The Result
Fisher Cats - 19 to 6

Sea Dogs - Year-to-Date
69 wins - 73 losses

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

At the end of the Game
2 hits from 4 at-bats - double, home run, 1 x RBI, 1 x walk, 1 x run scored

Brett's at-bats
First at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Ball - low
Called strike - change-up
Foul ball - away to the left
"And that is a long blast"
HOME RUN
......and 1 x RBI!!! (click here for all the home run details)
Here is what the commentator said -
"that has gone a long way - a definite no-doubter!!!"
"went over the trees on the other side of the Sea Dogs bullpen which is behind the rightfield wall"
"that home run would have been well over 400 feet!!!"
"that's the way to validate being selected as Most Valuable Player!!!"
"and Brett has his seventeenth homer of the season"
Second at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runners at first and second base - two down
Ball - low
Ball
Called strike
Ball - low
Ball - fast ball - outside
Walk
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Third at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Bases empty - two down
Ball - low
"And that pitch is hit very well into left-centrefield but the centrefielder is able to get there and make the catch just shy of the warning track"
Out F8
Fourth at-bat
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - one down
Called strike
Ball - in the dirt and wide of the plate
Ball - high
Called strike - at the knees
"Another well hit ball by Roneberg and he laces this pitch to leftfield but is out on another running catch"
Out F7
Fifth at-bat
Foul ball
Ball - breaking ball - down and in
"Brett drives that pitch down the leftfield line and it goes all the way to the fence in the corner and Roneberg has another extra-base hit" - and the runner advanced to third base
Double
Went to third base on a ground-out
Left stranded at the end of the innings

Heard during the game
(1) The top of the ninth innings, and the lead-off Fisher Cats batter drives the ball into the gap at right-centrefield - the commentator said "Brett has taken off after the ball and he makes a nice running catch in the alley ...... and that would easily be our "Catch of the Day!!!"

Email from Brett
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Game Reports
Familiar theme to season finale

Take all the troubles the Portland Sea Dogs have endured this season and apply a magnifying glass to them.
That was Monday's game in a nutshell.

The Portland Sea Dogs did not get good pitching and their injury-plagued offense came up short as the New Hampshire Fisher Cats bombarded the Sea Dogs 19-6 on a Labor Day afternoon before 6,312 at Hadlock Field.

"A lot of glaring things came out today that showed why we finished where we finished," Portland Manager Ron Johnson said.

The Sea Dogs ended their season at 69-73, tied for fourth in the Eastern League's Northern Division.
Despite its losing record, Portland attracted a franchise record 434,684 fans this season.

While the Sea Dogs packed up for the off-season, New Hampshire (84-57) prepared to fight the holiday traffic and ready itself for its playoff series against Binghamton, which starts Wednesday in Manchester.

"We have a pretty good team here," said New Hampshire third baseman John Hattig, who played for the Sea Dogs until a trade on July 25.
"These guys play hard. I'm not saying Portland doesn't. But this team is consistent."

Hattig continued to pound Portland pitching.
He went 4 for 6 with a home run and five RBI Monday, improving his totals against the Sea Dogs this year to a .429 average with five home runs and 16 RBI.
Adding Hattig's bat to a solid lineup, which complements the best pitching in the league (3.47 ERA), and it's easy to see why New Hampshire won the Northern Division.

When Hattig played for Portland, he looked pretty good.
So did Jeff Bailey, Stefan Bailie, Hanley Ramirez and Kenny Perez.
But, like Hattig, none of them played for the Sea Dogs on Monday.
Bailey continued to sit out with a sprained thumb.
Ramirez (sore shoulder) joined Bailie (sprained knee) in Rhode Island to be checked by a Red Sox doctor, and Perez is still bothered with a strained hamstring.

Still, Portland took a 3-0 lead on two home runs in the bottom of the first, a solo job by Brett Roneberg, who was named the team's MVP before the game, and a two-run blast by Mike Lopez-Cao.

"We went up 3-0 and I thought we were going to finish in style," Johnson said.

The Sea Dogs had the second-worst ERA in the league (4.77), but Johnson's confidence was bolstered by his pitching lineup.
Eric Glaser (7-6) was starting, with Portland's best relievers, Juan Perez, Bryan Hebson and Marc Deschenes, scheduled to follow.

Glaser gave up four in the second inning.

But Mike Lockwood's RBI single in the second tied it, and Glaser left after five innings with the score tied 4-4.

Who would figure that Perez and Hebson would then have their worst outings of the year?
Perez (5-1) took the loss, allowing five runs on three walks and two hits - including Hattig's three-run bomb - in two-thirds of an inning.
Hebson gave up six runs on three hits and three walks in two-thirds of an inning.

"If you told me that would happen against those two guys, I'd say you're crazy," Johnson said.

Perez's ERA jumped from 3.59 to 4.14.
Hebson, who has pitched only 12 games here, went from 2.19 to 4.26.

New Hampshire also got home runs from Paul Chiaffredo (off James Johnson) and John Ford-Griffin (off Deschenes).

Portland got its final two runs from a Raul Nieves home run in the sixth and an RBI groundout by Mike O'Keefe in the eighth.

Nieves was supposed to play every position in Monday's game, but Johnson said too many injuries prevented such a lineup from working.

Johnson spent time after the game saying his good-byes to staff and players.
He was finding it hard to smile for a long time.
"I'm a competitor and I'm a professional," Johnson said.
"I'm not going to walk away with a great feeling after a 19-6 beating."

The 19 runs allowed set a Portland franchise record, surpassing the 18-3 rout administered by Trenton on Aug. 19.

NOTES
Besides Roneberg's MVP award, postseason honors went to Abe Alvarez (Most Valuable Pitcher), Joe Kilburg (The Tenth Man Award) and Ryan Cameron (Citizen of the Year).
A couple of Sea Dogs fell short of single-season milestones.
Mike O'Keefe tried to become the ninth Portland player with 20 home runs, but went 1 for 4 with a single.
Sheldon Fulse was one stolen base away from 30, but did not get on base.
Roneberg did become the sixth Portland player to record 30 doubles and 15 home runs in a season.
Nieves, who had one home run in his previous four pro seasons, hit his fourth this year.

Eastern League Game Summary - New Hampshire at Portland

John Hattig collected five hits, homered, and drove in five RBI as the New Hampshire Fisher Cats dismantled the Portland Sea Dogs, 19-6 in their Eastern League finale.

New Hampshire fell behind early after the Sea Dogs got home runs from Brett Roneberg and Mike Lopez-Cao in the first inning.
Lopez-Cao's home run plated two and gave Portland a 3-0 advantage.

The Fisher Cats answered back with a four spot in the following inning.
Dominic Rich and Paul Chiaffredo each chased home a run with a double.

Hattig got in on the rout in the sixth inning when he drilled a three-run home run to give New Hampshire a five run lead, 9-4.
Rich also plated two runs in the frame with a double.

New Hampshire continued its dominance in the seventh when Chiaffredo drilled a three-run home run to left field.
Hattig plated the final two RBI of his day in the stanza with a single.
He finished the game with three runs scored.

Travis Thompson (4-3) picked up the win with two innings of relief.

Juan Perez (5-1) suffered the loss after he was shelled in 2/3rd innings of relief.
He surrendered five earned runs on a pair of hits and three walks.

SEA DOGS END SEASON WITH LOSS
Portland Allows Franchise Record 19 Runs in Loss to New Hampshire

John Hattig homered and drove in five runs, Dominic Rich added two doubles, four hits and four RBI as the New Hampshire Fisher Cats topped the Portland Sea Dogs, 19-6 in the 2004 season finale at Hadlock Field.

Brett Roneberg homered and doubled to become the sixth player in franchise history with at least 30 doubles and 15 home runs.

Prior to the game, the Sea Dogs Team Awards were announced, sponsored by Irving Oil and Creative Awards.
Brett Roneberg was named Most Valuable Player,
Abe Alvarez won Most Valuable Pitcher,
Joe Kilburg earned the 10th Player Award and
Ryan Cameron took home the Citizen of the Year trophy.

Fisher Cats blow Sea Dogs out of water

The New Hampshire Fisher Cats capped an 84-win regular season by setting or tying 13 franchise records in a 19-6 blowout victory over the Portland Sea Dogs in front of 6,312 at Hadlock Field yesterday afternoon.

Former Sea Dog John Hattig became the first New Hampshire player to drive in five runs in a game, going 4-for-6 with a three-run home run (22) off losing pitcher Juan Perez (5-1) that spearheaded the Fisher Cats’ five-run sixth inning, turning a 4-4 game into a 9-4 rout.

Dominic Rich (4-for-6) and Paul Chiaffredo (3-for-4) both added four RBIs, with Chiaffredo belting a three-run homer (his ninth) of his own against James Johnson.

Hattig added a two-run single off Johnson in the seventh inning, when New Hampshire (84-57) set a club record by scoring nine runs to open up an 18-5 lead.
In that record-setting frame, Tyrell Godwin (2-for-4, 2 RBI, 3 runs) drew a bases-loaded walk, Rich added an RBI single, Griffin plated another run with a bases-loaded walk, Maikel Jova (2-for-6, RBI, run) notched a run-scoring single, and Chiaffredo drove in the final run with an infield single.

Griffin (1-for-5, 2 RBI, 2 runs) matched Hattig by smashing his 22nd homer of the year, and first since Aug. 17, with a solo shot off Marc Deschenes in the top of the ninth to finish off the scoring.

The Fisher Cats took three of four in the series, beating Portland (69-73) for the 11th time in the last 13 meetings.

The 19 runs were the most allowed by the Sea Dogs in their 11-year history.

New Hampshire set or tied single-game team records for runs, hits, total bases, extra-base hits and RBI.

Individual single-game records were set or tied in runs, hits, doubles, triples, extra-base hits and RBI.

Travis Thompson (4-3), the second of six Fisher Cat pitchers, earned the win with two scoreless innings.

New Hampshire won the Eastern League Northern Division regular-season championship by 8½ games over second-place Binghamton.

The Fisher Cats and Mets open up the best-of-five Northern Division playoff series Wednesday night at Gill Stadium.
New Hampshire won the regular-season series 12-8, and the reeling Mets enter the post-season in the midst of a season-worst nine-game losing streak.