Harrisburg Senators Triple Up the Altoona Curve in 6-2 Win
Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 09:15AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com – HARRISBURG- The return of Yoslan Herrera from Pittsburgh and the debut of 19-year old prospect Jose Tabata wasn't enough to spark the Curve on to victory Friday, as the Harrisburg Senators claimed a 6-2 win at Commerce Bank Park.
Herrera (5-9), who was optioned to Altoona after his fifth major league
start for the Pirates on Monday at Arizona, was handed the loss after
allowing six runs -- five earned -- on six hits over just four innings.
The right-hander dealt two strong innings at the start of the contest,
but touched up for four runs in the third and two more in the fourth
before exiting the contest.
In the third, a key error against shortstop Angel Gonzalez kept the inning alive and was followed by a three-run home run by second baseman Seth Bynum, which gave the Senators a 4-1 lead.
Tabata, who was added to the Curve roster prior to the game
after completing a successful four-game injury rehab stint
with rookie-level Bradenton, made his highly-anticipated debut with
Altoona and went 0-for-3 with a walk and runs scored. Tabata started in
center field and batted second.
Harrisburg starter Zack Segovia (2-1)
tossed seven strong innings to earn the victory. The right-hander, who
started the season pitching for the Eastern League's Reading Phillies,
gave up only four hits, walked one and struck out seven.
Altoona managed only four hits in the contest, but three came off the bat of catcher Steve Lerud,
who snapped out of a 2-for-28 slide over his previous 10 games.
Gonzalez added the Curve's only other hit, a seventh-inning single.
The Curve and Senators will continue their five-game series Saturday
evening at Commerce Bank Park. First pitch is set for 6:05 p.m. Altoona
will send left-hander Kyle Bloom (2-7, 4.71) to the mound against fellow lefty Cory Van Allen (3-1, 4.55). Fans can hear all the action on the Curve Radio Network and on-line at AltoonaCurve.com starting at 5:50 with the Curve GameDay Show presented by the Hotel Belmar and Budget Beverage.
CURVE CUTS - Tabata becomes only the second teenager to ever play for the Curve. Andrew McCutchen was
also 19 years old when he joined Altoona in August 2006... Herrera
matched a career-high with six strikeouts over his four innings of
work... 3B Jim Negrych, who entered Friday's game with the fourth-best batting average among all minor league players (.366), went 0-for-4... OF Anthony Webster was
placed on the Disabled List to clear room for Tabata on the Curve's
24-man roster... Altoona must go 18-3 in its final 21 games to avoid
the franchise's first losing season since 2001.
Box Score: http://altoonacurve.com/meetteam/stats/index.html?autoload=boxscore&gid=2008_08_08_altaax_haraax_1&sportcode=aax
Play-by-Play: http://altoonacurve.com/meetteam/stats/index.html?autoload=gamelog&gid=2008_08_08_altaax_haraax_1&sportcode=aax
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