The Result
Curve - 8 runs to 2

The Curve - Year-to-Date
16 wins and 15 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Did Not Start
Playing
Batting - #

----------Entered the game on a double switch at the start of the bottom of the eighth innings
----------Played leftfield

Brett's at-bats
First plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - one down
Ball
Ball
Ball - just missed inside
Called strike
"That ball is popped up into shallow rightfield and the fielder is coming in and he makes the catch"
Fly out to rightfield - F9

At the end of the Game
0 hit from 1 at-bat

Heard during the game

Email from Brett

Game Reports

Kip Bouknight tossed six solid innings against his former team to improve to 4-0 on the season and Adam Boeve and Steven Pearce each hit home runs as the Curve trounced the Harrisburg Senators, 8-2, Saturday night at Commerce Bank Park in Harrisburg

Originally scheduled as a doubleheader, the two clubs played just one game after waiting out a 3 hour, 14 minute rain delay
Instead, the twinbill will take place Sunday afternoon starting at 12.05pm

Bouknight (4-0), who made 41 appearances for the Senators over the previous two seasons before signing with Pittsburgh as a minor league free agent, cruised to the win after allowing just one run and four hits over six innings

The Curve offense provided the 28-year old right-hander with plenty of early run support, plating four runs in both the second and fourth innings

In the second, catcher Brian Peterson started the Curve attack with a two-run double to right-center to give Altoona a 2-0 lead
Brandon Chaves and Adam Boeve each added RBI's in the frame to extend the lead to 4-0

Harrisburg got one run back in the bottom of the second, but the Curve put the game away in the fourth when, after two outs, Boeve smacked a solo home run - his third longball in four games - to make the score 5-1
After Randy Ruiz walked and Neil Walker singled, Pearce connected for a long three-run homer to left to extend the lead to 8-1
Pearce, who belted 11 home runs in 19 games at Lynchburg before being called up to Altoona on May 1, hit his second in a Curve uniform and 13th overall to tie for the most among all minor league hitters

All runs scored by Altoona came against Harrisburg lefty Mike Hinckley (4-3), who was tagged with the loss
Hinckley was charged with eight runs - seven earned - on nine hits over just four innings

Offensively, Altoona's 11 hits came from nine different hitters, with Pearce and Peterson collecting the only two-hit efforts

With the win, the Curve (16-15) move back above the .500 mark and to within 1-1/2 games of the lead in the E.L. South
Harrisburg (8-25) lost for the eighth time in nine games and continues to have the worst record in the league

Sunday's 12.05pm doubleheader will feature starts from Curve righty Luis Munoz (4-0, 2.08) in game one and Josh Shortslef (0-3, 3.97) in the nightcap
Harrisburg will counter with a pair of right-handers - Jim Magrane (0-2, 7.79) and T.J. Nall (0-7, 5.59)

Steven Pearce hit his 13th home run and Kip Bouknight pitched six solid innings as Altoona beat visiting Harrisburg, 8-2, on Saturday

Pearce's fourth-inning homer tied Lake County's Jared Goedert for the Minor League lead and increased the Curve's lead to 8-1
Pearce, who had 11 home runs with Class A Advanced Lynchburg and two with his current club, also doubled as he went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored

Bouknight (4-0) gave up a run on four hits and a walk while striking out a season-high five batters to win his third consecutive start
The 28-year-old right-hander retired seven of the last eight batters he faced

Rogearvin Bernadina and Frank Diaz each went 2-for-4 with a double for the Senators (8-25), who suffered their eighth loss in 10 games

Cristian Guerrero led off the eighth with a solo home run, his first

Harrisburg starter Michael Hinckley (4-3) surrendered eight runs - seven earned - on nine hits and four walks in four innings

Adam Boeve hit a solo homer and drove in two RBIs for Altoona (16-15)

The Senators and Altoona Curve were scheduled to play two games on Saturday night, but after a 3:14 rain delay, the teams played just a single nine-inning game with Altoona winning 8-2

The Curve scored four runs in the second and four runs in the fourth for the win

Adam Boeve hit a solo home run for the Curve and Steven Pearce capped off their scoring with a three-run home run in the fourth inning

The Senators Cristian Guerrero hit his first home run of the year in the game

Relievers Josh Hall and Dan Foli combined to strike out ten batters in the final six innings of the game

The teams will play a doubleheader on Sunday beginning at 12.05pm
The Senators will send Jim Magrane to the mound in game one and in game two, TJ Nall will make his eighth start of the season

The Curve endured soggy conditions, then socked it to Harrisburg on Saturday night
The teams were scheduled to play a doubleheader at 5.05pm but had to sit around for 3 hours, 14 minutes because of rain
Altoona’s offense lit up the Senators’ pitching once things finally got started and coasted to an 8-2 win at Commerce Bank Park

The second game of the doubleheader was postponed, and the teams will try to play two games today starting at 12.05pm

The Curve scored four runs in the second inning and muscled up with four more runs in the fourth to break things open

Adam Boeve started the big fourth inning with a solo homer, his third in four games, and Steven Pearce smacked a three-run shot later in the inning for an 8-1 lead
Pearce has two homers with the Curve and 13 on the season, moving back into a tie for tops in the minor leagues

The offensive outburst provided plenty of support for Curve starter Kip Bouknight, who pitched for Harrisburg the past two seasons and enjoyed a strong return to City Island
Bouknight (4-0) gave up just one run on four hits with five strikeouts and one walk over six innings

Brian Peterson, who recently joined the Curve as a backup catcher, ignited the four-run second inning with a two-run double
Brandon Chaves also had an RBI single in the frame

Eight of the nine Curve starters had a hit - including Bouknight - with Andrew McCutchen the lone exception

Randy Ruiz, bumped from first base when Pearce joined the team, played left field for the first time this season

Harrisburg starter Mike Hinckley (4-3) gave up eight runs - seven earned - over four innings for the loss