Fisher Cats Blast Curve 10-5 To Take Series
August 5, 2007 - Eastern League (EL1)
Altoona Curve News Release
ALTOONA- Following a 47-minute rain delay at the outset of the ballgame, the Fisher Cats tallied 13 hits and trounced the Curve, 10-5, at Blair County Ballpark on Sunday night.
Curve starter Josh Shortslef (2-12) conceded eight of those hits and lost his sixth straight decision. Shortslef permitted six runs -- two earned -- in 4 2/3 innings and lost for the 12th time this season.
The Fisher Cats got after Shortslef early in the ballgame, plating the game's first run in the top of the first inning, as Ryan Patterson singled home Manny Mayorson for a 1-0 lead.
The Curve tied the game in the bottom of the second, as Milver Reyes singled off of Fisher Cats' starter Eric Fowler to score Brandon Chaves.
Sloppy defense gave the lead to New Hampshire for good in the third. Dustin Majewski led off the inning with a routine fly ball to right field that Vic Buttler misjudged and dropped, permitting Majewski to advance all the way to second. Shortslef then walked Mayorson before Juan Peralta bunted the runners to second and third with one out. Patterson followed with an RBI ground out to make it 2-1. David Smith and Rob Cosby then contributed back-to-back doubles to run the lead to 4-1.
Reyes added a second RBI single to cut the lead to two in the fourth, but the Fisher Cats responded with two runs in the top of the fifth to lead 6-2.
In the bottom of the fifth, Andrew McCutchen turned in just the third inside-the-park home run in Curve history, and the first for the Curve at Blair County Ballpark. McCutchen also turned in the second inside-the-park homer earlier in the season at Akron's Canal Park.
Two more runs for New Hampshire in the sixth off of Curve reliever Jason Roach quickly tempered the Curve's enthusiasm as the Fisher Cats went ahead 8-3.
The Curve again plated a lone run in the bottom of the inning as Buttler tripled home Peter Bergeron. Again however, that run was answered with two more for New Hampshire, as Dustin Majewski tripled in two runs for a 10-4 lead.
The Curve capped the scoring with a Chaves RBI double in the seventh, but got no closer and lost the series dropping two out of three games
The Curve fell six games out of playoff spot as the Erie SeaWolves defeated Connecticut, 4-2, earlier in the day. The Curve will enjoy an off-day on Monday before opening a three-game series in Portland on Tuesday night at 7:00 PM.
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