owens looked bad from the get-go. walked the leadoff hitter then gave up a blast down the right field line to harrisburg's slugging first baseman. it bonged off the foul pole and was determined foul. there's a green pole right next to the foul pole that it must have hit halfway up.
then in the second he walked the lead off man. eventually, the first baseman hit a jammed/off the end of the bat liner into shallow center that helped chase rudy.
i don't believe rudy hit 90 on the gun in altoona.
morris often hit 94 for the record. a couple 93s and 92s but mostly 91.
dubee was unimpressive. might have hit 88 but usually was 86. harrison could have ended the rally after making a nice stop with 1 out down the line with the bases loaded. he stepped on third but threw a one-hopper to hague that was difficult and was missed.
i left the game.
Altoona loses 10-5 in Game One. They surrendered five runs in the 2nd and five more in the 8th. The Curve scored three runs in the 1st and two more in the 9th.
Interesting that Owens smelled up the field. Fatigue? And in addition to what you noted above, I believe they couldn't do much against Milone after the 1st. He was on a roll.
Tomorrow night Jeff Locke goes against somebody who I believe I heard is 4-13 and has an ERA somewhere around the unemployment rate.
