Jason Roach (1-1) earned the win for Altoona despite his troubles
in the sixth
Marcelo Perez (0-3) was saddled with the loss, allowing four earned
runs in 2/3 of an inning