The Result
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to 6
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The Curve - Year-to-Date
21 wins and 26
losses
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Game Reports
The Curve successfully averted disaster on
Monday, blowing a 6-2 lead in the bottom of the ninth inning,
but bouncing back successfully to win in ten innings, 7-6
Neil Walker had three hits in the ballgame including an RBI double
and his third home run of the series
The Curve needed his final hit however, a single in the top of
the tenth inning to spark a game-winning rally
Walker singled to start a two-out rally and scored on a single
by Brandon Chaves to put the Curve back in front
Wardell Starling - normally a Curve starting pitcher - was called
upon out of the bullpen for the first time in his career to close
it out
Starling retired the Baysox side in order in the bottom of the
tenth and earned the save
The Baysox turned a routine game into a thriller by erasing a
6-2 deficit with four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning
Jason Roach had come into the ballgame for Curve starter Kip Bouknight
in the eighth and ended a Baysox threat
He didn't fare nearly as well in the ninth, allowing a solo-home
run to Eli Whiteside to cut the lead to 6-3
Luis Hernandez followed with a ground-rule double to right field
and Ruddy Yan walked
Roach departed the ballgame in favor of Romulo Sanchez
Sanchez got the second out of the inning, but then walked Luis
Jimenez to load the bases
Bryan Bass was inserted as a pinch-runner for Jimenez
Oscar Salazar then sent a flare-single to right field which was
bobbled by Andrew McCutchen
All three runners scored to tie the game, 6-6
Sanchez did recover to retire Val Majewski and send the game to
the tenth inning
It was the second straight day the Curve blew a ninth-inning lead
only to win 7-6 in ten innings
Despite not converting the save chance, Sanchez (2-1) earned the
win for Altoona
Jim Miller (1-3) allowed the Curve run in the tenth and took the
loss for Bowie
Walker hit his ninth home run of the season in the third inning
off of Baysox starter Oscar Alvarez
Walker blasted the first pitch from Alvarez over the wall in right-center
field for a solo-home run to extend the Curve lead to 3-0
Walker hit a pair of two-run homers in the Curve's game three
win on Sunday, which snapped the second-longest losing streak
in franchise-history at 10 games
The Curve raced to the lead in the top of the first inning against
Alvarez
Matt Meath led off the ballgame with a double to left field
McCutchen followed with a single that moved Meath to third
Steven Pearce scored Meath to give the Curve a 1-0 lead with a
sacrifice fly to right field
With two outs, Walker ripped a double to left field, and McCutchen
sprinted around from first to make it 2-0
The Baysox got two runs back against Bouknight in the fourth inning
Jeff Fiorentino doubled with one out and scored on a Majewski
triple to cut the Curve lead to 3-1
Majewski scored on a Brandon Sing sacrifice fly to center and
the lead was trimmed to one run, 3-2
Altoona stretched the lead and chased Alvarez in the sixth
McCutchen opened the inning with a double to left field and advanced
to third on a fly-ball from Adam Boeve
Following a walk to Walker, Pearce doubled home McCutchen and
scored a batter later on an Alex Fernandez single
Rosman Garcia came on for Alvarez but allowed Walker to score
from third on a bounce-out from Chaves and the Curve led, 6-2
Alvarez was charged with all six Curve runs in 5-1/3 innings pitched,
but was spared his second loss of the season with the Bowie ninth-inning
rally
Bouknight attempted to bail out a fatigued Curve bullpen by going
7-1/3 innings and allowing just two runs
He was denied his fifth win of the season however, and received
a no-decision
With the win, Altoona salvaged a 2-6 road trip
They return to Altoona on Tuesday to begin a six-game homestand
with a three-game series against the Akron Aeros
LHP Josh Shortslef (0-5, 3.33) will make the game one start for
Altoona against RHP Joe Ness (2-0, 5.79) for Akron
The first pitch for game one is scheduled for 6.35pm
Dogs will be permitted at BCB for the first time on the year as
the Curve host 'Hank's Bark in the Park'
Curve Notes
Andrew McCutchen went 2-for-5 in the ballgame and raised his average
to .227 by collecting nine hits in the four-game series
Neil Walker went 3-for-4 with a homer and scored
on Brandon Chaves' single in the 10th inning as visiting Altoona
edged Bowie, 7-6, on Monday
Walker ripped an RBI double in the first and launched a solo shot,
his ninth, in the fourth
The 21-year-old third baseman has gone 5-for-9 with three homers,
six RBIs and five runs scored in his last two games
With two outs in the 10th, Walker singled and Alex Fernandez walked
before Chaves took reliever Jim Miller's offering to right field
to break a 6-6 tie
Chaves also knocked in the go-ahead run in the 10th in Sunday's
7-6 victory over the Baysox
Andrew McCutchen was 2-for-5 and scored twice, while Steven Pearce
collected two RBIs for the Curve (21-26), who have won two straight
after dropping 10 in a row
Altoona reliever Romulo Sanchez (2-1) blew the save, but got the
win after recording the last two outs in the ninth
He gave up one run on one hit and two walks
Wardell Starling picked up the save in his first relief appearance
of the season, striking out two in a perfect 10th
Starter Kip Bouknight surrendered two runs on nine hits and two
walks with two strikeouts in 7-1/3 innings
Miller (1-3) allowed one run on two hits with a strikeout and
a walk in one frame
Starter Oscar Alvarez was charged with six runs on eight hits
with one strikeout and one walk in 5-1/3 innings
Bowie (26-24) rallied to tie the score with four runs in the ninth
Eli Whiteside crushed a solo homer, his first, and three runs
came home on Oscar Salazar's single to center
Salazar was 3-for-5 to extend his hitting streak to 12 games
Baysox starting pitcher Oscar Alvarez headed
into Monday's series finale with the Curve aiming to be the first
seven-game winner in the Eastern League this season
But the decision didn't fall Alvarez's way, going 5.1 innings,
giving up eight hits and six runs, with one walk and one strikeout,
not factoring into the decision in a 10 inning 7-6 loss to Altoona
Neil Walker went 3-for-4 with a homer and scored on Brandon Chaves'
single in the 10th inning, giving the Curve their second straight
win and a split in the series over Bowie
Walker's home run marked his third in two games
Walker ripped an RBI double in the first and launched a solo shot,
his ninth, in the fourth
The 21-year-old third baseman has gone 5-for-9 with three homers,
six RBIs and five runs scored in his last two games
With two outs in the 10th, Walker singled and Alex Fernandez walked
before Chaves took reliever Jim Miller's offering to right field
to break a 6-6 tie
Chaves also knocked in the go-ahead run in the 10th in Sunday's
7-6 victory over the Baysox
Sunday's score, was the same result for the second straight day
Andrew McCutchen was 2-for-5 and scored twice, while Steven Pearce
collected two RBIs for the Curve (21-26), who have won two straight
after dropping 10 in a row
Altoona reliever Romulo Sanchez (2-1) blew the save, but got the
win after recording the last two outs in the ninth
He gave up one run on one hit and two walks
Wardell Starling picked up the save in his first relief appearance
of the season, striking out two in a perfect 10th
Starter Kip Bouknight surrendered two runs on nine hits and two
walks with two strikeouts in 7-1/3 innings
Miller (1-3) allowed one run on two hits with a strikeout and
a walk in one frame
The Baysox, (26-24) rallied to tie the score with four runs in
the ninth
Eli Whiteside crushed a solo homer, his first as a Baysox in 2007,
then Oscar Salazar slapped a bases clearing single to center
Salazar was 3-for-5 to extend his hitting streak to 12 games
Salazar has been a Curve killer this season, batting .377 in 13
games against Altoona this season, with 13 RBI and three home
runs
The Curve are back on another streak, just
not the miserable kind that filled up much of the past two weeks
Altoona won another bizarre game at Bowie on Monday, 7-6 in 10
innings, and returns home tonight having won two in a row
That may not sound like much, but considering the recent 10-game
losing skid, the Curve will take even the most modest of winning
streaks
Altoona carried a 6-2 lead into the bottom of the ninth inning
Monday afternoon, only to see the bullpen blow it for the second
straight day
But just like they did Sunday, the Curve shook off Bowie’s
game-tying rally by scoring a run in the 10th to win
Neil Walker singled with two outs in the 10th and took second
on Alex Fernandez’s walk
Brandon Chaves followed with an RBI single to right that scored
Walker with the game winner
Wardell Starling, a starting pitcher making the first relief appearance
of his career, retired the Baysox in order in the 10th for the
save
Starling accomplished something neither Jason Roach nor Romulo
Sanchez could, which was shut down Bowie with the game on the
line
Eli Whiteside’s one-out homer started the Baysox’s ninth-inning
rally against Roach, who then gave up a double and walk before
giving way to Sanchez
Luis Jimenez walked to load the bases, then an Oscar Salazar single
and error by Andrew McCutchen in center scored all three runs
to tie the game
Sunday’s game, also a 7-6 Curve win, unfolded in similar
fashion as Bowie tied things at 6-6 in the ninth before the Curve
offense rebounded an inning later
For the second straight day, an Altoona reliever blew a save in
the ninth but ended up getting the win
This time it was Sanchez (2-1), while Sunday it was Matt Peterson
Jim Miller (1-3) took the loss