The Result
Senators - 12 runs to 4

The Curve - Year-to-Date
29 wins and 30 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Playing - First base
Batting - #3

Brett's at-bats

First plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher - Top of the First Innings
Bases empty - two down
------Brandon Chaves pops out to catcher Javi Herrera in foul territory
------Andrew McCutchen strikes out swinging
------Brett Roneberg flies out (lines out) to center fielder Frank Diaz
Fly out to centrefield - F8
Second plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher - Top of the Third Innings
Runners at first and second base - two down
------Milver Reyes doubles on a line drive to left fielder Tony Blanco
------Luis Munoz strikes out swinging
------Brandon Chaves walks
------Andrew McCutchen strikes out swinging
------Brett Roneberg flies out to center fielder Frank Diaz
Fly out to centrefield - F8
Third plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher - Top of the Sixth Innings
Runner at second base - none down
------Andrew McCutchen doubles on a line drive to right fielder Cristian Guerrero
------Brett Roneberg strikes out swinging
------Neil Walker reaches on throwing error by third baseman Dan DeMent
------------Andrew McCutchen to third
------Adam Boeve grounds into a force out - shortstop Seth Bynum to second baseman Wade Robinson
------------Andrew McCutchen scores
------------Neil Walker out at second
------------Adam Boeve to first
------Alex Fernandez called out on strikes
Strike out
Fourth plate appearance
Lefthanded pitcher - Top of the Eighth Innings
Led off the innings
------Brett Roneberg doubles on a line drive to center fielder Frank Diaz
------------NOTE - a Senators' message board/blog said - "Roneberg doubles off the center-field wall"
------Neil Walker grounds out - third baseman Dan DeMent to first baseman Steve Mortimer
------Adam Boeve flies out to center fielder Frank Diaz
------Alex Fernandez homers on a fly ball to right field
------------Brett Roneberg scores
------Taber Lee grounds out - third baseman Dan DeMent to first baseman Steve Mortimer
Double to centrefield
Scored

At the end of the Game
1 hit from 4 at-bats - double, 1 x run scored, 1 x strike out

Heard during the game

Email from Brett

Game Reports

The Harrisburg Senators used an eight-run fifth inning to pound the Curve, 12-4, in the finale of a three-game series Sunday afternoon at Commerce Bank Park in Harrisburg

With the loss, the Curve (29-30) finished their six-game road trip to New Britain and Harrisburg with a 3-3 record, winning two of three from the Rock Cats to open the trip and losing two of three from the last-place Senators (22-40)

Curve starter Luis Munoz was knocked out of the game in the third inning after allowing the first four of Harrisburg's 12 runs on the afternoon
The right-hander, who entered his start with an opportunity to become just the third Eastern League pitcher to reach seven wins, gave way to Wardell Starling with two outs in the third inning, trailing 4-1

Munoz was the eventual losing pitcher for Altoona, dropping his record to 6-3 on the season

Starling, making just his second career relief appearance, retired the final out of the third and recorded a scoreless fourth before being tagged for three of Harrisburg's eight fifth-inning runs

Justin Vaclavik came into the game in the fifth and was roughed up for five runs while retiring just one batter

The eight-run frame, which gave the Senators a 12-1 advantage, equaled the largest inning by an opponent this season

Mike O'Connor, on the Washington Nationals' Disabled List all season because of an elbow injury, made the start for Harrisburg on a major league injury rehabilitation assignment and worked three innings as scheduled
O'Connor, who made 21 appearances for Washington during his rookie season in 2006, allowed the first run of the game on a second-inning solo home run by Neil Walker

Walker, who now leads Curve hitters with 10 home runs, posted two hits in the contest and is batting .474 (18-for-38) over his last 11 games

John Lannan, Sunday's originally scheduled starter who was pushed to the bullpen to make room for O'Connor's start, picked up the game in the fourth inning and cruised to his third win of the season
Lannan (3-2), who went 6-0 with Class-A Potomac to open the season, worked five innings and allowed three runs - two earned - on six hits

Alex Fernandez provided the Curve's only other offensive highlight in the game, belting a two-run home run in the eighth inning off Lannan to close the scoring in the game
The longball was Fernandez's second of the season

Altoona will enjoy an off day on Monday before returning to action at Blair County Ballpark Tuesday night against New Britain

Tuesday's contest will open a six-game Curve homestand, which will feature three-game sets against the Rock Cats and Connecticut Defenders
Yoslan Herrera (0-4, 6.47) will get the start in Tuesday's series opener against New Britain right-hander Tristan Crawford (6-3, 3.59)
First pitch is set for 7.05pm

On Sunday afternoon in front of 3,644 at Commerce Bank Park the Senators knocked off the Curve 12-4
The Senators pounded out 14 hits in winning for the third time in four games

Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the second inning, Cristian Guerrero hit a two-run home run to put the Sens on top

From there, it was all Senators

Harrisburg scored two more in the third then eight in the fifth
The big hit of the fifth inning was a three-run double off the bat of Tony Blanco

All of the Senators starters had at least a hit in the game, with Dan Dement, Tony Blanco, Steve Mortimer, and Frank Diaz all with a pair

Guerrero drove in three runs in the game

Mike O'Connor started for the Senators, making a rehab start for the Nationals in Harrisburg and pitched well in his three inning stint

John Lannan then followed and pitched five solid innings for the win

Tony Blanco and Cristian Guerrero drove in three runs apiece as Harrisburg dropped Altoona, 12-4, at Commerce Bank Park on Sunday

The Senators (22-40) broke the game open with eight runs in the fifth inning
Blanco led off with a single to right field, moved to third on Steve Mortimer's double and scored on Guerrero's sacrifice fly
Later in the inning, Blanco smacked a three-run double and scored on Mortimer's single to left

Guerrero belted a two-run homer, his seventh, in the second

Mortimer finished up 2-for-3 with two runs scored, and Frank Diaz chipped in two hits and two RBIs

Each Senators starter had at least one hit in a 14-hit attack

Reliever John Lannan (3-2) allowed three runs - two earned - on six hits over five innings for the win
He struck out two and walked one

Nationals starter Mike O'Connor made his first rehab start for the Senators, allowing one run on two hits over three innings
He fanned three and walked one
The 26-year-old left-hander has been on the disabled list since the start of the season, recovering from offseason arthroscopic surgery on his left elbow
He went 3-8 with a 4.80 ERA in 21 games (20 starts) with Washington last season

Alex Fernandez blasted a two-run homer and Neil Walker slugged a solo homer for the Curve (29-30)

Altoona starter Luis Munoz (6-3) took the loss, yielding four runs on four hits over 2-2/3 innings
He struck out four and walked two

The Curve’s pitching staff just made one of the worst teams in professional baseball look pretty good

Harrisburg scored eight runs in the fifth inning Sunday afternoon and tagged three pitchers for 12 runs in a 12-4 win over Altoona at Commerce Bank Park

The Senators improved to 22-40, a .354 winning percentage that’s fifth worst among any full-season team
Harrisburg has had success against the Curve, though, winning two of three games over the weekend - scoring 21 runs in the victories - and five of 11 in the season series

Altoona starter Luis Munoz got off to a good start as he struck out two in the first inning

It was all downhill after that

Harrisburg’s Cristian Guerrero put his team up, 2-1, on a two-run homer in the second inning

The Senators added two more runs in the third off Munoz (6-3), who pitched 2-2/3 innings

In four starts against Bowie and Harrisburg, after seeing each team once, Munoz has allowed 18 runs - 17 earned - in 15-2/3 innings

The Curve’s bullpen imploded in the eight-run fifth
Wardell Starling gave up three runs, and Justin Vaclavik allowed five runs on three hits and three walks in just one-third of an inning
Tony Blanco’s bases-loaded double drove in three during the big frame as Harrisburg took a 12-1 advantage

Starling, making just his second-career relief appearance, gave up three runs in 1-2/3 innings

Curve manager Tim Leiper called on infielder Jason Bowers to pitch the eighth, and Bowers tossed a scoreless frame with one strikeout

Altoona scored its runs on Neil Walker’s solo homer in the second, Adam Boeve’s RBI groundout in the sixth and Alex Fernandez’s two-run blast in the eighth

Senators pitcher John Lannan (3-2), normally a starter, worked five innings in relief of Mike O’Connor, who made a start on a major league rehab assignment
Lannan allowed three runs - two earned - for the win