The Result
Navigators - 7 to 3

Sea Dogs - Year-to-Date
47 wins - 53 losses

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

At the end of the Game
2 hits from 4 at-bats - single, double, 1 x RBI

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - one down
Foul ball - "Roneberg pulled that down-and-in pitch foul down the rightfield line"
Ball - down and in
Ball - fast ball - low
"And that is a 'soft' single which bounced through the right side and past the diving second-baseman" - the runner advanced to third base
Single
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Called strike - at the knees
Foul ball - down the third-baseline and into the seats
Ball - in the dirt
"And that is hit into the left-centrefield alley but the fielder gets across to make the grab"
Out F7
Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at second base - two down
Ball - outside
"And that is driven deep into rightfield ...... and has it got enough to get out??? ...... the fielder is going back and he is on the warning track ...... and he looks up and it's off the wall ...... and Brett cruises into second base with a stand-up double and a run-driven-in ...... that ball hit about a foot from the top of the wall and Roneberg almost had his thirteenth home run of the season ...... it bounced off the 'House of Lights' sign"
Double
......and 1 x RBI
Went to third base on a wild pitch
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Fourth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runners at first and second base - two down!!!
The Navigators are leading 5 runs to 2!!!
Brett comes to the plate as the tying run!!!
Ball - high
"That pitch is well hit into rightfield ...... the fielder is going back ...... and he's on the track and leaps and did he make the catch??? ...... yes, he did!!! ...... with one hand against the fence he leapt and pulled the ball back from the Sea Dogs bullpen ...... his glove disappeared as he made the catch ...... a great play which robbed Brett of a three-run, game tying home run" (refer to the game reports below)
Out F9

Heard during the game
(1) As Brett was coming in for his first at-bat, the commentator mentioned "Brett has twelve home runs for the season, but he hasn't hit a 'long ball' since the sixth of June but has still knocked in sixty runs which is leading the team and is eighth highest in the Eastern League"

Email from Brett
"Damn and shit and damn F$*%*^*$(#$(#()$%(%*($($*(%*!!!"
You all heard the game,
and as I have been struggling a little, they would have helped a lot!!!!!!!!!!!

Game Reports
Sinking Dogs lose game, then Hattig

These Portland Sea Dogs remain in last place, a position guaranteed by their 7-3 loss to Norwich Saturday night.
But the key mission for Portland is to serve its major-league affiliate, the Boston Red Sox.

So far, two Sea Dogs have jumped from Portland to pitch in Boston (Joe Nelson and Abe Alvarez).

And during Saturday's game, Portland played a role in strengthening the Red Sox bullpen.

Sea Dogs third baseman John Hattig was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for major-league right-handed reliever Terry Adams.

Portland Manager Ron Johnson got a call from the Red Sox during the game and sent Hattig to the clubhouse after the fifth inning.

"I thought he was taking me out for not hustling," Hattig said.
"But R.J. said he'd tell me after the game."

Hattig, 24, developed himself into a prospect after being a 25th-round pick in 1998, hitting .295 for Portland with 12 home runs and 35 RBI in 75 games.

"Our job is to get these guys to the big leagues with us, or make them marketable to other teams," Johnson said.
"We were able to have a player play well enough to get him involved in a major-league deal to help our major-league club.
From that standpoint, I feel really good.
From a personal standpoint, it makes you sad.
I love this kid.
I've seen him develop from a pudgy, heavier kid to someone who got himself in shape and who has true power."

Hattig said goodbye to his teammates, but he will see them next weekend, when Portland plays at New Hampshire, Toronto's Double-A affiliate.

"Everyone was talking about trades," Hattig said.
"I didn't think I would be the one.
It will be better for my career, and I'm going to a playoff team."

New Hampshire (56-44) currently holds a playoff spot for the Eastern League playoffs.

The Sea Dogs cannot say the same thing.

Portland (47-53) lost its fourth in five games Saturday, before a soldout Hadlock Field (6,975).

Portland is nine games behind New Hampshire.
With 42 games left, Portland is likely to miss the playoffs for a seventh straight year.

On Saturday, the Sea Dogs were cursed by errors (two unearned runs) and a sensational above-the-wall catch by right fielder Daniel Ortmeier, robbing Brett Roneberg of a game-tying, three-run homer in the seventh.

Portland got a run in the first (Jeff Bailey sacrifice fly), the fifth (Roneberg's RBI double off the right-field wall) and the ninth (Jesus Medrano's RBI single).

But Norwich (53-45) got to Portland starter Kason Gabbard (0-3) for two runs in the second (a walk and three hits) and an unearned run in the third, when Hattig bobbled a grounder.

Norwich scored twice on reliever Bo Donaldson but, again, one of the runs was unearned.

Portland has allowed 73 unearned runs, 11 more than any team in the league.

"We're in a rut where we not only make silly errors on routine plays, but we compound them by allowing extra-base hits after," Johnson said.
"We're not picking each other up."

Portland reliever Juan Perez allowed two runs in the ninth.

NOTES
Red Sox reliever Scott Williamson could be pitching in Portland on Tuesday.
Williamson, who is expected to make a rehab appearance today in Triple-A Pawtucket, will then come to Portland if he has no setbacks, according to a report on Redsox.com.
Norwich's Michael Cervenak (3 for 5) continues to crush Portland pitching and is batting .513 vs. the Sea Dogs.

PORTLAND FALLS TO NORWICH, 7-3
Dogs Fall for Fourth Time in Five Tries

Chris Begg scattered six hits and two runs over 6.1 innings and Mike Cervenak went 3-for-5 with two RBI as the Norwich Navigators topped the Portland Sea Dogs, 7-3 Saturday night before a sellout crowd at Hadlock Field.

Jesus Medrano collected three hits for the second straight night while scoring and knocking in a run to collect the Allied Big Dog of the Game.

Brett Roneberg collected a double, single and RBI, but his potential game-tying three-run home run was robbed by Norwich right fielder Dan Ortmeier, who reached over the right field wall to pull in Roneberg's drive.

Kason Gabbard (0-3) allowed three hits and three runs (two earned) in 2.2 innings to suffer the loss.

Eastern League Game Summary - Norwich at Portland

Michael Cervenak collected three hits and drove in two runs and Chris Begg turned in a quality start as the Norwich Navigators topped the Portland Sea Dogs, 7-3, in Eastern League action on Saturday night.

Cervenak led off the top of the second inning with a base hit, then scored on a single off the bat of Angel Chavez.
Later that inning, Norwich took a 2-1 lead when Julian Benavidez plated Chavez with a double to left field.

The Navigators built on that lead and did not trail for the rest of the night thanks in part to the pitching efforts of Begg.
The righty produced 6-1/3rd solid innings and picked up the win to improve to 6-1 on the season for Norwich.
He scattered seven hits, but yielded just two runs while striking out six.
He walked two.

Cervenak added a two-run double in the ninth to cap off his three-hit performance.
The third baseman is hitting a very healthy .346 this season.

Kason Gabbard suffered the loss and is still looking for his first victory (0-3) for Portland.
Gabbard allowed three runs, two of them earned, on three hits in 2-2/3rd innings.

Jesus Medrano went 3-for-5 with an RBI in the losing effort for the Sea Dogs.

These two teams will conclude their seven game stretch of games against each other on Sunday at 1:00 PM (ET).

NAVIGATORS BACK TO WINNING WAYS
Contributions all around in 7-3 win in Portland

The Navigators spread out the offense for Chris Begg, who earned the win by giving up two runs in 6.1 innings as the Navigators won 7-3.

Norwich took the lead for good in the second inning on an RBi single by Angel Chavez and an RBI double by Julian Benavidez.

The Navigators nade it 4-1 with a an RBI single off the right-field wall by Jay Pecci in the fifth after scoring an unearned run in the third.

Dan Ortmeier kept the Navigators ahead by robbing Brett Roneberg of a game-tying homerun in the seventh, leaping and reaching over the right field wall with two on and two out.

Mike Cervenak put the game away with his thrid hit of the night - a two-run double off the left-field wall in the ninth.

Mike Cervenak went 3-5, blowing the game open with a two-run double in the ninth.

Navigators Sink The Sea Dogs, 7-3
Norwich Connects For Four Doubles In Win

Mike Cervanek drilled a two-run double while Julian Benavidez, Derin McMains and Doug Clark also doubled to give the Norwich Navigators a 7-3 win over the Portland Sea Dogs in the Eastern League on Saturday night.

Portland (47-53) took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on two singles and a sacrifice fly.

Benavidez's RBI double was the key hit as the Navigators (53-45) rallied for two runs in the second.

An error allowed one Norwich run in the third inning with back-to-back doubles by McMains and Clark making it 4-1 in the fifth.

Brett Roneberg's RBI double narrowed Portland's deficit by one in the bottom the fifth, but the Navigators replied with one in the sixth and Cervanek's two-run drive off the left-field wall made it 7-2 in the top of the ninth.