The Result
Mets - 11 to 3

Sea Dogs - Year-to-Date
32 wins - 36 losses

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

Replaced by a pinch hitter in the top of the seventh innings

At the end of the Game
2 hits from 3 at-bats - single, double

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - ?? down
Ball - low and outside
Ball - low - "below the knees"
Ball - high - "not close"
Called strike - "and Roneberg was taking all the way"
Foul ball - "hit-and-run play and that pitch is scalded down the leftfield line but foul"
"And that is slapped into leftfield and the diving catch attempt is not successful and Roneberg has a single"
Single
To second base on a walk
To third base on a ground-out
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - one down
Swing&miss - "Roneberg tried to check his swing but went around"
Foul ball - down the leftfield line and into the seats
Ball - low and in the dirt
Ball - low
Ball - low and inside
Foul ball - "deep but foul down the rightfield line"
Foul ball - straight back
"Driven down the rightfield line and into the corner and that will be extra bases for Roneberg"
Double
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Led of the innings
Grounded the first pitch to second base
Out 4-to-3
Fourth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Was to lead off the innings
(substituted)

Heard during the game
(1) During the game the commentator was mentioning the Sea Dogs players who are in the 'Top 10' in various batting categories in the Eastern League - he said "Brett is in the leaders in home runs and runs-driven-in" (click here for all the details on the League Leaders)

(2) In the bottom of the fourth innings the Mets had runners at first and third base - the next batter hit a "chopper" through the right side - the runner at third base went in to score "and the runner at first tried to go from corner-to-corner but was out on a perfect throw from Roneberg and Brett picks up another outfield assist"

Email from Brett
I didn't have the last at-bat as there was a lefty on the mound and he said "2-for-4 (3?) is good enough for the second game - relax"
So I did!!
Wasn't fun out there
and I am tired and my arm is sore.
Going to bed.
Bye.

Game Reports
Eastern League Game Summary - Portland at Binghamton, Game Two

Angel Pagan went 4-for-4 with four RBI to lead the Mets to an 11-3 victory over the Portland Sea Dogs.

The victory completed the Mets' sweep of todays doubleheader with Portland.
They won the first game 8-4.

Pagan's big hit of the game was a two run triple in the bottom of the second inning that would give the Mets a lead they wouldn't give up.

For Binghamton, Ron Acuna, Chase Lambin, and David Bacani each had at least two hits and drove in two runs.
Chris Basak also had two hits for the Mets.

For Portland Mike O'Keefe and Mike Campo each hit a home run.

Blake McGinley got his sixth win of the season, pitching 2-1/3rd innings while giving up just one earned run.

Eric Glaser got hammered for the loss, giving up eight earned runs over three innings pitched.
His record drops to 0-3.

SEA DOGS SWEPT IN ONE-SIDED TWINBILL
B-Mets Score 19 Times on 25 Hits and 11 Walks in Sweep

Angel Pagan went 4-for-4 with a triple and three RBI to pace a 13-hit attack, lifting the Binghamton Mets to an 11-3 win over the Portland Sea Dogs in the nightcap of a doubleheader.

Mike O'Keefe homered and drove in two runs in the nightcap and Mike Campo added his seventh home run.

In the opener, Wayne Lydon hit a tie-breaking two-run home run in the fourth inning and added a double, single, walk, two RBI and two runs scored as the Binghamton Mets topped the Portland Sea Dogs, 8-4 in the opening game of a doubleheader Saturday night in Binghamton.

Mike O'Keefe and Kenny Perez each singled twice and drove in two runs to share Allied Big Dog of the Game Award.

In the twinbill, Sea Dog pitchers allowed 19 runs on 25 hits, 11 walks, two wild pitches and a hit batsman.

Pagan went 6-for-7 in the doubleheader for the Mets, driving in four runs.

Chase Lambin added three hits and four RBI in the two games and Chris Basak homered and drove in three runs in the doubleheader.

O'Keefe paced the Sea Dogs by driving in four of the team's seven runs in the twinbill.

Reliever Joe Rogers, called up from Single-A Sarasota earlier in the day, pitched in both halves of the doubleheader - and allowed only one earned run in four total innings.

Dogs hit hard in doubleheader sweep

In their first nine games against the Binghamton Mets this year, the Portland Sea Dogs were victimized by primarily two hitters.
David Wright and Prentice Redman have since gone to Triple-A, but the rest of the Mets are proving to be equally dangerous to Sea Dogs pitching.

The Mets pounded 25 hits Saturday night in a doubleheader sweep, winning the first game 8-4 and the nightcap 11-3 before a standing-room-only crowd of 6,304 at NYSEG Stadium.

Wright and Redman, who were called up last weekend, had accounted for 33 percent of the Mets' runs, 42 percent of their RBI and 44 percent of their extra-base hits in the season series with Portland.

In their absence, left fielder Wayne Lydon went 3 for 3 with a two-run homer in Game 1, and center fielder Angel Pagan was 4 for 4 with a two-run triple and four RBI in Game 2.

"I don't really know what's going on," Lydon said.
"We lost two great hitters. It doesn't really make sense, but it just shows we have a lot of guys who can hit the ball."

Mets Manager Ken Oberkfell used all of his position players in the games, and they all reached base.

Catcher Jimmy Anderson, making his Double-A debut after being called up this week, picked up his first hit, a fourth-inning single, in Game 2.

The Sea Dogs sent Eric Glaser (0-3) to the mound for the second game, and the Mets scored twice in the first inning and three times in the second before adding two runs in the third and three in the fourth to build a 10-2 lead.

In the opener, Mets third baseman Chris Basak, in the first at-bat of his first game back with the club after being sent down from Triple-A Norfolk, homered off starter Kason Gabbard to open a 2-0 lead that grew to 3-0 in the third when Lydon scored on a passed ball.

Gabbard, making his Double-A debut after being called up from Class A Sarasota, was chased after allowing three runs in 2-1/3 innings, but the Sea Dogs got him off the hook for a loss by scoring three times in the fourth inning.

But struggling left-handed reliever Jason Howell gave it right back in the home fourth on a two-run homer by Lydon and Chase Lambin's two-run single.

Howell (3-4) put 10 of 15 batters on base and was charged with five runs in 2-2/3 innings.

NOTES
Soft-tossing lefty reliever Joe Rogers was called up from Sarasota, where he was 6-1 with a 4.50 ERA in 18 appearances.
Rogers made his Sea Dogs debut in Game 1 and threw a scoreless sixth inning.
To make room for Rogers and Gabbard on the 23-man roster, the Sea Dogs temporarily transferred pitchers Chris Smith and Charlie Zink to short-season Lowell's roster.
Zink, who took a line drive off the right knee Friday, could go on the disabled list.

Mets Sweep Doubleheader Against Portland

The Mets collected 25 combined hits in an doubleheader sweep of Portland Saturday, before 6,403 at NYSEG Stadium.

In game one, LF Wayne Lydon was 3-for-3 with a homer, a double and two runs scored and CF Angel Pagan and RF Ron Acuna each had two hits and scored a run.

Neal Musser (7-2) allowed four runs, just one earned, in six innings for his Eastern League-leading seventh win.

In the nightcap, Pagan was 4-for-4 and four other players had two hits each, competing the sweep.
Pagan has now matched his longest hitting streak of the season at 10 games.

Acuna has hit in 11 straight, longest on the team this year.

Blake McGinley (6-1) won the second game, giving up one run in 2-1/3 innings of relief.

Ken Chenard had pitched the first 4-2/3 innings.

The Mets (41-27) wrap their homestand with a 1:30 game Sunday.
Jason Scobie (3-0, 3.00) pitches against Abe Alvarez (6-5, 3.84).

B-Mets ride bats in sweep of 'Dogs

David Wright's cell phone buzzed last Sunday night with a call from his former hitting coach.
"David who?" Howard Johnson teased after the Binghamton Mets had pounded out 14 hits in their first game without their top prospect.

A week later, HoJo's barb still applies.

Incredibly, the Mets' offense has flourished since Wright and right fielder Prentice Redman were called to Triple-A last weekend, and the onslaught continued Saturday night with 8-4 and 11-3 victories in a double-header sweep of the Portland Sea Dogs before a standing-room-only crowd of 6,304 at NYSEG Stadium.

Already leading the Eastern League in all significant offensive categories, the Mets notched 12 hits in the first seven-inning game and 13 in the second.

In seven games since bidding farewell to Wright and Redman, the Mets have recorded 10 or more hits six times.

"I don't really know what's going on," leadoff man Wayne Lydon said.
"We lost two great hitters. It doesn't really make sense."

Leave it to HoJo, then, to make sense of it.

"I think they're just relaxed right now," HoJo said of his hitters, who entered the night with a .281 team batting average.
"They're all following their game plan, and they're executing. I think that's what you've seen the last week."

Mets manager Ken Oberkfell used every position player on his roster (save outfielder Joe Jiannetti, who hadn't yet arrived from Single-A St. Lucie), and they all reached base at least once in the two games.

The Game 1 star was Lydon, who went 3-for-3 with a two-run homer that put the Mets ahead in the fourth inning.

Center fielder Angel Pagan, Lydon's partner at the top of the order, had two hits in the first game, then went 4-for-4 with a two-run triple and four RBI in the nightcap to stretch his hitting streak to 10 games.

Right fielder Ron Acuna can top that.
He went 4-for-8 in the two games and has hit safely in 11 straight, going 21-for-51 over that stretch.

Catcher Jimmy Anderson, making his debut in Game 2 after getting called up from St. Lucie this week, recorded his first Double-A hit with a fourth-inning single.

"There's no question we've got a lot of guys stepping up," Oberkfell said.
"They've been producing.
David and Red are not here anymore. They did the job at this level.
Now it's time for some other guys to have their chance."

The Mets scored two runs in the first inning, three in the second, two in the third and three in the fourth to build a commanding 10-2 lead and chase Sea Dogs starter Eric Glaser in the second game.

If there was a Game 2 negative for the Mets, it was that starter Ken Chenard failed to get a win after walking the bases loaded with two out in the fifth inning and needing to be bailed out by lefty Blake McGinley (6-1).

Chris Basak, in the first at-bat of his first game back with the Mets after being sent down from Triple-A Norfolk, homered off starter Kason Gabbard to open a 2-0 lead that grew to 3-0 in the third when Lydon scored on a passed ball.

Gabbard, making his Double-A debut, was chased after allowing three runs in 2-1/3 innings, but the Sea Dogs got him off the hook for a loss by scoring three times in the fourth inning.

But struggling left-handed reliever Jason Howell gave it right back in the home fourth on a two-run homer by Lydon and Chase Lambin's two-run single.

Left-hander Neal Musser (7-2) tied for the league lead in victories by allowing one earned run and striking out four in six innings.