The Result
Sea Dogs - 5 to 3

Sea Dogs - Year-to-Date
23 wins - 27 losses

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

At the end of the Game
1 hit from 5 at-bats - single, 1 x stolen base

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Ball - high
Hit back up the middle and in to centrefield - the shortstop dived but couldn't get to it
Single
Stole to second base - "Brett must have seen something in the pitcher's motion because he had moved off the base another step and got a good jump against the lefthander"
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Second at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Ball - breaking ball - in the dirt
Ball - low
Foul ball - back over the top of the screen
"Roneberg 'hit it on the screws' but caught by the first-baseman who dived to his right"
Out F3
Third at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
(radio disconnected just as Brett was stepping in to the batter's box)
Out F7
Fourth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher - "side-armer"
THE BASES ARE LOADED!!! - WITH TWO DOWN!!!
Grounded the first pitch straight at the second-baseman
Out 4-to-3
Fifth at-bat
???handed pitcher
Led off the innings
(did not listen)
Out F7

Heard during the game
(1) When the commentator came to Brett's name as he was giving out the starting line-ups, he said that "Brett has had a great month of May with 7 x home runs and 24 x runs-batted-in"
(he also has 6 x doubles for the month)

(2) As Brett was having his first at-bat, the commentator said that "if Brett can get a home run today it will give him eight for the month which will equal the Sea Dogs record"

(3) He also mentioned that "Brett has a Eastern League leading total of twelve "ground-into-double-play" hits and that is five more than any other player in the League"

(4) Just an "interesting" note
Brett's third at-bat was leading off the sixth innings and he was the first out
The Sea Dogs then "batted-around-the-order" scoring four runs with another out
Brett's fourth at-bat was with loaded bases but he hit a ground ball to the Fisher Cats second-baseman for the third out of the same innings

Email from Brett
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Game Reports

Sea Dogs just enjoy their trip

This new bus stop for the Portland Sea Dogs may prove popular.

Portland completed a four-game sweep of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats Monday with a 5-3 victory before 2,662 at Gill Stadium.

Jeff Bailey homered twice for four RBI to lead the Sea Dogs, who were on their first trip to Manchester to play the new team on the Eastern League block.

It marked Portland's first four-game sweep since 2001, and it came against the team that had the best ERA in the league.

"I like this place," Portland Manager Ron Johnson said.
"Any time you can come in against the league's top pitching staff and win four in a row, you just sit back and enjoy it."

With the four-game winning streak, Portland (23-27) no longer sits alone in last place in the Northern Division.
The Sea Dogs are now tied with New Britain (22-26) nine games behind first-place Binghamton and only 3 1/2 games behind second-place New Hampshire (26-23).

Chris Smith (4-2) continued the hot streak for the Sea Dogs' starters, who are a collective 9-2 with a 2.09 ERA in the last 14 games.
Smith struck out six in five innings, giving him the Eastern League lead with 61.
He allowed four hits and three walks, pitching out of two jams.

The Fisher Cats loaded the bases in the first but got just one run.

In the second, a double and single put runners on first and third with no outs, but Smith then struck out the side.

Smith walked the first two batters of the third, then retired the final eight batters he faced, including a 4-6-3 double play.

"I just had to bow my neck and get the job done," Smith said.

Johnson applauded the job.
"You got to look at his composure," Johnson said. "He didn't break."

Gustavo Chacin (4-1) did not have the same fortune, taking his first loss of the season.

Bailey hit a solo homer over the left-field wall at the 370-foot mark in the second.
He gave Portland the lead for good with a towering three-run blast in the sixth, hitting the scoreboard 30 feet above the left-field wall.

Bailey went 6 for 15 with three home runs and seven RBI in the series.
But he said the team's recent success comes from the mound.
"Our pitching has been doing it for us," Bailey said.

Portland outhit New Hampshire 43-23 in the series.

Edgar Martinez singled in Mike O'Keefe (2 for 4) for Portland's final run.

Bo Donaldson relieved Smith in the sixth and Juan Perez went the last two innings for the save.
Each allowed one unearned run.

Portland center fielder Eric Johnson made the play of the game, diving at the last second to catch a fly ball and save two runs in the sixth.

NOTES
John Hattig went 3 for 5 and has reached base 13 times in his last 18 plate appearances.
Second baseman Jesus Medrano (shoulder) came off the disabled list, replacing outfielder Sheldon Fulse (sore hip).
Relief pitcher Colin Young (pulled groin) is scheduled to go on the disabled list today and will be replaced by Ryan Larsen from Class A Sarasota.
Shortstop Kenny Perez recovered from a sore hip to play for the first time in five games. He had a double in four at-bats.
The veteran Portland players praised Gill Stadium as a huge improvement over New Haven's Yale Field, where the franchise previously played.
"It's 100 times better," Bailey said.
Portland starts a three-game series tonight with Binghamton, the team that swept the Sea Dogs last week.
Josh Stevens (2-2) will start for Portland.

Fisher Cats swept by Dogs

Portland, behind two mighty swings from Jeff Bailey, completed a sweep of the Fisher Cats last night.

Bailey belted two homers, including a three-run sixth inning shot, lifting the Sea Dogs to a 5-3 Eastern League victory before a Memorial Day gathering of 2,662 fans at Gill Stadium.

New Hampshire (26-23) has now lost a season-high four straight games.

It marks the first time since July 2001 that the Sea Dogs have swept a four-game series.

Portland (23-27) has won nine of its last 12 games.

It was a 1-1 game until the sixth, when the Sea Dogs rallied for four runs against Fisher Cats starter Gustavo Chacin (4-1).
Chacin, who entered the game with a 2.94 ERA, was rolling along until Sean McGowan and John Hattig reached him for consecutive one-out singles.
Bailey, who had homered in the second inning, teed off on a 3-1 pitch that saw the ball dent the scoreboard beyond the left-center field fence.

Bailey, now with seven homers, ended up enjoying his second four-RBI game of the season, giving him 31 for the year.
He also became the first player to hit two homers in a game against the Fisher Cats this season.

Chacin yielded an RBI single to Edgar Martinez before departing the game.

Chacin allowed five earned runs, his personal season high, and 10 hits, another season-high among Fisher Cats starters.

Garnering the mound win for Portland was Chris Smith (4-2), the Eastern League’s strikeout leader with 61.
In five innings, Smith threw 92 pitches, allowing four hits and three walks with six strikeouts.

The only run off him came in the first inning when Aaron Hill’s force-out grounder to short scored Danny Solano from third base.

John-Ford Griffin, who set a Fisher Cats franchise record with four walks last night, scored a sixth-inning run on Matt Logan’s single.

The Fisher Cats scored their last run in the ninth when Tyrell Godwin doubled, stole third and scored on an errant throw.

New Hampshire, which had just one hit over the final seven innings, continues to struggle at the plate.
The top four hitters - Godwin, Solano, Dominic Rich and Griffin - were a combined 3-for-13 yesterday and are 10-for-91 through seven games in this homestand.

SEA DOGS SWEEP FISHER CATS
Portland's 9th Win in Last 12 Games

Jeff Bailey homered twice and drove in four runs as the Portland Sea Dogs completed a four-game sweep of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats with a 5-3 win in Manchester Monday night.

It was the first four-game sweep by the Sea Dogs since July 2001.

Chris Smith allowed only a run in five innings on four hits and three walks, improving to 4-2.
He fanned six to take over the Eastern League lead in strikeouts with 61.

Juan Perez allowed an unearned run in two innings of work for his first Double-A save.

Bailey's second inning home run tied the game at 1-1.
He then hit a three-run home run off loser Gustavo Chacin (4-1) as part of a four-run sixth inning.

Chacin allowed a season-high five runs and ten hits.

Portland, winners of nine of 12 games, begin a three-game series with Binghamton tomorrow night at 7:05.

Eastern League Game Summary - Portland at New Hampshire

Jeff Bailey blasted a solo home run in the second inning and added a three-run shot in the sixth as the Portland Sea Dogs completed a four-game sweep of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats with a 5-3 decision.

With its fourth straight win, Portland improved to 23-27 while New Hampshire, losers of four consecutive, fell to 26-23.

New Hampshire jumped to a 1-0 lead in the first on Aaron Hill's RBI fielder's choice, but Bailey tied the game in the second with a solo shot to left-center field.

Portland took the lead for good in the sixth when Bailey knocked a three-run homer to left and Edgar Martinez followed with an RBI single.

Chris Smith (4-2) gave up four hits, one run and struck out six in five innings.

Gustavo Chacin (4-1) was saddled with his first loss of the season giving up five runs and 10 hits in 5-2/3rd innings.

Portland will travel to Binghamton for a three-game series starting Tuesday night at 7:00 PM (ET)