Aeros Rip Curve, 10-4
July 12, 2007 - Eastern League (EL1)
Altoona Curve News Release
ALTOONA- The Akron Aeros easily dispatched the Curve, 10-4, to snap a five-game losing streak in the series opener of a four-game series from Blair County Ballpark on Thursday night.
Josh Shortslef (2-9) was again lightly supported as he lost for the ninth time this season, allowing six earned runs over 5 2/3 innings of work. Shortslef received three runs or less of support for the tenth time in his 17th start of the year.
The Aeros wasted little time jumping to the lead. Trevor Crowe led off the ballgame with a single and scored to give Akron a 1-0 lead two batters later on a Michael Aubrey single.
That score held until a controversial home run in the fith put Akron on top, 3-0. After Shortslef walked Chris Gimenez to start the inning, David Wallace lofted a ball out of the park down the left field line. It was ruled as a home run and the play ultimately led to the ejection of Curve manager Tim Leiper.
Things got worse for Altoona and Shortslef in the sixth. After retiring Brian Barton to start the inning, Shortslef permitted back-to-back hits to Aubrey and Ryan Goleski to put runners on the corners with one out. Rodney Choy Foo followed with a sacrifice fly to right field to make it a 4-0 game. Shortslef was relieved by Wardell Starling after Gimenez followed with a double, but both runners scored on a two-run single for Argenis Reyes to put the Aeros ahead, 6-0.
Chuck Lofgren was again solid for the Aeros and beat the Curve for the third time this season. Lofgren (9-5) worked six innings to earn his ninth win of the season. The only blemish on Lofgren's evening was supplied by Jason Bowers in the sixth inning. With two aboard and two outs, Bowers crunched a Lofgren fastball for a home run to left field to cut the lead to 6-3.
The Aeros got those runs back in the eighth inning off of Starling. Reyes doubled home the first run and Brandon Pinckney delivered a two-run double to give the Aeros a 9-3 lead. Pinckney's double was off of Romulo Sanchez, but all three of the runs were charged to Starling. Sanchez permitted the final run of the evening in the ninth.
The Curve also scored an insignificant run in the ninth inning as Adam Boeve singled home Dave Parrish to cap the evening's scoring.
The Curve will attempt to pull even in Friday night's game two. First pitch is set for 7:05 PM as RHP Dewon Brazelton (2-1, 2.08) will make the start for Altoona against RHP Jake Dittler for Akron.
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