The Result
Sea Dogs - 7 to 2

Sea Dogs - Year-to-Date
26 wins - 29 losses

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

At the end of the Game
1 hit from 4 at-bats - home run, 1 x RBI, 1 x run scored

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at second base - one down
Called strike - fast ball - on the outside corner
Soft ground ball to shortstop
Out 6-to-3
......and the runner advanced to third base
Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - one down
Ball - outside
Called strike - fast ball
Pop-up to third base - "Brett was fooled with that breaking ball"
Out F5
Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - none down
Foul ball - popped-up to the left
Line drive pulled hard down the rightfield line but caught by a "leaping fielder"
Out F9
Fourth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Did not hear the pitch sequence - the internet radio was "stop-start"
But heard part of the game announcer's call, and then listened again in the "Post-Game-Show"!!!
The count on Brett was full - 3 x balls and 2 x strikes
"That is driven to rightfield"
HOME RUN
......and 1 x RBI (click here for all the home run details)
And here is what the commentator said
"That '3-2' pitch is crushed deep into rightfield --- and there it goes!!!"
"And that is another home run for Brett Roneberg giving him three in three days and twelve for the season"

Heard during the game
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Email from Brett
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Game Reports

Boston Red Sox Minor League Report - June 7th
PORTLAND SEA DOGS
With wins in seven of their last 10 contests, the Sea Dogs have pulled themselves out of last place in the Eastern League's Northern Division standings.

Brett Roneberg led the charge this past week, going 7- for-24 with three home runs and six RBI.
He now leads the club in batting average (.295), home runs (12) and RBI (38).

Jeff Bailey also had a productive week, clubbing two home runs and driving in six over five games.

Chris Smith captured victories in both his starts this past week, allowing just two earned runs over 11-2/3 innings, while striking out 12.
He is now 5-2 on the season with 67 strikeouts in 60-1/3 innings of work.

Juan Perez recorded two saves in three appearances this past week, running his season total to a team-best 11 saves.

Portland 7, New Hampshire 2

Jeff Bailey hit a two-run double, Brett Roneberg homered and Chris Smith pitched 6-2/3 strong innings as the Portland Sea Dogs defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 7-2 Sunday in the Eastern League.

Aaron Hill homered, Justin Singleton tripled and Danny Solano went 3-for-4 in New Hampshire´s loss.

Portland (26-29) grabbed a 3-0 lead in the first inning, sparked by two walks, an error and Bailey´s double into the left-field corner.

Hill´s homer narrowed New Hampshire´s deficit to 3-1 in the top of the sixth, but the Sea Dogs replied with one in the bottom of the inning.

After the Fisher Cats (28-27) scored their second run on Singleton´s RBI triple in the seventh, the Sea Dogs added two in the bottom of the inning and Roneberg´s team-leading 12th homer of the season made it 7-2 in the eighth.

Smith struck out six, walked none and gave up only one run on six hits as he improved his record to 5-2.

Mowing 'em down

Portland Sea Dogs pitcher Chris Smith began Sunday's game against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats second among strikeout leaders in the Eastern League.
By the end of the first inning, Smith had moved back into the lead by striking out the side, and he continued to stifle the Fisher Cats in a 7-2 victory before a chilled crowd of 6,139 at Hadlock Field.

Brett Roneberg homered for the third straight game, and Jeff Bailey hit a two-run double in support of Smith, a 23-year-old right-hander in his first full season of professional ball.

Smith (5-2) allowed six hits and one run in 6-2/3 innings, striking out six and walking none.
He now has 67 strikeouts in 60-1/3 innings.

When Smith beat the Fisher Cats last week, he constantly fell behind in the count and lasted only five innings.
He changed his ways Sunday and had several batters down 0-2 or 1-2.

"This time, I pounded the strike zone with fastballs and got ahead," said Smith, who used his change-up effectively and mixed in a curve or two.

Smith is lucky to be pitching at all.
A fourth-round draft pick in 2002, Smith was set to begin the 2003 season in Class A.
But he crashed his dune buggy during the off-season in his native California, and he was injured when the buggy rolled several times.
"My right arm got stuck in the top and snapped," said Smith, who broke two bones in his forearm.
"But," Smith said emphatically, "there was no nerve damage."
Smith recovered in time to pitch 10 games in Class A last year, going 5-3.
He still has a reminder of his accident - with two titanium plates and 12 screws in his arm - but he also has a 90-mph fastball and enough off-speed stuff to keep hitters honest.

The hard-luck loser was Todd Ozias (4-3), who held Portland to three hits and one earned run.

But Ozias was doomed by four walks, three of which led to runs, and a costly error in the first inning.
With runners on first and third and two outs, John Hattig hit a grounder toward the hole between first and second.
Second baseman Dominic Rich did well to reach the ball and had time to throw out Hattig, but his toss was wide, allowing a run to score.
Bailey then stroked a two-run double to left for a 3-0 lead.

"I just rushed it," Rich said of the throw.
"I didn't think I had as much time as I did."

Ozias, 27, a minor-league journeyman with his sixth organization, fared well after that.
He retired 11 straight before issuing a leadoff walk to Mike Campo in the sixth.
After Campo stole second, Sean McGowan singled him home.

Portland added two runs in the seventh on a walk and singles by Raul Nieves and Joe Kilburg.

Then came Roneberg's eighth-inning blast, into the wind and over the right-field fence.

The win, Portland's sixth in seven games against New Hampshire, not only moved the Sea Dogs (26-29) out of last place in the Northern Division, but it put them within two games of the second-place Fisher Cats (28-27).

On May 17, Portland was 10 games below .500 (13-23).
The Sea Dogs have gone 13-6 since.

"Our pitching struggled and our hitting was not doing any good," Roneberg said.
"Hitting is contagious and, I guess, so is pitching.
Our starting pitching has been great."

Portland is the only team in the league with two five-game winners - Smith and Abe Alvarez (5-4).

NOTES
The Sea Dogs left Sunday night for a three-game series at Trenton, tonight through Wednesday. They return Thursday for a seven-game homestand.
Roneberg is tied for third in the league with 12 home runs. Reading's Ryan Howard leads with 15.
Roneberg leads the team with 38 RBI. Bailey is second with 33.

Sea Dogs end home stand with a win

After two victories in a row over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Portland Sea Dogs are off to New Jersey to open a three-game series Monday night against the Trenton Thunder.

Jeff Bailey's two-run double and Brett Roneberg's homer were the big blows as Chris Smith allowed one run on six hits over six and two-thirds innings.

Smith, who struck out six and walked none, improves his record to 5-and-2.

Aaron Hill homered, Justin Singleton tripled and Danny Solano went three-for-four for the Fisher Cats.

Fisher Cats fall to Portland 7-2

Right hander Chris Smith allowed 1 run over 6-2/3 innings as the Portland Sea Dogs handled the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 7-2 Sunday afternoon at Hadlock Field in Portland, ME.

The Sea Dogs (26-29) beat the Fishers (28-27) for the second straight day.

Portland scored three runs in the first inning off starter and loser Todd Ozias (4-3).
The Sea Dogs had only one hit in the inning.
John Hattig reached on an error, scoring Joe Kilburg, who had walked.
Catcher Jeff Bailey's double down the line drove in Sean McGowan, who had walked, and Hattig.

New Hampshire cut the lead to 3-1 in the 6th on Aaron Hill's fourth homer of the year off Smitth (5-2).
It was the team-leading 28th RBI for the Fisher Cat shortstop.

Portland added a run in the 6th on an RBI single by Sean McGowan to make it 4-1.

In the 7th, CF Justin Singleton ripped a two-out triple plating 1B Matt Logan to close the gap to 4-2.

But the Sea Dogs added two in the bottom of the 7th, and one in the bottom of the 8th on Brett Roneberg's homer.
Roneberg's homer was his 12th of the season, and fifth this year against the Fisher Cats.

The Sea Dogs have won 6 of the first 7 meetings with the Fisher Cats this season.

PORTLAND COMPLETES SERIES WIN OVER NEW HAMPSHIRE
Smith Fans 6 in 6-2/3 Innings, Earns Win in 7-2 Victory

Chris Smith scattered six hits over 6-2/3 innings of one-run ball, allowing only two runners past first base, to earn his fifth win as the Portland Sea Dogs topped the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, 7-2 Sunday afternoon.

Smith (5-2) fanned six in the win and regained the Eastern League with 67 strikeouts, four more than Erie's Wilfredo Ledezma.
Smith joins teammate Abe Alvarez with the win - the first teammates with five wins in the Eastern League.

Juan Perez recorded the final seven outs, allowing a run on two hits, for his second save of the season.

Todd Ozias (4-3) suffered the loss, allowing four runs (only one earned) in 5-1/3 innings on three hits and four walks.

Dominic Rich's throwing error with two outs in the first inning allowed the first Sea Dogs run to score.
Jeff Bailey followed with a two-run double and a 3-0 Portland lead.

Sean McGowan and Joe Kilburg added RBI singles for insurance runs in the late innings.

Brett Roneberg then hit his 12th home run of the season - and third in as many days - in the eighth inning.

With the win, the Sea Dogs closed to within two games of the Fisher Cats for second place in the Eastern League's Northern Division.

Eastern League Game Summary - New Hampshire at Portland

Chris Smith scattered six hits over 6-2/3rds innings as the Portland Sea Dogs downed the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, 7-2, in an Eastern League Northern Division game Sunday afternoon.

Smith surrendered one earned run and struck out six before Juan Perez came in and allowed one run over 2-1/3rd innings.

With its second consecutive win, Portland improved to 26-29 while New Hampshire, losers of two straight, slipped to 28-27 on the season.

Portland scored three runs in the bottom of the first with catcher Jeff Bailey stroking a key, two-run double to left field.

Losing pitcher Todd Ozias (4-3) gave up four runs - one earned - on three hits in 5-1/3rds innings, while the Fisher Cats could only manage a run on each the sixth and seventh innings.

Up next Portland will travel to Trenton for a three-game series, which starts Monday night.