The Result
Sea Dogs - 6 to 2

Sea Dogs - Year-to-Date
19 wins - 24 losses

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

At the end of the Game
2 hits from 4 at-bats - single, double, 1 x run scored, 1 x strike out

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - one down
Called strike - fast ball - on the outside corner
Foul ball - off to the left
A "well hit" line drive into leftfield but straight at the Senators fielder
Out F7
Second at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Called strike
Ball - low
Driven into the right-centrefield gap - "the ball landed about five feet short of the track and rolled towards the fence and Roneberg thought about going to third base but back-pedalled and has himself a stand-up double"
Double
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - two down
Foul ball - down the first base line
Swing&miss
Foul ball
Swing&miss
Strike out
Fourth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Ball - high
Called strike - change-up
Ground ball through the right side for a base hit
Single
Went to third base on a hit-and-run play
Scored on a sacrifice fly

Heard during the game
(1) During the top of the fourth innings, a Senators batter drove the ball towards the leftfield corner - the commentator said that "Roneberg played that well and very nicely as he cut the ball off, turned and made the one-hop throw all in one motion, and what should have been an easy double resulted in a close play at second base"

(2) As Brett came in for his third at-bat, the commentator said that "Roneberg has hit the ball very hard twice tonight resulting in a line-out to left and a double to right-centre" (then he struck out!!!)

(3) During the top of the seventh inning "Brett made a leaping catch right up against the wall to rob a Senators batter of an extra base hit"
The commentator went on to say "that was hit just to the right of the scoreboard and would have hit about eight feet up the "Maine Monster" and Roneberg made a fine catch which would have to be considered as a candidate for "The Catch of the Day"

(4) After the hit in his fourth at-bat, the commentator said "that hit gives Roneberg 15 multi-hit games from the 42 he has played this season which is a very good average and he leads the Sea Dogs in that category"

(5) He also mentioned that "his 2-from-4 today moves his average up to 0.299"

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Game Reports

Five and counting

The Portland Sea Dogs are starting to piece it all together.

Portland completed a three-game sweep of the Harrisburg Senators Sunday at Hadlock Field with a 6-2 victory built with strong pitching, hearty bats and sound defense.

Jerome Gamble pitched six scoreless innings and the Sea Dogs took charge with a two-out, four-run rally in the fourth inning.

"Guys went out hacking. We're starting to feel good and do things as a team right now," said third baseman John Hattig, who had a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
"Pitching has always been there. Our hitting is starting to come around."

Gamble, who also won his last start, gave up no runs and seven hits through six innings to improve to 3-2.

"This was right up there for him," said Portland Manager Ron Johnson.
"He's thrown two good ones in a row, which is positive. He could have gone longer, but we wanted to get some other guys in there."

Gamble retired the leadoff batter in four innings and gave up only one extra-base hit.

"I'm learning I've got to mix my pitches more in the game because it helps me keep guys off my fastball," said Gamble.
"Around here, (five straight) wins is a big boost."

The win was significant for the Sea Dogs, considering it marked the first time since April 2002 they won five in a row.

It bodes well for the club's psyche, said Johnson.
"It's an attitude and atmosphere," he said. "When you can put together some strings (of wins), the rhythm of the games just starts to feel good.
"And we've had different characters chiming in here."

The afternoon game hummed along until Portland broke it open with four hits in the fourth.
With two outs, Kenny Perez and Sheldon Fulse hit RBI doubles off left-hander David Maust, who then left in favor of Saul Rivera.
Raul Nieves and Jeff Bailey each promptly singled home a run to give the Sea Dogs a 4-0 lead.

Portland added a run in the sixth when Perez singled, stole second and moved to third on an error before scoring on a sacrifice fly by Fulse.

The Senators got two runs in the seventh off Eric Glaser.
Jeremy Ware singled to drive in Melvin Dorta, and Larry Broadway scored on Rich Lane's single.

Hattig's sacrifice fly scored Brett Roneberg in the seventh for Portland's final run.

Juan Perez pitched a scoreless ninth for the Sea Dogs, aided by his defense.

After Broadway's leadoff single, Fulse crashed into the Megabucks billboard in center field to catch a long drive by Jeremy Ware.
After Lane singled, the Sea Dogs turned a double play to end the game.

NOTES
Today's 6 p.m. game against the Binghamton Mets will be televised by NESN.
There are still 1,500 tickets available.
Binghamton leads the Eastern League Northern Division with a 27-17 record.

SEA DOGS WIN FIFTH STRAIGHT GAME
6-2 Win Over Harrisburg Completes Sweep

Jerome Gamble tossed six shutout innings to help the Portland Sea Dogs complete the first three-game sweep of the Harrisburg Senators since 1994 with a 6-2 win Sunday afternoon.

Gamble allowed seven hits and two walks, fanning three in six innings.
He went 2-0 this week with an ERA of 0.75.

Portland scored four runs in the fourth inning on four straight two-out run-scoring hits by Kenny Perez, Sheldon Fulse, Raul Nieves and Jeff Bailey.

Perez finished with two runs scored and an RBI and Fulse drove in a pair.

Portland has won five games in a row for the first time since April 2002.

The Sea Dogs begin a three-game series with the Northern Division-leading Binghamton Mets on Monday.

Eastern League Game Summary - Harrisburg at Portland

Jerome Gamble tossed six innings of shutout ball and Sheldon Fulse had two RBI and a run scored to pace the Portland Sea Dogs to a 6-2 win over the Harrisburg Senators Sunday afternoon.

Gamble improved to 3-2 with the win.
He allowed seven hits, struck out three and walked two to lead the Sea Dogs (19-24) to their fifth straight win.

Fulse went 1-for-3, and had an RBI double that highlighted a four-run fourth inning.

Kenny Perez also had an RBI double in the fourth and scored a pair of runs.

Raul Nieves set the table in the leadoff spot for Portland, going 3- for-5 with a run knocked in and scored a run.

David Maust (1-2) suffered the loss for Harrisburg.
Maust yielded three runs on four hits in 3 2/3rd innings.

Harrisburg has dropped four straight and are in the cellar of the Southern Division at 14-28.

Jeremy Ware and Rich Lane each knocked in a run for the Senators.

Senators can't break offensive drought

Thanks to the Eastern League schedule, the Senators make only one trip here each season.
Just as well for Harrisburg.

Once again unable to solve one of the Class AA EL's poorest pitching staffs, the Senators fell 6-2 yesterday to the Portland Sea Dogs before a crowd of 6,157 at Hadlock Field.

In sweeping the three-game series, the Sea Dogs (19-24) sent the Senators (14-28) to their sixth loss in seven games and 24th in the last 32.

The wasted weekend for the Senators saw them score only four runs in 27 innings against a Portland pitching staff that began yesterday's game with a 4.70 earned-run average -- the second-worst ERA in the 12-team league.

For the series, the Senators scored only two runs in 22 innings against Portland starters Josh Stevens, Charlie Zink and Jerome Gamble (3-2), the latter of whom worked six shutout innings yesterday.

No greater waste came than in the series finale as the Senators totaled a season-high 14 hits against Gamble and two relievers but left 13 runners on base as they went 3-for-16 with runners in scoring position.

The Senators, with their league-low .218 batting average, did not score until two outs in the seventh inning on back-to-back RBI singles by Jeremy Ware and Rich Lane off reliever Eric Glaser.

Ware's RBI snapped the Senators' scoreless streak at 19 innings, marking their first run since Lane's RBI double with two outs in the sixth inning of Friday's 4-2 loss.

By the time Harrisburg scored yesterday, Portland had built a 5-2 lead off spot starter David Maust (1-2), and relievers Saul Rivera and Jon Searles.

Four of those runs came in the fourth inning off Maust and Rivera on four straight two-out hits - RBI doubles by Kenny Perez and Sheldon Fulse that were followed by run-scoring singles by Raul Nieves and former Senator Jeff Bailey.

The Sea Dogs scored again in the sixth and seventh off Searles on sacrifice flies by Fulse and Eric Johnson.

NOTES
Portland (19-24) won the season series, beating the Senators in five of six games here and in Harrisburg.
Senators first baseman Larry Broadway, the Montreal Expos' top position player in the minors, went 2-for-3 to raise his average 10 points to a season-high .231.
Since losing his 18-game hitting streak, Senators shortstop Josh Labandeira has gone 2-for-23.
The Senators are 1-22 when trailing after seven innings.