The Result
Sea Dogs - 7 to 2

Sea Dogs - Year-to-Date
44 wins - 48 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Designated hitter
Batting #3

At the end of the Game
3 hits from 5 at-bats - 3 x singles, 1 x run scored, 2 x strike outs

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - one down
"And Roneberg ripped that first pitch back up the middle for a hit" - runner advanced to second base
Single
Left stranded at the end of the inning
Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - one down
Called strike
Foul ball - "pulled a breaking pitch foul down the rightfield line"
Ball - fast ball - at eye level
Swing&miss - "Roneberg swung at a breaking pitch that was down and out of the zone"
Strike out
Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - none down
Ball - fast ball - low
Ball - low
Foul ball - off to the left
"And that's a line drive into centrefield for a base hit ...... and the runner is safe at third base on a very close call as it looked like he was out ...... and Roneberg went to second base on the throw showing some agressive base running"
Single
Left stranded at the end of the inning
Fourth at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - one down
Ball - low
Called strike - on the outside corner
Called strike - fast ball - on the outside corner
Ball - outside
"That's a ground ball through the hole on the left side for a base hit" - and the runner went to second base
Single
Went to third base on a hit
Scored on a hit
Fifth at-bat
???handed pitcher
Runner at first base - none down
Called strike - breaking pitch
Foul ball - down the leftfield line
Swing&miss
Strike out

Heard during the game
(1) As he was giving out the starting line-ups, the commentator mentioned that "Brett is the designated hitter tonight as he has 'a bit of a tight hamstring' and is getting a night off from the field"

Email from Brett
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Game Reports
SEA DOGS ROLL TO SECOND STRAIGHT ROUT IN TRENTON
13-Hit Attack Paces 7-2 Win

Eric Glaser tossed five innings of one-hit ball for his first win as a starting pitcher since last May and the Sea Dogs pounded out 13 hits for the third straight game as Portland routed the Trenton Thunder, 7-2 on Friday night.

Mike Lockwood and Brett Roneberg both contributed with three-hit nights.
Lockwood scored twice and Roneberg scored a run.

Mike O'Keefe was 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored and John Hattig singled twice, drove in a run and scored a run.

Glaser retired 15 of the 17 batters he faced in a spot start.
He extended a scoreless inning streak to 13.1 innings and a hitless streak to nine innings before allowing a run and hit in the fifth frame.

Glaser's last four wins with Portland have come against Trenton, where he pitched in 2002.

With the win, the Sea Dogs move to within a half-game of fourth-place Trenton and seven games of a playoff spot in the Eastern League Northern Division.

Glaser and Dogs step up, silence Thunder

Eric Glaser always did have a good time in Trenton, even when he wasn't pitching at the top of his game for the Thunder in 2002.

After breaking the will of his former franchise with five superb innings for Portland during the Sea Dogs' 7-2 victory Friday night before an announced crowd of 7,523 at Waterfront Park, the big right-hander had one more reason to love New Jersey's capital.

The win was Glaser's first as a starter since May 29, 2003 against, yes, Trenton.
Of his five career Double-A wins, four have come against the Thunder.

"It's always nice coming back here," Glaser said.
"Fans still come up and talk to me before the games, which is pretty neat.
I didn't plan on being (in Double-A) for three years and my stats aren't anywhere near where I want them to be, so I expected a lot out of myself out there."

Glaser, 2-9 with a 5.70 ERA in 33 games with Trenton during the final year of the club's eight-year affiliation with Boston, was making a spot start.
He did not allow the slumbering Thunder (43-46) a hit until Mitch Jones led off the fifth inning with a triple, and Glaser hardly broke a sweat in nailing down the final two outs of the inning before giving way to reliever Bo Donaldson.

Although his outing was not as long as the six innings turned in by Trenton's Ramon Ramirez, nor as flashy when matched against Ramirez's 10 strikeouts, Glaser (2-3) kept the ball down and in the field of play.

Thought to have a cap of four innings after not starting a game since June 19, Glaser went one better and extended his scoreless streak to 13-1/3 innings before Jones crossed the plate in the fifth.

"(Portland) didn't have anyone that was going to knock the bat out of your hands, and we had some very poor at-bats," Thunder Manager Stump Merrill said.
"But give (Glaser) credit. What did we get, one hit off him?"

Trenton was 0 for 11 with runners in scoring position Friday, making them 0 for 19 overall since Bronson Sardinha's first-inning single Thursday against Ryan Cameron.

The rest of the night belonged to a Sea Dogs offense that began the evening with six everyday players hitting .325 or better against the Thunder this season.

Despite 14 strikeouts against four Trenton pitchers Friday night, Portland (44-48) has scored 16 runs on 27 hits in the first two games of the series.

Mike Lockwood and Brett Roneberg had three hits each, and Mike O'Keefe drove in two runs.

NOTES
First baseman Stefan Bailie with join the Sea Dogs before tonight's game.
Bailie was hitting .306 with 11 home runs and 48 RBI in 58 games for Class A Sarasota.

PORTLAND TAKES SECOND STRAIGHT FROM TRENTON 7-2
Jones has two hits in loss

Brett Roneberg and Mike Lockwood had three hits apiece to help lead Portland to a 7-2 victory over Trenton in Eastern League play on Friday night.

Portland (44-48) scored three runs in the 4th inning and three more in the 7th inning to help put the game away.

John Hattig and Mike O'Keefe also had two hits apiece to help pace the Sea Dogs.

In the 4th inning, Portland broke a scoreless game open with RBI hits by Kenny Perez and Sheldon Fulse to take a 3-0 lead.

After Trenton (43-46) cut the deficit to 3-1 in the 5th inning, Portland extended its lead to 6-1 in the 7th inning on an RBI double by Jeff Bailey and a two-run single by O'Keefe.

The Thunder scored single runs in the 5th and 7th innings.
In the 5th inning, Mitch Jones led off with a triple and scored on a Jason Grove RBI groundout.
Jones led off the 7th inning with a double and scored later in the inning on a Jake Weber RBI groundout.

Jones has now scored 11 runs so far during the 8-game homestand.

Trenton struggled again with runners in scoring position.
The Thunder went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and is 1-for-19 in the series.

Thunder starter Ramon Ramirez (1-3) tossed six innings and scattered three runs and seven hits.
He tied his season-high and the Thunder season-high in strikeouts with 10.

Portland starter Eric Glaser (2-3) picked up the victory by only giving up one run and one hit in five innings.

The series will continue on Saturday night at 7:05 p.m. as Sean Henn (4-3) will take on Portland's Abe Alvarez (8-6).

Eastern League Game Summary - Portland at Trenton

Mike O'Keefe roped a two-run single, while Eric Glaser allowed just a hit in five innings to lead the Portland Sea Dogs to a 7-2 win over the Trenton Thunder in Eastern League action Friday night.

O'Keefe had two hits on the night and also scored a run.

Sheldon Fulse had an RBI single in the top of the fourth that drove in Kenny Perez with what proved to be the winning run.

Glaser yielded only a run to pick up the win and improve to 2-3.

Mike Lockwood had three hits and two runs scored for the Sea Dogs, who have won three straight and improved to 44-48.

Ramon Ramirez had a decent outing but suffered the loss for Trenton.
He allowed three runs on seven hits, struck out ten and walked three in six innings of work.

Jason Grove and Jake Weber had an RBI apiece for the Thunder, who fell to 43-46.

The series will resume tomorrow, with a 7:05 PM (ET) scheduled start.

Sea Dogs top Thunder

The Portland Sea Dogs used a pair of three-run innings along with some strong pitching to pin a 7-2 setback on the Trenton Thunder last night in Eastern League action before 7,523 in Trenton.

Joe Kilburg and Kenny Perez each singled home a run in the fourth when Portland scored three times to break open a scoreless contest.

It tacked on three more runs in the seventh, highlighted by a two-run single from Mike O'Keefe, to build a 6-1 cushion.

The combination of starter Eric Glaser (2-3), Bo Donaldson, James Johnson and Mark Deschenes limited Trenton to four hits.

Mitch Jones went 2-for-4 with a double, triple and two runs scored in the loss.