The Result
Sea Dogs - 9 to 3

Sea Dogs - Year-to-Date
41 wins - 47 losses

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

At the end of the Game
1 hit from 3 at-bats - single, 1 x run scored, 1 x walk

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Ball - low
Called strike - change-up - "a high strike"
Ball - "just outside"
Called strike - change-up - on the outside corner
Foul ball - fast ball - "side arm"
Ball - low
Ball - high - "a borderline call and the pitcher is staring in at the home plate umpire"
Walk
Left stranded at the end of the inning
Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the inning
Ball - outside
Ball - high
Popped-up on the left side of the infield
Out F6
Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Ball - inside
Called strike
Called strike
Ground ball towards second base
Out 4-to-3
Fourth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Jumped on the first pitch and drove it into rightfield for a base hit
Single
Went to second base on a hit
Went to third base on a fielder's-choice ground-out
Scored on a hit

Heard during the game
(1) In the top of the (???) inning, the Curve had a runner at third base with one down - the next batter hit a deep fly ball to rightfield - Brett caught it 10/15 feet short of the warning track and made the throw to home - the commentator said "that was a good throw ...... no, a great throw!!! ...... by Brett as he almost got the runner coming in to score ...... Roneberg really surprised the runner as he was coming in standing up and it was a very close play at home"

(2) During the game, the commentator mention that "Roneberg is leading the Sea Dogs with 28 multi-hit games"

Email from Brett
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Game Reports
Eastern League Game Summary - Altoona at Portland

Sean McGowan and Kenny Perez each drove in three runs to lead the Portland Sea Dogs past the Altoona Curve, 9-3 in an Eastern League contest.

The Sea Dogs improved to 41-47 with the win, while the Curve fell to 53-35.

Despite the loss, Altoona remains in first place in the Southern Division.

McGowan drove in his first RBI with a ground out in the third stanza.
Joe Kilburg added a two-run blast in the inning to give the Sea Dogs a 3-0 advantage.

Leading 3-1 in the third, John Hattig smashed his 12th home run of the year.

Perez highlighted a four-run eighth inning with a three-run home run, while McGowan contributed another RBI base knock.

Hattig went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the win.

Ryan Cameron earned the win for the Sea Dogs.
In five innings, he yielded three runs - two earned - on two hits.
Cameron fanned five to even his record at 2-2.

Altoona's Neal McDade (2-1) lasted five innings and surrendered four earned runs to absorb the loss.

Nate McLouth homered for the Curve in the loss.

DOGS SCORE 8 2-OUT RUNS IN 9-3 WIN OVER ALTOONA
McGowan, Cameron With Big Nights

Ryan Cameron allowed only two hits in five strong innings and Sean McGowan drove in three runs as the Portland Sea Dogs snapped a two-game losing streak with a 9-3 win over the Altoona Curve Saturday night.

The Sea Dogs welcomed a crowd of 6,975 to Hadlock Field for the 300th sellout in franchise history.

Cameron, inserted into the rotation for injured Chris Smith, allowed only four base runners in five innings for his first win since May 2.

Eric Glaser tossed three no-hit innings of relief and Ryan Larson completed the three-hitter with a scoreless ninth inning.

Portland scored eight two-out runs in the win, including a pair by McGowan - who drove in three runs with a groundout and a pair of singles.

John Hattig added three hits, two runs and his 12th home run of the season - a long blast over the Ford Board in right-center field.

Joe Kilburg homered for his first home run in affiliated baseball since 1999 and Kenny Perez hit a three-run home run in the eighth inning to put the game away.

SEA DOGS EVEN SERIES WITH 9-3 WIN OVER CURVE

One night after limiting Portland to just two hits in a 10-inning victory, the Curve found the roles reversed, managing only three hits in a 9-3 loss to the Sea Dogs Saturday night at Hadlock Field.

Nate McLouth had two hits, including a fourth-inning solo homer, and Kevin Nicholson had an RBI single to account for one of his two RBI, but that's all the offense Altoona could manage in dropping the second game of the two clubs' four-game set.

The Curve (53-35) failed for the third time in a week to improve its record to a franchise-high 20 games over the .500 mark.

Portland (41-47) earned its first win over Altoona in six tries this season.

Neal McDade (2-1) allowed four runs on five hits over five innings to suffer his first loss of the season.
The right-hander gave up three runs in the bottom of the second, including a two-run homer off the bat of Joe Kilburg.
John Hattig also touched up McDade for a solo homer in the bottom of the fourth to five the 'Dogs a 4-1 lead.

The Curve climbed back to within one run at 4-3 in the fifth when Ray Sadler reached first on a strikeout and then stole both second and third base before coming home on Nicholson's sacrifice fly to right.

Sadler later stole his fourth base of the game in the top of the seventh to establish a new single-game franchise record.
The outfielder accomplished his four stolen base effort despite not reaching base safely in any of his three plate appearances.
Sadler twice reached on errors in addition to reaching on a third-strike wild pitch.

Leading 5-3 entering the bottom of the eighth, Portland put the game out of reach scoring four times against Curve reliever Eddie Candelario, highlighted by a three-run homer by All-Star shortstop Kenny Perez.

Ryan Cameron (2-2) went five innings and allowed three runs - two earned - on just two hits to notch the victory for Portland.
The right-hander did not walk a batter and struck out five.

The Curve and Sea Dogs will continue their four-game series Sunday afternoon with a 1:00 p.m. first pitch.
In a matchup of Eastern League All-Stars, the Curve will send right-hander Ian Snell (6-5, 3.41) to the mound against Portland left-hander Abe Alvarez (8-5, 3.65).

Sea Dogs light up Curve, 9-3

Independence Day was six days earlier, but Joe Kilburg, John Hattig and Kenny Perez simply hadn't gotten their fair share of fireworks Saturday night at Hadlock Field.

Kilburg's two-run homer in the bottom of the second inning, Hattig's solo shot in the third and Perez's three-run drive over the right-field fence in the eighth ignited the pyrotechnics behind the center-field fence and provided the bulk of the offense in the Portland Sea Dogs' 9-3 win over the Altoona Curve.

"Balls do get out of this park fairly easy," Kilburg said.
"Tonight wasn't one of those nights.
But we got the guys being patient and taking good swings."

Hopefully for Kilburg, Saturday's win, complete with a sellout crowd of 6,975, fireworks and the Sea Dogs' giveaway of replica bats, was a good sign.

Kilburg's homer was his first of the season and first with a major-league affiliated team since July 1, 1999, when he was with Akron.
Kilburg was drafted out of Stanford in 1997 by the Cleveland Indians and played the past three seasons with Nashua of the independent Atlantic League (2003) and Yuma of the independent Western League (2001-02).

"He's driven some out in batting practice," Sea Dogs Manager Ron Johnson said.
"But I was a little surprised, too. That ball just jumped off the bat."

Kilburg was aware of the dubious stretch of time, even as he grew more comfortable with his swing for the past week.

"Unfortunately, it's kind of been in the back of my mind for a month or so," the second baseman said.
"I knew (home runs) would come when my swing was feeling better."

Hattig hit his 12th home run of the season and went 3 for 4 for the Sea Dogs (41-47).

Perez hit his fourth home run of the year, and had gone 0 for 3 Saturday night before driving in Portland's final three runs.

Johnson said his pitching staff was the key.
Ryan Cameron, Eric Glaser and Ryan Larson held the Curve (53-35) to three hits and combined for nine strikeouts.

Cameron, a spot starter Saturday, earned his second win of the season, striking out five batters and giving up two hits and three runs in his first start for the Sea Dogs since May 2.

Cameron was lifted after Altoona cut Portland's 4-2 lead to 4-3 in the top of the fifth as Ray Sadler scored on Kevin Nicholson's sacrifice fly to right field.
Sadler reached base on a wild pitch on a third strike and stole two bases.

Glaser (three strikeouts) relieved Cameron (2-2) in the sixth inning and held the Curve hitless, and Larson (one strikeout) pitched the ninth.

"It's sticky," Johnson said of his team's one-run lead entering the sixth inning.
"(Altoona's) leading their division. They've developed a chemistry and an attitude that they expect to win.
That's where your pitching staff comes in. Glazer, he took total control of the game."

Sean McGowan's single with two outs in the sixth inning drove in Jeff Bailey and gave Portland a two-run cushion.

Two innings later, McGowan, who also drove in Portland's first run on a sacrifice fly in the first, finished a 2 for 4, three-RBI night with a single that drove in Brett Roneberg in the eighth.
Perez followed with his homer.

Nate McLouth hit a solo home run and Kevin Nicholson drove in two runs for the Curve.

Sea Dogs upend Curve

Kenny Perez hit a three-run homer, Joe Kilburg belted a two-run shot and John Hattig added a solo home run as the Portland Sea Dogs defeated the Altoona Curve 9-3 Saturday in the Eastern League.

Sean McGowan also had three RBIs for Portland.

Nate McLouth homered, Kevin Nicholson drove in two runs and Ray Sadler stole four bases and scored twice in Altoona's loss.

Kilburg's homer was the key hit as the Sea Dogs (41-47) went ahead 3-0 in the second inning and never relinquished the lead.

Hattig homered in the third inning and Perez's shot over the right-field fence drove in three runs in the eighth.

The Curve (53-35) scored solo runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings.

Portland starting pitcher Ryan Cameron (2-2) struck out five, walked none and gave up three runs - two earned - on two hits over five innings.

Altoona starter Neal McDade (2-1) took the loss.