Curve Swept By New Britain
June 11, 2009 - Eastern League (EL1)
Altoona Curve News Release
NEW BRITAIN, CT - The Altoona Curve were unable to salvage the final game of a three-game series in New Britain and fell to the Rock Cats 7-3 on Thursday evening at New Britain Stadium. The loss sends the Curve to their fourth straight loss and puts them a franchise worst 22 games under .500.
After Altoona grabbed an early 2-0 edge thanks to RBI singles by Jim Negrych and Steve Lerud, the Rock Cats (32-27) plated five unearned runs off Altoona starter Kyle Bloom in the second inning to take a 5-2 lead. Bloom was lifted with two outs in the frame and just lasted 1.2 total innings permitting three hits, walking a batter and hitting a man.
Righty Sean Smith would come on and give Altoona solid relief, allowing just one earned run over 4.1 innings. Smith has only allowed one run over his last 11.1 innings over his last two outings.
Altoona would chip away at the deficit when Brian Friday knocked home Negrych in the top of the fifth inning to pull within two runs, 5-3, but New Britain would answer with two more runs in the game. One run came across in the bottom of the sixth inning and another run was scored in the eighth to extend the âCats lead to 7-3.
The Altoona Curve (19-41) will continue their road trip to on Friday at 6:35 p.m. when they visit the Connecticut Defenders (AA - San Francisco). The Curve will send right-hander Brad Lincoln (1-3, 1.95) to the mound while the Defenders are unsure of who they will pitch in the opening game of the series. Radio coverage of the contest begins at 6:20 p.m. on flagship station ESPN Radio 1430, WVAM and Curve Radio Network affiliate stations.
NOTES: OF Jose Tabata who left Wednesday's morning game with minor cramping in his left leg was not in the lineup, though he did take batting practice earlier in the afternoon...OF Gorkys Hernandez, who was traded for Pirates' OF Nate McLouth was 1-for-4 with a run scored and is 3-for-26 (.115) in his first seven games as a Pirates' farmhand.
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