Boeve's Blasts Not Enough In 4-3 Curve Loss To Reading
June 25, 2007 - Eastern League (EL1)
Altoona Curve News Release
READING- Adam Boeve's two home runs weren't enough for Altoona as they fell, 4-3, in the finale of a four-game series against the Reading Phillies.
With the Curve trailing 4-2 entering the ninth inning, Boeve made things interesting with his second solo homer of the morning. Boeve belted his 12th of the year over the wall in center field to give the Curve a chance with two outs. But Chris Key got Andrew McCutchen to fly out to center field to end the ballgame. Key earned his fifth save of the season.
The R-Phils jumped to a 4-0 lead against Curve starter Josh Shortslef. Reading struck twice in the second inning to obtain the lead for the first time. Randy Ruiz was hit by a pitch with one out and Jason Hill doubled him to third. Ruiz scored on a Matt Padgett ground out and Hill scored on an infield single from Michael Garciaparra.
Ruiz was promoted by the Phillies to Triple-A Ottawa following the ballgame. Ruiz, who opened the year with the Curve, will be making his Triple-A debut with the Lynx.
Reading made it 4-0 in the third inning as Chris Coste blasted a two-run home run off of Shortlsef.
The Curve got on the board for the first time in fifth inning on Boeve's first homer of the day. Boeve belted his 11th of the season off of R-Phils' starter Matt Maloney. The Curve closed it to 4-2 in the seventh inning as McCutchen singled in Neil Walker.
Other than those two hiccups, Maloney (6-6) was solid, working 7 2/3 innings allowing just two runs on four hits to earn his sixth win of the season.
Shortlef (2-7) took the loss for the Curve, allowing four earned runs on eight hits over seven innings of work.
With the loss, the Curve split the series with Reading and endured a losing road trip (3-5).
The Curve will return home on Tuesday to open a four-game series with the Trenton Thunder. RHP Kip Bouknight (7-3, 3.99) will make the start for Altoona against RHP Ian Kennedy (3-1, 3.00) for Trenton.
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