The Result
Sea Dogs - 11 to 9

Sea Dogs - Year-to-Date
7 wins - 13 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Playing rightfield
Batting #3

At the end of the Game
2 hits from 5 at-bats - double, home run, 2 x RBI's, 2 x runs scored

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Ball - up and away
Called strike - at the knees
Ball - outside
Popped-up near the third base bag
Out F5
Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - two down
"A bad-hop bouncer over the first-baseman's head" - "that ball took an awful bounce" - and went down into the rightfield corner
Double
......and the runner advanced to third base
Scored on a hit
Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at second base - none down
Foul ball - bunted foul to the third base dugout
Ball - outside
Foul ball - "lunged at that pitch and fouled it into the third base seats"
Foul ball
A long and high fly ball into rightfield
HOME RUN
and 2 x RBI's
As the ball was in the air, the commentator said "it's long and high, but has it got enough?"
......and then he said "it hits high in the screen!" (click here for all the home run details)
Fourth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runners at first and second base - two down
Ball - outside
Ball - high and outside
Hit on the ground towards rightfield but "out on a great diving play by the Navigators first-baseman"
Out PO3
Fifth at-bat
Runners at first and third base - two down
Ball - "not close"
Ball - down and in
"Bounding ball" towards second base
Out 4-to-3

Heard during the game
After the double in Brett's first at-bat, the commentator said "that if you are going as bad as Brett is at the moment, you will take a 'bad-hopper' anytime!"

Email from Brett
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Game Reports

Dogs pound

Most of the Hadlock Field crowd of 6,136 hung around until the end Friday night.
True, they were waiting for the fireworks show.
But they got the bonus of real spring weather and a whale of a ballgame.

The Portland Sea Dogs fell behind three times, and kept coming back.

Finally Jesus Medrano's three-run triple in the seventh gave Portland the lead for good in an 11-9 win over the Norwich Navigators.

This was another offensive show at Hadlock - sort of a pre-fireworks explosion - as the stadium strengthened its reputation as the best hitters' ballpark in the Eastern League.

Portland (7-13), which has struggled at the plate, outhit the Navigators, 15-10.

"We got the bats going," said Medrano, who leads the team with a .325 average.
"Some of the guys have gotten off to a slow start. It's up to other people to pick them up. We'll be all right."

Eight Sea Dogs got at least one hit Friday, with Medrano going 3 for 5 with four RBI.
Brett Roneberg (2 for 5) added a double and two-run homer.
John Hattig (2 for 4), likewise enjoyed a double and two-run homer.
Sean McGowan (2 for 4) found his groove in his second game off the disabled list.
He singled in two runs.
And save some applause for Jeff Bailey (3 for 3, two walks), who doubled and singled in the tying run in the seventh.

The Sea Dogs trailed 2-0 and then went up, 4-2.
They trailed 6-4, and then tied it.
They trailed 8-6, and won it.

"How about that?" Portland Manager Ron Johnson said.
"A good crowd, and they saw some exciting baseball. The guys played with a lot of fire."

For all the great swings, Portland won this game with the better bullpen effort.
The Sea Dogs' "elderly" relievers contained this lethal Norwich lineup.
Bo Donaldson, 29, made his Hadlock debut and collected the win with two innings of no-hit ball.
Joe Nelson, also 29, recorded his third save, with 1 1/3 innings of work, allowing one hit.

Norwich reliever Luke Anderson (1-1) got the loss, allowing four runs on four hits and two walks in the seventh.

"Their bullpen came in and did a better job than ours did," Norwich Manager Shane Turner said.

Norwich hit Portland starter Jerome Gamble hard (nine hits, eight runs in 5 2/3 innings).

Michael Cervenak cranked a two-run homer over the Monster in the first inning.

But the Sea Dogs battled.

Norwich starter Jeff Clark entered with a 1.93 ERA, but Portland got to him for eight hits and six runs, including the homers to right by Hattig and Roneberg.

In the seventh, with Norwich up 8-7, McGowan singled and Hattig doubled to the right-field warning track.
With one out, Bailey singled in McGowan.
With two outs, Sheldon Fulse worked a full-count walk.
Medrano then laced an inside fastball over the head of left fielder Bryan Carter, who managed to nick it with his glove.
Three runners came around.

In the ninth, Nelson set down the Norwich side 1-2-3, the last two with strikeouts.

NOTES
The Sea Dogs welcomed their four millionth fan Friday when Victoria Dalzell of Portland walked though the turnstile at 5:48 p.m.

Eastern League Game Summary - Norwich at Portland

Jesus Medrano had three hits, including a bases-clearing triple during a four-run seventh inning that lifted the Portland Sea Dogs past the Norwich Navigators, 11-9.

Jeff Bailey had three of Portland's 15 hits, as the Sea Dogs (7-13) won for the third time in four tries after a six-game skid.

Michael Cervenak continues his torrid season for the Navigators.
He slugged his seventh homer of the season and drove in two runs to give him 19 RBI for the year.
Both numbers tie him for the league lead.

Cervenak slugged a two-run homer in the first inning to give the Navigators the lead.

The teams traded four-spots in the bottom of the third and top of the fourth of this see-saw affair, and a two-run homer from Portland's Brett Roneberg tied the game at 6-6 in the fifth inning.

Norwich's Doug Clark doubled in a run and Derin McMains drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk, as the Navigators grabbed an 8-6 lead in the top of the sixth.

But Medrano singled in a run in the sixth to slice the deficit to a run, and his three-run triple highlighted a four-run seventh inning that lifted Portland to the victory.

Bo Donaldson (1-0) allowed a run in two innings of work but picked up the win.

Joe Nelson notched his third save of the season.

Portland starter Jerome Gamble was throttled for nine hits and eight runs in 5 2/3rd innings.

Norwich reliever Keith Anderson (0-1) was smoked for four hits, two walks and four runs in just an inning of work.

Portland improved to 7-13, while Norwich fell to 11-11.

SEA DOGS RALLY PAST NORWICH, 11-9
Medrano's Hit Proves to be Game-Winner

Jesus Medrano hit a tie-breaking three-run triple in the seventh inning to snap an 8-8 tie and lift the Portland Sea Dogs to an 11-9 win over Norwich Friday night before 6,136 fans.

Before the game, the Sea Dogs welcomed the four millionth fan in franchise history.

SEA DOGS OUTSLUG NAVIGATORS
Navigators’ bats stay hot in 11-9 loss

The Navigators scored runs in bunches again, but this time, so did the Portland Sea Dogs as they beat Norwich 11-9.

Mike Cervenak hit his seventh homerun of the year in the 1st inning - a two-run shot that put Norwich up 2-0 and tied him for the league-lead in that category.

Portland put a four-run inning together against starter Jeff Clark, who gave up six runs in four innings.

The Navigators got four back in the top of the fourth, led by a two-run triple by Doug Clark.

But, Portland tied it again in the fifth on a two-run homerun by Brett Roneberg that chased Clark from the game.

An RBI-double by Doug Clark and a bases-loaded walk to Derin McMains put Norwich back up 8-6 in the sixth, but Portland got one in the bottom of the seventh then took the lead for good in the seventh against Luke Anderson with four runs, highlighted by a three-run triple by Jesus Medrano to break an 8-8 tie.