Curve offense held at bay, fall to Bowie 5-1
Published on July 23, 2006 under Eastern League (EL1)
Altoona Curve News Release
BOWIE, MD - The Altoona Curve's offense struggled for the second game in a row, falling to the Bowie Baysox Sunday night at Prince George's Stadium, 5-1. Vic Buttler (pictured) collected two hits for Altoona, who managed to score just one run or less in three of the four games at Bowie.
The final contest of the Curve's seven-game road trip was a pitchers' duel until the Baysox came through with four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to stretch the lead to 5-0 and put the game out of reach.
The Curve snapped a 17-inning scoreless streak and avoided a second-straight shutout at the hands of the Baysox with a single run in the top of the ninth. Three of the first four batters in the inning earned hits, including a leadoff single by Brandon Chaves, to load the bases.
Nyjer Morgan showed off his tremendous speed, beating out what was a tailor-made double-play ball hit to the shortstop to allow Chaves to score Altoona's only run of the game.
Wardell Starling had his longest outing of the season spoiled with a loss, after surrendering three earned runs on four hits in 6 1/3 innings.
The Baysox scored the first run of the game in the third inning, when Bryan Bass hit his second home run of the year to center field. Bowie would pile on four more runs in the seventh when Bass, who finished the game 2-for-4 with two runs and three RBI, ripped a bases-loaded single to left off of reliever Blaine Neal.
Garrett Olson earned his third win of the year, pitching seven shutout innings and striking out six Curve batters.
Altoona out-slugged the Baysox in the game 8-6, marking just the fourth time in 49 games this year that they have lost a game when outhitting their opponents.
The Curve return to Blair County Ballpark for a three-game series against the Harrisburg Senators beginning Monday at 7:05 p.m. Jason Roach (5-2, 2.63) squares off against the Senators' Justin Echols.
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