The Result
Sea Dogs - 3 to 2

Sea Dogs - Year-to-Date
46 wins - 49 losses

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

At the end of the Game
0 hit from 5 at-bats - 1 x GIDP

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Called strike - fast ball - on the outside corner
Ball - change-up - low
Hit in the air to leftfield
Out F7
Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
Ball - low
Called strike - fast ball - on the inside corner
Foul ball - fast ball - "and Roneberg pulled that inside pitch foul down the rightfield line"
Hit sharply but straight at the Navigators second-baseman
Out 4-to-3
Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
"A 'little tapper-cue shot' down the third base line and the third-baseman got to it and made the play"
Out 5-to-3
Fourth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runners at first and third base - one down
Foul ball - "lashed foul down the leftfield line"
Ground ball straight at the Navigators shortstop - "...and it could be two ...... and it is ...... and the inning ending double-play leaves the Sea Dogs with just a 2 runs to 1 lead in the middle of the seventh innings"
Out 6-to-4-to-3 double play
Fifth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at second base - none down - and the runner at second base is the go-ahead-run in a 2-2 ballgame in the top of the tenth innings!!!
Ball - outside
Called strike - on the outside corner
Ground ball to second base - "and that is a perfect example of professional hitting by Brett as he was being pitched 'away-away-away' and he was able to pull an outside pitch on the ground and on the rightside of the diamond to move the go-ahead run to third base with just one down and his team-mates recognise this as Brett is getting high-fives as he gets back to the dugout" (the runner then scored on a bloop-single over a drawn-in infield by the next Sea Dogs batter, Jeff Bailey)
Out 4-to-3

Heard during the game
N/A

Email from Brett
N/A

Game Reports
Dogs keep on rolling

Aggressiveness equals success.
Or it has lately for the Portland Sea Dogs.

The Sea Dogs banged out 15 hits against the Norwich Navigators on Monday night, and though they ran themselves out of a few scoring chances, the Sea Dogs came away with a 3-2 win in 10 innings before 2,008 at Dodd Stadium.

"Sometimes that's the way it goes," said Portland catcher Jeff Bailey, who drove in Mike Lockwood for the winning run.
"But you'll take it every time."

Portland has now won 4 of 5 on its eight-game trip after a 3-1 stop in Trenton.

"That was a heck of a ball game," said Portland Manager Ron Johnson.
"It's one of those games you like to talk about."

Every hitter in the starting lineup except Brett Roneberg got at least one hit, with Stefan Bailie going 3 for 4 with an RBI.

Portland right-hander Bo Donaldson, making his first start after 20 relief appearances, was tough throughout his five innings.
He didn't allow a hit until the fourth, when Doug Clark singled to lead off.
Clark took third on Mike Cervenak's single, giving Norwich runners on the corners with no one out.
It appeared that Donaldson would avoid damage altogether when he struck out Chris Curry and Bryan Carter.
But Justin Knoedler followed with a single to score Clark.

The top of the fifth began promisingly enough when one-out singles by Joe Kilburg and Sheldon Fulse gave Portland men on the corners.
But a botched suicide squeeze resulted in Kilburg out at home and Lockwood getting caught off first.

"No question those were aggressive mistakes," said Johnson, adding he could live with those kinds of mistakes.

Portland tied the game at 1 in the sixth after John Hattig singled, then scored on Bailie's double off the right-field wall.

Donaldson gave up three hits, two walks, hit a batter and struck out four before giving way to reliever Juan Perez in the sixth.

"He was fine," said Bailey.
"He could have gone another inning or two.
But we kept it simple and went with what works for him. Sinker-slider pitchers are tough to hit."

Portland scored an unearned run in the seventh to take a 2-1 lead.

But the Navigators scored a run in the bottom of the eighth.

That set the stage for Bailey's big bloop hit off reliever Scott Munter (2-4) in the 10th, which came after Lockwood doubled, then moved to third on Roneberg's groundout.

"You have a pretty good idea what the pitcher's going to do," said Bailey.
"He made a couple good pitches, and I basically got lucky. I didn't catch it good, but that's the way the game's played."

Marc Deschenes (1-1) came on in the 10th for the win.

NOTES
Shortstop Jesus Medrano, out since June 10 with a bruised left shoulder, was activated Monday and pinch ran in the ninth for designated hitter Mike O'Keefe.
To make room on the roster, left-handed pitcher Kason Gabbard (sprained ankle) was placed on the disabled list, retroactive to July 15.

This Fantastic Finish Doesn't Go The Navigators' Way
Norwich's 3-game Win Streak Comes To An End With 10-inning Defeat

Say this about the Norwich Navigators - they've recently had a flair for dramatic finishes.

One night after scoring the winning run in the ninth inning, they went extra innings in the series-opener Monday against the Portland Sea Dogs at Dodd Stadium.
Unfortunately for the Navigators, this time they ended up on the losing end.

Portland's Jeff Bailey lifted a one-out bloop single past a drawn-in infield to score Mike Lockwood, who led off with a double, in the 10th inning to pin a 3-2 loss on Norwich.

Reliever Marc Deschenes worked a scoreless final one 1-2-3 innings to earn the win, stopping Norwich's three-game winning streak.

The Navigators dropped to 15-20 in one-run games this season, 4-5 in extra innings.

If not for a few base-running blunders by Portland and sparkling defensive plays by Norwich, the game would have been decided well before the 10th.

“We were lucky to be in that game,” manager Shane Turner said.

The game featured several oddities.
Norwich pulled a rare double play off a double rundown.
Portland pounded out 15 hits but managed just three runs.

Norwich's Doug Clark and Mike Cervenak had consecutive singles in four straight at-bats, including the 10th.
They went a combined 8-for-9 and teamed with Justin Knoedler (two hits) to account for all of Norwich's 10 hits.

“It was one of those games it seemed like nobody really wanted to win,” said Cervenak, who's been on a tear since coming off the disabled list, going 15-for-30 in the last eight games.

Norwich (49-44) finished a miserable 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position overall and stranded 10 runners.

Chris Curry had a night to forget.
Following Clark and Cervenak in the order, he struck out three times and grounded into a double play.
He fanned with two men aboard and one out in the extra frame and Bryan Carter (0-for-4, three strikeouts) struck out for the game-ending out.

“We had 10 hits but three guys got all of them,” Turner said.
“We didn't exactly spread them out.
We've been playing well. It's one game. We'll come back tomorrow.”

Portland (46-49) spread out its hits with Stefan Bailie (3-for-4, RBI) leading the way.

But the Sea Dogs left eight on base before delivering in the 10th to turn reliever Scott Munter into a hard-luck loser.

It took an unearned run to keep Portland in the game.
After Kenny Perez and Sheldon Fulse reached on singles to chase starter Chris Begg (6-1/3, 12 hits, one earned run) from the game with one out in the seventh and bring on Munter, Lockwood drilled a hard-hit ground ball that ate up Cervenak at first base and scored Perez to give Portland a 2-1 lead.

“If I didn't let that ball go under my glove, we're not in that situation,” Cervenak said.
“I shouldn't have played it off to the side.”

Norwich took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on Knoedler's two-out single before Portland tied the game in the sixth on Bailie's two-out double.

The Navigators sent the game into extra inning by scoring the tying run in the eighth.
Clark and Cervenak led off with singles, putting runners on first and third.
Curry's double-play ball scored Clark to tie the game at 2-2.

Both teams squandered chances in the ninth, each stranding a runner on second base.

Poor base running hurt the Sea Dogs.
Portland ran itself out of a potential big inning in the fifth.
With two on and one out, Lockwood attempted a suicide squeeze bunt that Knoedler, the catcher, fielded down the third base line.
Joe Kiliburg, who was on third, stopped, starting a 2-5-1 rundown that resulted in an out.
Begg turned and saw Lockwood off first base and fired to McMains who completed the double play by tagging the runner out.

Portland starter Bo Donaldson went the first five innings while making his first start of the season after 20 relief appearances.

Navigators nipped in the 10th
Sea Dogs snap Norwich's three-game winning streak

The Norwich Navigators almost pulled out the Houdini act Monday.

The Portland Sea Dogs punched out 10 hits in six innings, but because of a flurry of baserunning mishaps, produced only one run.

But Portland wound up scoring the most important run in the end.

Jeff Bailey's RBI single in the 10th gave Portland a 3-2 lead that the Navigators could not overcome despite having the tying and winning runs on with one out in the bottom of the inning.

The loss snapped Norwich's three-game winning streak.

"We were lucky to be in that game," Norwich manager Shane Turner said.
"They had 13 hits early in that thing and we were lucky that they only had two runs (at that point).
"The fact that we had a chance in the ninth and in the last inning, we should be thankful because we for allowing that many hits."

Norwich's (49-44) wasted an opportunity in the 10th with one out when Doug Clark and Mike Cervenak collected their fourth hits on two singles.
But then Chris Curry and Bryan Carter, who went a combined 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position struck out to end the game.

Norwich finished the game 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position stranded 10 runners on base.

"We had 10 hits, but three guys got all of them (Justin Knoedler was 2-for-4) so we didn't exactly spread them out," Turner said.
"I would have liked to take a couple of those hits and moved them in between Curry and Carter."

Norwich tied the score at 2-2 in the eighth when Curry hit into a 4-6-3 double play.

Portland took a 2-1 lead in the seventh thanks to an error by Mike Cervenak at first base.
After Chris Begg allowed runners on first and second with one out, Shane Turner summoned sinkerballer Scott Munter, who's recorded 92 ground ball outs this year, with the Navigators desperately needing a double play.
Munter got the ground ball from Mike Lockwood, but the hard smash went under Cervenak's glove as he tried to backhand it and Kenny Perez scored from second.

"I should have not played it off to the side," Cervenak said.
"I was trying to cheat on the pivot to try to get the throw to second base to and turn two."

Munter eventually got the 6-4-3 double play off Brett Roneberg to end the inning.

"If we make that play, they don't score at all and we win that game in regulation," Turner said.

The baserunning blunders began in the fifth when Portland put the squeeze bunt on with runners on first and third and one out.
Lockwood's bunt landed right in front of the plate and Joe Kilburg stopped halfway down the line when he saw catcher Justin Knoedler pick up the ball.
Knoedler chased Kiliburg back to third, then threw the ball to Jay Pecci, who chased Kilburg back home where Begg was waiting for the throw and the eventual tag.
The Sea Dogs' problems were just beginning.
Lockwood got himself caught up between first and second on the play and was eventually tagged out by Derin McMains to end the inning.

Portland made one more mistake in the sixth after John Hattig tied the score at 1-1 with a double.
Hattig over ran third on Mike O'Keefe's single to right and McMains alertly saw that and fired the ball over to Pecci to apply the tag.

SEA DOGS NIP NAVIGATORS IN EXTRA
Bailey’s bloop hit knocks in winning run in the tenth

Jeff Bailey’s short fly ball over the drawn-in infield brought home Mike Lockwood from third with the wining run, as the Sea Dogs survived a two-on one-out situation in the bottom of the inning for a 3-2 win.

Derin McMains led off the tenth with a scorching line-drive off the pitcher Mike Deschenes, who ran down the ball that seemingly was headed for centerfield and fired to first for the out.
Mike Cervenak and Doug Clark followed with back-to-back singles - the fourth hit of the game for both - but Deschenes struck out Chris Curry and Bryan Carter to end the game.

The Navigators scored first in the fourth on an RBI single by Justin Knoedler, but Portland tied it in the sixth on a two-out RBI double by Stephan Bailie.

Portland then pushed across the go-ahead run across in the seventh on an error by Mike Cervenak on a potential double-play groundball by Mike Lockwood with two on and one out.

Eastern League Game Summary - Portland at Norwich

Jeff Bailey singled in Mike Lockwood with the winning run in the top of the 10th inning to propel the Portland Sea Dogs over the Norwich Navigators 3-2.

Bailey finished 2-for-5 with one RBI and Lockwood went 1-for-5 with a double and one run scored.

Mark Deschenes (1-1) earned the win with 1-2/3rd innings of scoreless relief.
He gave up two hits and struck out three batters.

Scott Munter (2-4) allowed one earned run in 3-2/3rd relief innings to take the loss for Norwich.
Munter gave up three hits and fanned one batter.

Stefan Bailie chipped in a 3-for-4 effort, including a double, and knocked in one run.

Doug Clark led the Norwich offense as he went 4-for-5 and scored two runs in the loss.

These two squads will be back at it again Tuesday night at 7:05 PM (ET).

SEA DOGS SCORE ANOTHER LAST AT-BAT WIN
Portland Rallies Late, Wins in 10th

Mike Lockwood started the tenth inning with a double and scored the winning run on a Jeff Bailey single as the Portland Sea Dogs won for the fifth time in six games with a 3-2, 10-inning win over the Norwich Navigators.

Bo Donaldson tossed five innings of one-run ball in a spot start for the Sea Dogs.

Mark Deschenes pitched out of jams in the ninth and tenth innings to earn his first win in the Red Sox system.

The game was marred by failed opportunities by both teams.
Portland had four runners thrown out on the basepaths and hit into three double plays, while the 'Gators were 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position.

Stefan Bailie added three hits and an RBI for the Dogs.
John Hattig was 2-for-5 with a run and Bailey was 2-for-5 with the winning RBI.