The Result
Mets - 7 to 0

Sea Dogs - Year-to-Date
19 wins - 25 losses

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

At the end of the Game
1 hits from 3 at-bats - single, 1 x walk, 1 x strike out

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - one down
"And Roneberg didn't waste any time as he turned on that 92mph first pitch from the hard throwing righthander and softly lined it into rightfield for a hit"
Single
Went to second base on a walk to the next Sea Dogs batter
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Ball - high
Ball - low
Ball - low and away
Called strike - "and Roneberg was taking all the way"
Ball - outside
Walk
Left stranded at the end of the innings
An at-bat that wasn't an at-bat!!!
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - two down
Called strike
Swing&miss - "a late swing and Roneberg was clearly looking for something other than a 92mph fast ball"
Ball - outside
And the runner was out 'caught stealing' at second base
Side away!!!
Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Ball - high and outside
Ball - low inside
Foul ball - back to the screen
Fly ball into medium depth leftfield
Out F7
Fourth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Ball - down and away
Called strike - at the knees
Ball - down and away
Foul ball - high pop-up down the leftfield line and into the seats
Called strike - did not hear this as the radio disconnected - but heard the commentators say later that "Roneberg wasn't happy with that call"
Strike out

Heard during the game
(1) After his first at-bat hit, the commentator said "that will raise Brett's average to just above the 300 mark"
(actual after this at-bat was 0.303 - and Brett finished the day at 0.299)

Email from Brett
N/A

Game Reports
Dogs have a nothing-right night

Jose Diaz signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1996 as a 16-year-old catcher.
Six years later, Diaz was a catcher with a .195 career batting average.

So he removed the gear, strode to the mound and began firing.

Now Diaz, 24, is a pitcher with promise in the New York Mets' organization, throwing his mid-90s fastball for Double-A Binghamton.

Diaz (2-1) pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the first inning and combined with reliever Ken Chenard on a four-hit, 7-0 shutout of the Portland Sea Dogs on a raw Monday night at Hadlock Field.

The loss ended the Sea Dogs' five-game winning streak.

Last-place Portland (19-25) dropped 8-1/2 games behind first-place Binghamton (28-17) in the Eastern League Northern Division.

The game was televised by NESN, which was an extra incentive for most of the 5,117 ticket-holders to stay home and stay warm.

Abe Alvarez (3-4) got the loss but didn't deserve it, allowing six hits and no walks over five innings.

The only runs he gave up came on a controversial two-run homer by Wayne Lydon in the third.
Lydon hit a high blast down the left-field line.
As it passed the foul pole, Jake Uhlenhopp, the plate umpire, emphatically signaled a home run, to the disbelief of the Sea Dogs.
Replays showed the ball clearly going foul.

"I thought it was a sure foul," left fielder Mike Campo said.

Sea Dogs Manager Ron Johnson argued but later insisted Uhlenhopp "didn't beat us . . . it was not a real crisp effort on our part."

The Sea Dogs didn't hit and the bullpen made the Uhlenhopp call moot.

The Mets knocked around relievers Bo Donaldson (two runs) and Jason Howell (three) in the late innings.

Diaz and Chenard allowed two hits apiece but also totaled seven walks.

Portland had a runner on in every inning except the ninth but got nothing.

"One of those games where we got ourselves out a lot," Johnson said.
"I didn't see a tremendous command out there (from the Mets' pitchers). We went after balls out of the zone and left guys off the hook."

Diaz got off the hook in the first.
With two walks sandwiched around a Brett Roneberg single, Portland loaded the bases with one out.
But John Hattig flied to short left and Campo, tagging up, was thrown out easily at home.

Diaz allowed one runner in each inning after that but never was threatened.

"He throws pretty hard and he's kind of all over," Campo said.
"He was effectively wild, I guess. But we have to do a better job of swinging at only balls in the strike zone and making him work harder."

Diaz is working plenty hard, trying to develop into a pro pitcher.
"The Dodgers asked me if I wanted to pitch. I said I wasn't ready but then I decided to give it a shot," said Diaz, who was traded to the Mets last year in the Jeromy Burnitz trade.
"I have to keep working on my pitches and try to be the same every time."

Binghamton pitching coach Jerry Reuss said, "In some ways his stuff is as good as anybody on the ballclub, but he has the least experience to go along with it.
All three pitches (fastball, curve, change-up) are major league-quality pitches.
Of course they're not major league-quality command yet."

Diaz is limiting hitters to a .153 batting average, although he's walked 31 in 38 innings.
He struck out five and walked four in five innings Monday.

NOTES
Second baseman Jesus Medrano joined the disabled list with a bruised shoulder.
Joe Kilburg returned from Pawtucket to take his spot.
Sean McGowan still has a sore right arm and was the designated hitter for the ninth straight game.

SEA DOGS WINNING STREAK ENDS IN SHUTOUT
Binghamton Wins 13th in Last 16 Games with 7-0 Blanking

Jose Diaz and Ken Chenard combined on a four-hit shutout and 11 strikeouts, lifting the Binghamton Mets to a 7-0 win over the Portland Sea Dogs Monday night.

Portland's five-game winning streak ended with the loss.

Diaz allowed only two hits in five innings, walking four and fanning five.

Chenard tossed four frames, yielding two singles while striking out six.

Abe Alvarez (3-4) allowed two controversial runs in the third inning, the only runs he would allow in five innings of work.
With one on and one out, Wayne Lydon hit a high fly ball towards the Maine Monster.
Although television replays clearly showed the ball was wide of the foul ball, umpire Jake Uhlenhopp ruled it a home run - Lydon's first in Double-A.

Binghamton added two runs in the seventh inning and three runs in the ninth inning against the Sea Dogs pen.

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

Eastern League Game Summary - Binghamton at Portland

Jose Diaz and Ken Chenard combined to throw a four hit shutout and Wayne Lydon homered as the Binghamton Mets blanked the Portland Sea Dogs, 7-0 in the Eastern League.

Diaz (3-1) allowed two hits, four walks, and struck out five in five innings of work.

Chenard picked up his second save of the season by pitching the final four innings.
Chenard walked three and struck out six in relief.

Lydon hit his first home run of the season, knocked in two runs, and scored two runs.

Angel Pagan and David Wright chipped in with three hits and one run scored apiece and Prentice Redman knocked in two runs for the Mets.

Portland's Abe Alvarez fell to 3-4 with the loss.
Alvarez surrendered two runs on six hits and struck out three over five innings.

First place Binghamton improved its record to 28-17 and lead the Northern Division by three games over New Hampshire.

Portland fell to 19-25.

B-Mets' duo blanks 'Dogs
Diaz, Chenard give Binghamton first shutout since August 2003

Starting pitcher Jose Diaz and reliever Ken Chenard combined on a four-hit shutout in the Binghamton Met's 7-0 victory at the Portland Sea Dogs on Monday.

It was Binghamton's first shutout since Bob Keppel's no-hitter against Portland on August 2 last season.

Diaz allowed only a pair of singles and struck out five in five innings to up his record to 3-1.

Chenard went the final four innings for his second save, securing Binghamton's 13th victory in 16 tries.

The win also put the Mets (28-17) above .500 on the road at 12-11.

Wayne Lydon put Binghamton on the board in the third inning with a two-run home run, his first in Double-A, over the 37-foot high left-field fence dubbed the "Maine Monster" - a replica of Fenway Park's "Green Monster".

Gil Velazquez led off the inning with a single, giving him six hits in seven at-bats after going 0-for-19 at the plate.

Portland, a Red Sox affiliate, threatened in the first inning with the bases loaded and one out.
The Sea Dogs' (19-25) Mike Campo attempted to tag up and score from third on a fly out by John Hattig to Binghamton's Angel Pagan in left field, but Pagan threw out Campo at the plate for an inning-ending double play.

Portland did not advance a runner past second base the rest of the game.

The Mets added a pair of insurance runs in the seventh inning with an RBI single by Pagan and RBI groundout by Prentice Redman.

Three more runs came home in the ninth courtesy of four consecutive one-out hits.
Pagan and Justin Huber had singles sandwiched around RBI doubles from David Wright and Redman.

Redman's double was his 20th this season and league-leading 30th extra-base hit.

Redman scored the game's final run on an RBI groundout by Josh Pressley.

Pagan and Wright each had three hits for Binghamton and Wright had a pair of doubles, bringing his season total to 18.

DIAZ, CHENARD COMBINE TO SHUT OUT PORTLAND

Jose Diaz and Ken Chenard combined for a four-hitter as the Mets booked their first shutout since August of last year in a 7-0 win at Portland Monday night.

Diaz (3-1) allowed just two singles and four walks in five innings.
He struck out five.

Chenard worked the final four innings and recorded six of his final seven outs via the strikeout for his second save.

The Mets got the only runs they needed on a controversial home run in the third inning.
After Gil Velazquez singled to open the frame, Wayne Lydon hit a high twisting fly ball over a 37-foot high wall in left field.
Although television replays later showed the ball was foul umpire Jake Uhlenhopp granted Lydon his first Double-A long ball and the Mets built a 2-0 lead.

The Mets added two more runs in the seventh inning and scored three times in the ninth for their 13th win in 16 games.

David Wright and Angel Pagan each had three hits for the Mets.

The shutout was the first for Binghamton since Bob Keppel's no-hitter against Portland August 2, 2003.

Tuesday night, the Mets send lefty Neal Musser (3-1, 3.70) to the mound aginst Chris Smith, the league's leader in strikeouts.