Baysox Hold Off Curve
Published on July 2, 2007 under Eastern League (EL1)
Altoona Curve News Release
ALTOONA- The Bowie Baysox scored six runs early and held off a late Curve rally to take game three of a four-games series, 6-4, on Monday night at Blair County Ballpark.
Derek Hankins, making his Double-A and Curve debut, was roughed up for six runs over 3 2/3 innings. Hankins (0-1) got off to a troublesome start in the top of the first inning. The 24-year old got the first out, but walked Bryan Bass and Matt Cepicky to put two men aboard. Luis Jimenez followed with a towering drive over the wall in right-center field to put the Baysox ahead, 3-0.
Hankins retired the Bowie side in order in the second, but the third brought more problems. Paco Figueroa walked to lead off the inning and advanced to second as Bass reached on an error on Steven Pearce. Matt Cepicky delivered a single to score Figueroa and Jimenez followed with a double that brought Bass home for a 5-0 lead. Hankins hit Oscar Salazar to load the bases and Jeff Fiorentino lifted a sacrifice fly to center field to add another run to the lead.
Beau Hale came off the disabled list to make the start for Bowie and worked three scoreless innings. Sendy Rleal followed Hale and turned in two more scoreless innnings as the Curve continued to trail 6-0 into the sixth.
Jason Roach relieved Hankins and worked 4 1/3 scoreless innings to keep the Curve in the game.
The Curve began their comeback bid in the sixth as the third pitcher of the night for Bowie, Rosman Garcia, walked four consecutive batters to force home a run without the benefit of a hit.
Altoona picked up another run off of Garcia in the seventh as Neil Walker singled in Jason Bowers to close to a 6-2 game.
Pearce, who was named as the Eastern League's player of the week prior to the ballgame, added his 51st RBI of the season by knocking in Bowers with a single in the eighth inning. Walker had preceded that single with a sacrifice fly that scored Dave Parrish as the Curve pulled within two runs, 6-4.
The Curve never got all the way back however, as Garcia got out of the eighth with no further damage incurred. The Curve put two runners aboard in the ninth, but Bob McCrury closed the door and earned his third save of the season.
Altoona stranded 15 runners in the loss, including nine in the last four innings. Bowie has claimed eight of the ten games played between the two teams at Blair County Ballpark this season.
Rleal (2-2) earned the win for the Baysox with his two scoreless innings.
The series finale is scheduled for Tuesday night at 7:05 PM. RHP Dewon Brazelton (1-1, 2.77) will make the start for Altoona against LHP Oscar Alvarez (6-2, 4.95) for Bowie.
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