The Result
Mets - 5 to 1

Sea Dogs - Year-to-Date
19 wins - 26 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Playing leftfield and then changed to rightfield
Batting #3

At the end of the Game
1 hits from 3 at-bats - double, 1 x walk

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Ball - high
Called strike - "ckecked his swing but the strike was called"
Called strike - on the outside corner
Ball - inside
Ball - curve ball - high
Ball - inside
Walk
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Second at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Ball - low and outside
Hit towards first base, fielded and thrown to the pitcher who was covering first base
Out 3-to-1
Third at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - one down
"Ripped that first pitch down the rightfield line and it was cut off just before it reached the corner"
Double
......and the runner advanced to third base
Went to third base on a ground out
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Fourth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - none down
Called strike - fast ball - 93mph
Swing&miss - breaking ball - 85mph
Foul ball - fast ball - 95mph
Fly ball into rightfield and "the wind knocked it down to medium depth"
Out F9

Heard during the game
(1) The Sea Dogs "haven't been swinging the bats well either yesterday or today" and following Brett's double in his third at-bat the commentators said "that is the best hit of the series so far"

Email from Brett
N/A

Game Reports
Oh, brother, the Dogs get a dose of the blues

It was time for the Blues Brothers Tuesday night at Hadlock Field.
Jake, Elwood . . . David, Prentice and Neal.
Jake and Elwood danced and sang - well, it was kind of singing - during their annual Blues Brothers gig between innings.
Meanwhile, the other guys gave the Sea Dogs the blues.

Neal Musser allowed five hits in seven innings and his teammates provided enough pop for the Binghamton Mets' 5-1 victory over Portland on a cold, damp, miserable May night.

David Wright had two hits, scored a run and knocked in another; and Prentice Redman continued his tear at Hadlock with a two-run homer and a double.

Portland could not match the offense.
In two straight losses to the Mets (29-17), Portland (19-26) has managed one run on nine hits.

The Sea Dogs are struggling against the team with the best record in the Eastern League after sweeping a series against the team with the worst record, Harrisburg (14-29).

Musser (4-1), a second-round draft pick in 1999, did not overwhelm the Sea Dogs, striking out four.
He simply picked his spots.

"I was able to locate my fastball on both sides of the plate," said Musser, who also mixed in a change-up and an occasional curve that had some Sea Dogs chasing.

He carried a no-hitter into the fifth before Mike O'Keefe (2 for 4) reached on an infield single.
The Sea Dogs then loaded the bases with one out on an error and Raul Nieves' single.
On Musser's next pitch, Joe Kilburg grounded into a double play.

"We had something going," Portland Manager Ron Johnson said.
"(Musser) throws one pitch, a sinker, and gets the ground-ball double play.
"That's what you're supposed to do as a pitcher, pick up your defense. I just have to tip my hat. He dominated us."

Jeff Bailey led of the sixth with a single and Brett Roneberg doubled.
Bailey scored on Sean McGowan's groundout for Portland's run.

Chris Smith (3-2) took the loss, although he struck out 10 in six innings.
He allowed seven hits and four runs over six innings.
His change-up was working well, but a hanging curveball cost him.

With two outs in the first, Wright, who is batting .351, doubled to right field.
Redman then deposited Smith's hanger over the 'Maine Monster' in left field for a 2-0 lead.

Redman now has four home runs in six games at Hadlock Field, with 13 RBI.
"He's a big-league hitter," said Bailey, the catcher.
"He sees (a pitch) hanging and he's going to go after it."

In the third, Wayne Lydon singled and stole second and third before scoring on Wright's single.

The Mets got two runs on four hits in the eighth off reliever Colin Young.

Mets reliever Jeremy Hill threw two hitless innings.

NOTES
Shortstop Kenny Perez was a late scratch with a sore hip.
Center fielder Sheldon Fulse left the game after five innings with hip trouble.
Binghamton had four stolen bases, increasing its league-leading total to 77.
Today's game at noon, which will be attended by several schools on field trips, is the last home game until June 4.

SEA DOGS SHUT DOWN BY B-METS
Portland Held to 5 Hits in Second Straight Loss

Prentice Redman homered, scored twice and drove in two runs and Neal Musser allowed only a run on five hits in seven innings as the Binghamton Mets topped the Portland Sea Dogs, 5-1 on Tuesday night.

Portland has managed only nine hits and one run in the first two games of the three-game series.

Binghamton has now won 14 of its last 17 games and six consecutive series.

Mike O'Keefe singled twice and Jeff Bailey singled and scored the Sea Dogs only run.

Chris Smith (3-2) suffered the tough luck loss, allowing seven hits and three runs in six innings.
Smith fanned a season-high ten batters and now leads the Eastern League with 55 strikeouts.

The Sea Dogs conclude the three-game series with the Northern Division-leading Mets on Wednesday.

Musser Pitches Mets to Another Win in Portland

Neal Musser allowed just one run on four hits in seven innings as the Mets beat Portland 5-1 Tuesday night.

The Mets, who have won 14 of their past 17 games, are now 29-17 and a season-high 12 games over .500.

Musser (4-1) took a no-hitter into the fifth inning and allowed his only run on a Sean McGowan groundout - after two Portland hits - in the sixth inning.
He struck out four and walked one.

Jeremy Hill worked the final two innings for the Mets walking two and striking out two.

Prentice Redman hit a two-run homer in the first inning, his team-leading 10th blast of the year.

David Wright, who had doubled and scored in the first, singled home a run in the third.

The Mets added two in the eighth inning on RBI hits by Ron Acuna and Dave Detienne.

The Mets close the series Wednesday at noon with Jason Scobie on the mound.

Hot-hitting Redman keys B-Mets victory
Outfielder hits 2-run HR, double

Prentice Redman hit a two-run home run and also doubled in the Binghamton Mets' 5-1 Eastern League victory Tuesday night against the Portland Sea Dogs at Hadlock Field.

Redman's 10th home run of the season came in the first inning after David Wright cracked his 20th double of the season with two out and gave the Mets a 2-0 lead.

As it has for most of the past 17 games, in which Binghamton is 14-3, the offense continued to churn.

The Mets added another run in the third inning when Wayne Lydon led off with a single.
He stole second and third before scoring on Wright's single.
Lydon has 31 stolen bases on the season.

Redman, who has 37 RBI, hit his team-leading 21st double of the season in the eighth inning and scored on a single by Ron Acuna.

David Detienne drove home Justin Huber for Binghamton's final tally.

The team had 11 hits, including four doubles, and the Mets' first four hitters - Lydon, Angel Pagan, Wright and Redman - were a combined 7-for-19 (.368) with four runs scored and three RBI.

That was more support than starter Neal Musser would need.
He allowed one run on five hits in seven innings and had four strikeouts to improve to 4-1 this season.
Binghamton is unbeaten in Musser's last five starts.

Jeremy Hill pitched two hitless innings to close out the victory, which sent the Mets a season-high 12 games over .500.

But not all the news was good for Binghamton in Portland.
First baseman Josh Pressley, who injured his knee Monday night running out a ground ball and left the game, was diagnosed with a torn posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
Pressley, who is expected to go on the disabled list, flew Tuesday night to New York where he will have his knee examined by Mets' team doctors.

Detienne started in place of Pressley on Tuesday and was 2-for-4, including a double.

The B-Mets, who have won their last six series, wind up their three-game road trip at noon today.
Righthander Jason Scobie (1-1, 3.27 ERA) will face Portland right-hander Josh Stevens (2-1, 3.42) as Binghamton goes for the sweep.