 That night he pinch hit for A. J. Burnett in the 5th inning, and flied out to center field on a 1-2 pitch, for the second out of the inning.On June 22, 2010, Curtis recorded his first major league hit, a double off of Chad Qualls of the Arizona Diamondbacks.On July 21, 2010, he hit his first career home run against Scot Shields of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim when he was called upon to pinch hit when Brett Gardner was ejected from a game while batting with an 0-2 count in the bottom of the seventh inning.