The Result
Phillies - 3 to 1

Sea Dogs - Year-to-Date
4 wins - 12 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Playing first base
Batting #4

At the end of the Game
0 hits from 3 at-bats - 1 x strike out

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - two down
Swung at the first pitch and "chopped" it towards second base
Out 4-to-3
Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - none down
Ball - low
Foul ball - popped down the left side
Foul ball - through the third base coach's box
"Hit pretty well into leftfield" - but the fielder got across to cover it
Out F7
Third at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - one down
Called strike - on the outside corner
Ball
Ball - outside
Foul ball - hit wide of first base
Swing&miss - "Roneberg went after a breaking ball in the dirt"
Strike out

Heard during the game
(1) In the bottom of the third innings, the lead off batter for the Phillies hit a line drive into rightfield - the commentator said that "Roneberg appeared to react late in moving to his right and the ball skipped off his glove into rightfield" (no error on the play)

(2) As Brett came in for his second at-bat, the commentator mentioned that "Brett is struggling just a bit having only one hit in his last twelve at-bats, and has only reached base twice during the road trip" (three games)

Email from Brett
N/A

Game Reports
R-Phillies' Floyd makes it look easy in victory over Sea Dogs
Gavin Floyd throws 51/3 scoreless innings
He hasn't been scored on in 17 innings this season to lead Reading over Portland in the first game of a doubleheader.

Nice and easy.
That describes Gavin Floyd's deliberate, hands-over-head pitching motion . . . and his first month in Double-A ball.

The 21-year-old right-hander came into Tuesday's doubleheader with the same ERA he had at the start of this season - 0.00.
He ended the night with his perfect record still intact, picking up the win with 51/3 scoreless innings as the Reading Phillies beat the Portland Sea Dogs 3-1 in the first game at FirstEnergy Stadium.

Floyd gave up four hits and walked a batter, but was never in serious trouble.
He seemed almost effortless as he quietly set down the struggling Sea Dogs.

“It really isn't that easy,” insisted Floyd, who has started his first Eastern League season with 17 scoreless innings.
“You still have to go out there and execute pitches. If I feel bad, or if I feel good, I have to go out there and do my best.
I've been trying my hardest.”

In four starts (last Friday's was limited to one inning because of rain) Floyd has allowed just seven hits.
He has struck out 14, walked six and allowed just one runner past second base.

“He's impressive,” said Sea Dogs manager Ron Johnson of the Philadelphia Phillies' second-ranked prospect.
“He's a fine young prospect. I've read about him, and he lived up to the billing.
You see everything you want to see (from a pitcher). He's got the size, and the velocity, and his command was good.
You know, when you face people like that, you're gonna have to scratch to get what you get.”

The right-hander was far from overpowering against the Sea Dogs, striking out just one.
But he induced a lot of ground balls and was rarely in danger, allowing only one extra-base hit, a third-inning double by Jesus Medrano.

“I'm not really worried about strikeouts,” Floyd said.
“I'm worried about outs, getting people out, getting my fielders in the dugout, trying to hit.
I try to make things as quick as possible. If strikeouts come, they come.”

Floyd got all the run support he needed in the first four innings as right-fielder Miguel Quintana had a two-run single in the second and an RBI single in the fourth.

“Things have been working out pretty well,” Floyd said, “and I've been getting some good run support. Things are working out."

Floyd departed one out into the sixth after throwing 78 pitches.
The Phillies have been extremely cautious with their prized right-hander, closely monitoring his pitch count.

“I was hoping to continue pitching,” Floyd said.
“Every pitcher wants to go out there and finish their own start.
(But) I don't worry about pitch counts; I try not to. I just go out there. I know how I feel, and I can tell how many pitches I've thrown.
I don't really go out there and check the pitch count, and talk about getting bumped up there to 85 or 90 (pitches next time).
I just go out there and do my thing.”