The Result
Sea Dogs - 6 to 3

Sea Dogs - Year-to-Date
68 wins - 70 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Playing rightfield
Batting #5

At the end of the Game
0 hit from 4 at-bats - 1 x walk, 3 x strike outs, 1 x stolen base

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at second base - one down
Foul ball - "a line drive just foul down the first base line"
Called strike - on the outside corner
Ball - outside
Swing&miss - "and Roneberg is blown away with a fast ball"
Strike out
Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
THE BASES ARE LOADED!!! - TWO DOWN!!!
Swing&miss - breaking ball
Foul ball - "a high pop-up that drifts into the seats near the first base dugout"
Swing&miss - fast ball - "and Brett strikes out for the second time tonight"
Strike out
Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - one down
Ball - low and away
Ball - outside
Ball - outside
Called strike - on the outside corner
Ball - well low
Walk
Stole to second base
Left stranded at the end on the innings
Fourth at-bat
Lefthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Swing&miss - breaking ball
Called strike
Ball - fast ball - low
Swing&miss - curve ball
Strike out
Fifth at-bat
???handed pitcher
Runner at second base - one down
Foul ball - in the batter's box
"And that is well hit and lined into left-centrefield but the fielder is able to track it down deep in the alley"
Out F7

Heard during the game
(1) As Brett came in for his fifth at-bat, the commentator said "Brett is 5-for-13 (0.385) with the bases loaded this season, and has 15 'bases-loaded-RBIs' which is more than any other Sea Dog player"

(2) When Brett was coming in for his third at-bat, the commentator said "and that brings in Brett Roneberg who is 0-for-2 tonight with two strike outs and he has stranded four runners ...... but we'll forgive him because he has had a great season and last night he went 4-from-5 with 5 runs-driven-in"

(3) The bottom of the eighth innings and the Sea Dogs were leading 4 runs to 3 - the Mets had a runner at first base with none (or one???) down - and here is what the commentator said!!!
"That pitch is hit into rightfield and the runner is rounding second and heading to third base
And here comes the throw from Roneberg - and it's a good one to third base
He has been called out!!! - the plate umpire has the call and he has called him out!!!
And the runner takes off his helmet and throws it on the ground
He has been ejected - the umpire has ejected the runner!!!
And here comes the Mets Manager and he is in the face of the umpire
And he has also been ejected!!!
And now the Manager is picking up dirt and throwing it on the base!!!
Roneberg's throw was a good one, but the runner appeared to beat the ball, but the umpire is saying he overslid the base and was tagged out
But from here it looked to be a very bad call!!!
Boy, that was a wild animated arguement!!!" (refer to comments in the game reports below)

Email from Brett
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Game Reports
Dogs continue going out in style

Abe Alvarez had pitched only 19 innings as a pro before this season, so it was clear the learning curve was going to be steep for the Portland Sea Dogs' left-hander.
And as Alvarez left the mound Thursday night, it was clear just how much he learned.

In his 26th and final start for the Sea Dogs, Alvarez lasted five strong innings and became the youngest 10-game winner in franchise history with a 6-3 victory over the Binghamton Mets.

It was the Sea Dogs' sixth straight victory, marking their longest winning streak of the season.

Alvarez, who turns 22 next month, made just one mistake on Gil Velazquez's two-run homer in the third.
But he struck out six, including the side in his final inning, and raised his record to 10-9, holding his ERA at 3.59 in 135-1/3 innings.
And in a season in which Alvarez made his major-league debut for the Red Sox while establishing himself as one of the organization's brightest young pitchers, his final performance gave the Sea Dogs their first four-game sweep of Binghamton and their first season-series victory over the Mets since 1999.

Entering the game, the Sea Dogs had trailed for just one of their last 51 innings, and they wasted no time seizing another lead.
Facing 19-year-old Venezuelan right-hander Yusmeiro Petit, the Mets' top pitching prospect now that Scott Kazmir has been traded, the Sea Dogs scored twice in the first and twice in the second.
Mike Lockwood started the first-inning rally with a one-out single.
Kenny Perez and Mike O'Keefe followed with back-to- back doubles, with O'Keefe's driving home Lockwood and Perez.

Petit walked Gary Schneidmiller to begin the second, and after retiring Clint Chauncey and Raul Nieves, he gave up two hits and two walks.
Schneidmiller scored on a single to left by Hanley Ramirez, who stole second and scored on Lockwood's single to right for a 4-0 lead.
The Sea Dogs had a chance to break it open when Perez and O'Keefe walked to load the bases, but Petit struck out Brett Roneberg.

Alvarez issued a leadoff walk in the third to 0.100-hitting Zac Clements and a two-run homer to left by Velazquez.

Sea Dogs Manager Ron Johnson said Alvarez was only going to throw five innings.
Alvarez allowed three hits and struck out six.

The Mets got within a run in the seventh when Clements smacked his first Double-A homer off reliever Juan Perez.

Portland added two in the ninth when O'Keefe's double scored Ramirez and Kenny Perez.

NOTES
Kenny Perez set a franchise mark for doubles in a series with six.
Wednesday night's 13-5 victory ensured the Sea Dogs of a winning record on the road for the first time since 2001 and the second time since 1997.
The Sea Dogs finished with a 37-34 road record.

B-mets near boiling point
Oberkfell, Harper ejected as late-season slide continues

Yusmeiro Petit may be the New York Mets' newest minor-league pitching gem, but not even he could stop the alarming slide of the organization's Double-A club.

Eastern League umpire Steve Fritzoni, on the other hand, had plenty to do with prolonging it.

Fritzoni drew the ire of the Binghamton Mets - and may have altered the outcome of a 6-3 loss to the Portland Sea Dogs - when he called out Brett Harper at third base in the eighth inning with the Mets trailing by a run.
Harper's feet-first slide beat the tag, and the Mets argued he was pushed off the bag and tagged out by third baseman Gary Schneidmiller.

"It was a (terrible) call," said manager Ken Oberkfell, ejected with Harper.
"(Fritzoni's) explanation was he overslid the bag, which is (wrong).
You can't be incompetent like that.
You can't be right there and miss that play.
I'm not saying it cost us the game, but that was a key part of the ballgame and he blew it."

Oberkfell went further, accusing Fritzoni of wanting to toss Harper for arguing a strike call earlier.

Oberkfell said he intends to phone Eastern League president Joe McEachern today to voice a complaint.

"He was looking to throw Harper out of the game," Oberkfell said.
"The whole time I'm arguing with him, he's looking at Harper.
He baited Harper, then he got me."

It was the ultimate insult in what has been a wretched month for the playoff-bound Mets.
While they're supposed to be tuning up for the postseason, they have lost 15 of their last 21 games, including five straight.

The Mets' latest loss - coupled with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats' victory over Norwich - allowed the Fisher Cats to clinch the Northern Division title.
They will open the playoffs against the Mets next Wednesday night in Manchester.

Petit, a 19-year-old Venezuelan right-hander, allowed two runs in the first inning and two more in the second.
But he settled down from there, showing glimpses of why he has taken the mantle of "top pitching prospect" from the traded Scott Kazmir.

"He's got great stuff," catcher Joe Hietpas said.
"It's not a fluke he's put up the numbers he has.
The strike zone was tight, and he gets ahead by hitting his spots.
He wound up falling behind and had to elevate, and when he elevated, he got hit."

The Mets made it 4-2 in the third on Gil Velazquez's two-run homer and got within one run in the seventh on Zac Clements' first Double-A homer.

Eastern League Game Summary - Portland at Binghamton

Mike O'Keefe doubled twice and drove in four runs as the Portland Sea Dogs doubled up the Binghamton Mets, 6-3, in an Eastern League Northern Division game Thursday.

With the win, Portland (68-70) won its sixth straight while Binghamton (76-62) lost its fifth consecutive.

O'Keefe went 2-for-4 with two doubles, four RBI and walked to power Portland.

Kenny Perez and Hanley Ramirez scored two runs apiece.

Abe Alvarez gave up two runs on three hits and struck out six in five innings to earn his 10th victory of the season.

Marc Deschenes recorded his 10th save by getting five outs.

Losing pitcher Yusmeiro Petit (1-1) was touched for four runs on six hits in five innings.

Up next, Portland will host New Hampshire while Binghamton will welcome Reading.

DOGS HEAD HOME WITH 6-GAME WIN STREAK
Portland Wins Sixth Straight, Sweeps B-Mets with 6-3 Win

Mike O'Keefe doubled twice and drove in four runs and Abe Alvarez became the youngest pitcher in Sea Dogs history to win 10 games in a single season as the Portland Sea Dogs won their sixth consecutive game with a 6-3 win over the Binghamton Mets on Thursday night.

Alvarez fanned six in five innings to become the fifth left-handed pitcher to win 10 times in a season.

Portland swept Binghamton in a series for the first time since 1997, swept the Mets in a four-game series for the first time ever and won a sixth straight game for the first time since 2001.

Hanley Ramirez added two hits and two runs scored to extend his hitting streak to 10 games.

Kenny Perez also doubled and walked twice, becoming the first Sea Dog since Adrian Gonzalez in 2002 to hit 31 doubles in a season.

Portland tries for its first seven-game winning streak since August 2000 tomorrow night in the opener of the final series of the season against Northern Division champion New Hamsphire.

Mets Swept By Sea Dogs Amid Controversy

A wretched umpiring decision in the eighth inning robbed the B-Mets of a scoring opportunity, and it proved just the latest in a string of misfortunes that sent the Mets to their fifth straight defeat on Thursday from NYSEG Stadium.

With the Mets trailing 4-3 in the eighth inning, the Mets had Brett Harper on first with one out.
Chris Basak then singled to right field, and Harper made the turn at second and slid safely into third.
On the slide, the ball was received on a hop by Portland third baseman Gary Schneidmiller, who became entangled with Harper.
Schneidmiller's momentum pushed Harper off the bag, and as he applied the tag, Harper was called out by umpire Steve Fritzoni.
Harper and manager Ken Oberkfell both contested the call, and were both tossed by Fritzoni.
The atrocious call deprived the Mets of a first-and-third situation with just one out, as Portland closer Marc Deschenes eventually got out of the inning unscored upon.

The Sea Dogs took command of the contest in the second, when back-to-back RBI by Hanley Ramirez and Mike Lockwood gave Portland a 4-0 lead.

It was almost 6-0 in the third, but a fly ball initially ruled a two-run homer by Gary Schneidmiller by - again - Steve Fritzoni, was overturned by the other two umpires and deemed a foul ball, and the score remained 4-0.

The ruling seemed to inject new life into the Mets, as they came back with three runs thanks to a two-run homer by Gil Velazquez in the third and a solo shot by Zack Clements in the seventh.

But the Mets' comeback trail hit a huge pothole in the eighth following Fritzoni's latest umpiring blunder, as he had also kept hitters and pitchers guessing all night with an inconsistent strike zone.

As if all this weren't enough, the Mets also lost reliever Jake Joseph in the sixth inning.
After delivering a pitch, Joseph stumbled awkwardly off the mound and was immediately replaced by Royce Ring.
Joseph was diagnosed with a strained lat muscle, and is day-to-day.