The Result
Navigators - 16 to 0 - "the largest blow-out in the 11-year Sea Dogs franchise history"

Sea Dogs - Year-to-Date
7 wins - 14 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Playing first base
Batting #3

At the end of the Game
1 hit from 4 at-bats - single, 1 x strike out, 1 x GIDP, 1 x error

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
(did not hear)
Second at-bat
(did not hear)
Third at-bat
(did not hear)
Fourth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher - "side-armer"
Bases empty - one down
Ball - outside
Infield hit behind the mound which turned into "a tough play for the defense"
Infield single
Out at second base on a double-play hit by the next Sea Dogs batter

Error
In the top of the eighth innings the Navigators had a runner at second base with none down - the next batter hit a ground ball to first base and the commentator said that it went "right under Roneberg's glove" for the fourth Sea Dogs error of the day...oh, boy!"
The runner at second advanced to third base - the next batter hit into a 6-to-4-to-3 double play to make it two down but the runner scored from third base on the play (would he have scored if Brett didn't make the error??? - the third out was a ground out by the next Navigators batter!!!)

Heard during the game
As Brett came in for his fourth at-bat, the commentator said "that brings in Roneberg who has had a rough day being 0-for-3 with a double-play"

Email from Brett
N/A

Game Reports
Dogs' worst loss a total team effort

A day after welcoming their 4 millionth fan to Hadlock Field, the Portland Sea Dogs had another history-making day.
This one will not be celebrated.
Portland suffered the worst loss in franchise history Saturday, 16-0 to the Norwich Navigators before 6,471 fans.

Three Portland pitchers combined to allow 16 hits, seven walks and a hit batsman.

The Sea Dogs mustered just seven singles, and Portland's defense did its part in producing the lopsided loss with four errors.

"A loss is a loss to me. If it's 2-1, 10-0, a loss is a loss," Sea Dogs Manager Ron Johnson said.
"I'm not saying it doesn't bother me, but we will regroup and we have to play (today), so we'll turn the page and move on."

Charlie Zink took the loss, allowing seven runs - four earned - in 4 2/3 innings.
"Usually I just try to get ground balls, and (Saturday) things weren't working out for me and I started messing with my own head and thinking I needed to make them miss it," said Zink.
"Then I started throwing it lower and then I couldn't find out where to throw (the knuckleball) because the wind started pushing it. I just felt a little out of sync (Saturday)."

"You're going to have balls hit. . . . The key is, obviously, we have to defend them," Johnson said.
"We struggled with that aspect of the game. Then when you open the door with a club like this, boy, it's hard to get it shut."

Norwich (12-11) has scored 37 runs in taking two of the first three games in the four-game series.

Portland (7-14) won Friday's game 11-9 after losing the series opener, 13-2.

For most of the Navigators, it was the first time facing a knuckleball pitcher.
"We tried to tell the guys to stay aggressive and just look for the ball up in the zone," Norwich Manager Shane Turner said.

Norwich shortstop Jay Pecci went 4 for 5 from the No. 9 spot.
"We tried not to think about it," Pecci said. "The best approach was no approach, I guess."

With the Sea Dogs trailing 3-0, Zink got himself in trouble in the fifth by walking Michael Cervenak and hitting Tyler Von Schell.
Doug Clark pulled a double to the right-field corner to score one run, and Chris Curry's RBI groundout made it 5-0.
Pecci's low liner to right was mishandled for a two-base error by Joe Kilburg, making it 7-0.
One walk later, Zink (0-3) was done.

"It cracks me up to see articles saying I've mastered (the knuckleball)," said Zink, in his second season as a knuckleball specialist.
"I've never pitched in these conditions before, so every time I go out here, in these conditions, it helps me to learn what I need to do to get it to work here."

Reliever Jason Howell gave up five runs on four hits in the seventh as Von Schell lifted a grand slam over the netting above the left-field wall.

Colin Young also was hit hard, allowing four runs.
He was greeted with four consecutive hits and an error to start the eighth, including RBI doubles by Pecci and Carlos Valderrama.

Norwich starter Jack Taschner, a 6-foot-3 left-hander, was overpowering in four innings.
Making his second start of the season, Taschner - a converted reliever - allowed one hit and struck out six, including the side in the second.
"In this ballpark, all I was thinking about was trying to keep it in play," said Taschner, who missed the 2002 season after elbow surgery.

DOG DAY AT HADLOCK
Portland Suffers Worst Loss in Franchise History, 16-0 to Norwich

Jay Pecci was 4-for-5 with 3 runs scored to pace a 16-hit attack as Norwich handed the Portland Sea Dogs their worst defeat in franchise history, 16-0 on Saturday afternoon before 6,471 fans at Hadlock Field.

All nine Navigator starters hit safely and eight of the nine starters scored a run.

The 16 runs were the most allowed by the Sea Dogs in a game since July 17, 2000.

The 16-0 loss was the largest margin of victory in a shutout in franchise history.

The 16-run loss broke the franchise record as well.

Four Norwich pitchers combined on a seven-hitter as the Dogs left eight men on base.

Portland also committed four errors, leading to four unearned runs.

Eastern League Game Summary - Norwich at Portland

Tyler Von Shell hit a grand slam in the top of the seventh to help lead the Norwich Navigators to a 16-0 victory over the Portland Sea Dogs.

The home run was Von Shell's third of the season as he continued his hot hitting raising his batting average to .330.

Three Norwich pitchers combined for the shutout with reliever Mitch Walk pitching three innings of shutout relief to improve his record to (3-1) for the season.

Jack Taschner started the game for Norwich and pitched well giving up just one hit while striking out six over four innings.

Norwich batters Carlos Valderrama and Derin McMains each knocked in three runs.

Jay Pecci went four for five with two doubles and scored three runs.

Portland pitcher Charlie Zink took the loss pitching 4 2/3rds innings allowing seven runs, four earned.
The loss drops Zink to (0-3).

Sheldon Fulse had two hits for Norwich.

The win improves Norwich to a game over .500 at 12-11, just two games behind Trenton in the Northern Division.
The loss drops Portland to 7-14.

GRAND DAY FOR ‘GATORS
Tyler Von Schell’s 7th inning slam caps 16-0 win over Sea Dogs

Tyler Von Schell hit the first grand slam of the season for the Navigators, who set their season high in hits and runs to beat the Sea Dogs 16-0.

Derin McMains’ two-run single in the second started the scoring for the ‘Gators, who broke the game open in the fifth.

Doug Clark’s RBI double and Chris Curry’s run-scoring groundout made it 5-0.
The inning appeared to be over when Jay Pecci hit a catchable line drive to right, but Joe Kilburg misplayed it for a two-run three-base error to give Norwich a 7-0 lead.

McMains drove home another run in the seventh before the grand slam from Von Schell, who had to leave the game with an injury in the seventh.

Not to be lost in the offensive barrage was the Navigator shutout pitching.
Jack Taschner shut out the Sea Dogs on one hit through four innings of work in his second start since joining the rotation.

However, Mitch Walk got the decision, complimenting Taschner’s effort with three scoreless innings of relief in improving his record to 3-1.

Alberto Montes and Jackson Markert each worked a scoreless inning in relief of Walk.

Pecci had four hits and Chris Curry had three hits for the Navigators, who have scored 36 runs and have not made an error in the last three games against Portland.