Portland completes its first series win of the season
Portland, Maine - The Portland Sea Dogs (6-15) trailed in the ninth, but notched five runs in the final frame and closed out the 7-3 win over the New Britain Rock Cats (13-7) Wednesday afternoon at New Britain Stadium.
With one down in the ninth, Bryce Brentz doubled off of New Britain reliever Danny Turpen. Jeremy Hazelbaker pinch ran for the right fielder and scored the tying run on Dan Butler's single. Heiker Meneses followed with a sinking liner, off Turpen (2-1) that hit the second base bag and scored Ronald Bermudez for Portland's go ahead run. The 'Dogs scored two more on Juan Carlos Linares' single and their final run on an error by the New Britain shortstop. In total, New Britain made five errors, but allowed just one unearned run to score.
Luke French took the hill for the Rock Cats and was helped out of the first by a double play turned behind him. French gave up a one out double to Reynaldo Rodriguez, and then tossed a wild pitch that bounced wildly and allowed Rodriguez to score from second. In the fifth, Dan Butler doubled and scored on a Derrik Gibson single for Portland's second run.
Portland starter Chris Balcom-Miller struggled out of the gate for the third start in a row. The righty allowed two runs in the first inning on three hits. Estarlin De Los Santos scored on a wild pitch and Chris Colabello picked up an RBI in the first off of Balcom-Miller. The Rock Cats plated another run in the second after Nathan Hanson walked to leadoff the frame and scored on an Estarlin De Los Santos ground out to second. Balcom-Miller retired the side in the home half of the fifth to finish his outing.
Eammon Portice backed up the starter with two innings of scoreless relief and Charlie Rosario (2-0) earned his second win of the season with a scoreless eighth and ninth inning. In the win, Rodriguez extended his streak to 14 games in which he has safely reached base with his double in the fourth.
Prime Motor Group Player of the Game: Derrik Gibson 3-5, RBI
The Sea Dogs will travel home to Portland, enjoy a scheduled off day, and open up a seven game homestand Friday night. The Reading Phillies will be in town for the first three games and the Trenton Thunder will make up the final four games of the stand. Portland will send right-handed pitcher Chris Martin (0-2, 5.03) to the mound. Reading will counter with righty Julio Rodriguez (1-0, 3.21). The Sea Dogs can be heard on the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs radio network with 95.5/95.9 FM WPEI serving as the flagship station.
The Sea Dogs have many great promotions upcoming on the homestand. Mr. Belding of "Saved By the Bell" fame will be in attendance Friday night, and New England Patriots' safety Patrick Chung is scheduled to appear on Tuesday May 1st. Tickets are available for all Sea Dogs' home games. Tickets can be ordered by calling the Sea Dogs Ticket Office at 207-879-9500 or online at www.seadogs.com.
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