The Result
Sea Dogs - 6 to 3

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

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

Due to offensive changes in the top of the innings, Brett went to first base in the bottom of the ninth

At the end of the Game
1 hit from 5 at-bats - double, 3 x RBI's, 1 x strike out, 1 x GIDP

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at third base - one down
Called strike - curve ball - on the outside corner
"Bouncer towards shortstop but it will be enough to score the run and give Roneberg his fourty-first run-driven-in for the season"
Out 6-to-3
......and 1 x RBI
Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Called strike
Called strike - on the inside corner
Called strike - "and that pitch appeared to be four inches inside and Roneberg is having a few words to the umpire as he walks back to the dugout"
Strike out
Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - none down
Ball - curve ball - high and away
Foul ball - straight back
"And that is 'hit hard on the screws' but straight at the second-baseman for a tailor-made double play and Roneberg is out before he got five steps out of the batter's box"
Out 4-to-6-to-3
Fourth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runners at first and second base - one down - the top of the eighth inning, and the runners were the tying and go-ahead runs in a 3-to-2 ballgame!!!
Ball - outside - 90mph
Ball - outside and low
Fly ball down the leftfield line in foul territory and out on "a brilliant feet-first sliding catch by the Mets fielder"
Out F7
Fifth at-bat
THE BASES ARE LOADED - WITH ONE DOWN!!! - and it was the top of the ninth inning
"And Roneberg jumped on that first pitch and laced it into the rightfield corner ...... and Joe Kilburg scores and Mike Campo is coming around to score!!! ...... and Brett has himself a double and his fourty-second and fourty-third runs-driven-in"
Double
......and 2 x RBI's
Left stranded at the end of the innings

Heard during the game
N/A

Email from Brett
Had "a couple of calls" but nothing that bothered me.
And it was nice to get that hit and some RBI's!!
Glad you got to hear it.
Bye.

Game Reports
Eastern League Game Summary - Portland at Binghamton

Brett Roneberg smacked a two-run double in the top of the ninth inning, capping off a four-run frame to give the Portland Sea Dogs a 6-3 come from behind win over the Binghamton Mets.

Joe Kilburg and Michael Lockwood each hit run scoring singles in the top of the frame to start the last inning rally.

Roneberg had three RBI on the day.

Ryan Larson improved to 4-0 with the win out of the bullpen.
Larson allowed just two hits in three innings of work.

Joe Nelson picked up his 13th save, striking out two in the ninth.

Kole Strayhorn (3-4) suffered the loss.
He allowed four runs on four hits in 1-1/3rd innings.

Gil Velazquez knocked in a pair of runs in the loss for the Mets.

Portland improved to 33-36, Binghamton fell to 41-28.

Binghamton is atop the Northern Division, with second place New Hampshire trailing by four games.
Portland sits eight games back.

Portland Series Finale Slips Away 6-3

For the fourth time in five games, the Mets blew a lead of at least two runs in a 6-3 defeat to Portland Sunday afternoon.

The Mets were up 3-2 into the ninth inning until Kole Strayhorn (3-4) allowed four runs on four hits and two walks for his sixth blown save and the loss.

Ryan Larson (4-0) threw three scoreless relief innings for the win.

The Mets had eight hits, two by newcomer Joe Jiannetti.

Gil Velazquez doubled in two for the Mets in the third inning as they built a 3-1 lead.

Dogs show their grit, winning in the ninth

Joe Kilburg entered exclusive company Sunday, tying a franchise record by becoming the third player in Portland Sea Dogs history to record five hits in a game.

His fifth, a bouncing single into left field, tied the game in the ninth inning as the Sea Dogs rallied for four runs to beat the Binghamton Mets 6-3 before 3,368 at NYSEG Stadium.

"That young man at third base had a very fine day," Sea Dogs Manager Ron Johnson said of Kilburg, who went 5 for 5 with two doubles and three singles to boost his average from .250 to .283.
"Not only five hits and an RBI, but what about the (unassisted) double play (in the eighth inning) and the grounder in the ninth."

Kilburg, who joined Luis Castillo and Adrian Gonzalez as the only Sea Dogs with five-hit games, had a day to remember, and Portland rebounded after being devastated in a doubleheader loss Saturday night.

Playing with a desperately thin bullpen and a lineup ravaged by injuries, the Sea Dogs allowed 25 hits in the pair of seven-inning games and were outscored 19-7.

"It's nice to see that when you go through a day like (Saturday), you can separate the days and bounce back," Johnson said.

The Sea Dogs received one lineup reinforcement Sunday courtesy of the Boston Red Sox, who acquired outfielder Mike Lockwood from the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named.
Lockwood, who was batting .221 for Triple-A Sacramento, batted second behind Kilburg and reached base in his final three plate appearances.
His first hit was a single in the ninth inning that drove in Jeff Bailey to give the Sea Dogs a 4-3 lead against Binghamton reliever Kole Strayhorn.

Strayhorn got in trouble by walking leadoff man Mike O'Keefe.
Bailey singled to left and after Kenny Perez's sacrifice got O'Keefe to third and Bailey to second, pinch-hitter Mike Campo drew a walk.
After back-to-back RBI singles by Kilburg and Lockwood, Brett Roneberg ripped a two-run double to right field that stretched the Sea Dogs' lead to 6-3.

Portland closer Joe Nelson entered in the ninth and stretched his scoreless streak to 18 innings, allowing only a two-out single by Joe Jiannetti.
In his last 12 innings, Nelson has struck out 21.

The Sea Dogs have three wins in the last eight days when trailing after eight innings.
Prior to that stretch, they were 0-66 since last June when trailing entering their last at-bat.

Lost in the late-game heroics was a strong start by left-hander Abe Alvarez, who gave up three runs on five hits and struck out seven in five innings, and three innings of scoreless relief from Ryan Larson.

"I thought Alvarez pitched well," Johnson said.
"The thing about Abe Alvarez is you've got to like his composure. He gives up a few runs on a few misplays in the field and he shrugs it right off."

The Mets scored their runs in the second inning, and two came home when George Lombard misjudged and then dropped Gil Velazquez's fly ball to center field.
The play was ruled a hit, although Johnson and others said it should've been an error.

NOTES
Johnson and pitching coach Bob Kipper said they are "optimistic" knuckleballer Charlie Zink will make his scheduled start Tuesday night in Erie.
Zink left Friday night's game after taking a line drive off his right knee.
Fellow knuckleballer Joe Rogers, called up over the weekend from Class A Sarasota, will make a spot start tonight in Erie because right-hander Chris Smith is out with a sore shoulder.
Rogers pitched in both games of Saturday night's doubleheader, allowing two runs (one earned) in four innings.

SEA DOGS SCORE ANOTHER DRAMATIC COMEBACK WIN
Portland Scores 4 in 9th to Shock Binghamton, 6-3

Joe Kilburg tied a franchise record with five hits and added two hits and two RBI and the Sea Dogs scored four runs in the ninth inning to rally past the Binghamton Mets, 6-3 on Sunday afternoon.

Kilburg doubled and scored in the first inning, doubled in the third, hit an RBI single in the fifth, singled in the seventh and hit an RBI single and scored in the ninth frame.
He joined Luis Castillo and Adrian Gonzalez as the only Sea Dogs with five-hit games in franchise history.

Down 3-2 in the ninth inning, two walks and a single loaded the bases with one out.
Kilburg tied it with a single, newcomer Mike Lockwood hit a go-ahead RBI infield single and Brett Roneberg drilled a two-run double.

Ryan Larson (4-0) tossed three scoreless innings for the win and Joe Nelson worked a scoreless ninth inning for his 13th save and 12th consecutive scoreless inning of work.

Oberkfell fumes after bullpen blows lead in 9th
Walks hurting B-Mets' relief pitchers

Kole Strayhorn couldn't throw strikes Sunday, so he threw furniture instead.

Then, his manager threw a fit.

It's hardly been bullish in the Binghamton Mets' bullpen lately.
From Joey Cole to Strayhorn, with Lance Caraccioli in between, the bullpen has blown three of the last five games.

And after seeing Strayhorn squander a one-run lead in the ninth inning of what became a 6-3 loss to the Portland Sea Dogs on Sunday, Oberkfell unleashed a postgame tirade in which he issued a challenge to his beleaguered relievers.

Throw strikes or suffer consequences.

"I honestly believe I could go out there and throw a strike," Oberkfell said after Strayhorn walked the leadoff hitter, allowed a single and walked pinch-hitter Mike Campo to start Portland's four-run ninth inning and waste a stellar performance from starter Jason Scobie.

"It's like these guys are afraid of contact.
"What's it going to take? I don't know. But someone has to step up.
I don't know if they're too comfortable or what, but we can find plenty of guys down in A-ball who are ready to come up."

Strayhorn, a hard-throwing right-hander, had made alterations to his mechanics and was pitching better after blowing five of his first 11 save opportunities and losing the closer job.

Back in that role Sunday because Jeremy Hill (elbow) is out, Strayhorn sandwiched a single between two walks to load the bases for Joe Kilburg, who picked up his fifth hit with a single that drove in the tying run.
Mike Lockwood followed with an RBI single before Brett Roneberg's two-run double.

"It's very frustrating," Strayhorn said.
"I've been working hard all year to get back to this spot, and then this happens."

The Mets, namely center fielder Angel Pagan, ran themselves out of several rallies that could've given Strayhorn a larger lead.
Pagan was caught stealing in the first inning and picked off first base in the fifth and eighth.

Scobie, who could have 10 wins instead of three, took the high road even though he has been down this road before.
After yielding two runs on six hits and striking out six in 7-2/3 innings, he saw his bullpen blow a lead for the seventh time in his 13 starts and his manager blow his top.

"We're wasting good starting pitching," Oberkfell said.
"They can make all the excuses they want about mechanics or whatever.
Make an adjustment, and throw strikes. It's pretty simple."