Curve Hold Off Phillies, 5-4
June 24, 2007 - Eastern League (EL1)
Reading Fightin Phils News Release
Reading, PA--The Altoona Curve jumped out to an early lead Sunday afternoon at FirstEnergy Stadium and held off the Reading Phillies the rest of the way for a 5-4 Eastern League win.
In the first, Brandon Chaves singled with one out and Steve Pearce and Neil Walker drew two-out walks from Landon Jacobsen (6-5) to load the bases. Adam Boeve cleared the bases with a double to left-center on a 3-2 pitch to give the Curve (36-36) a 3-0 lead.
The Phillies (35-39) came back with two in the bottom of the first on RBI singles by Mike Costanzo and Randy Ruiz with nobody out but Yoslan Herrera (2-5) retired the next three hitters to keep Altoona in front.
The Curve added a run in the fourth on an RBI grounder by Jason Bowers.
Reading pulled back within a run in the seventh on a solo homer by Costanzo, his league-leading 15th of the season.
Altoona extended the lead to two runs in the eighth when Walker drew a free pass and later scored on a wild pitch.
The Phillies answered again in the bottom of the eighth on Matt Padgett's sixth home run of the season to make it 5-4.
But Matt Peterson retired the last five Phillies hitters to nail down his league-leading 16th save. Peterson has picked up a save in each of his last nine appearances.
Ruiz was 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI. Costanzo was 2-for-5 with two RBI. Jason Hill and Michael Garciaparra each had two hits for the Phillies.
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