Sea Dogs Walk Off With 2-1 Win Apr. 18th

Sea Dogs Walk Off With 2-1 Win Apr. 18th



Bermudez Delivers Walk-Off Hit in the Ninth
  
Portland, Maine - The Portland Sea Dogs rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the New Britain Rock Cats 2-1 Wednesday afternoon before a crowd of 4,685 fans at Hadlock Field. The win ended a three game slide for the Sea Dogs and snapped the Rock Cats seven game win streak.

Down 1-0 in the ninth, Luis Perdomo (0-2) walked the first two batters of the inning; Derrick Gibson and Kolbrin Vitek. Oscar Tejeda smashed a double high off the Maine Monster scoring Gibson to tie the game at one. The Rock Cats intentionally walked Juan Carlos Linares to load the bases. Ronald Bermudez stepped to the plate, hitting a deep fly ball that scraped the Maine Monster to deliver a 2-1 walk-off win for the Sea Dogs.

Charle Rosario (1-0) earned the win tossing 3.1 no-hit innings. He struck out four and walked one.

Prior to the Sea Dogs dramatic ninth inning, the lone run in the game came in the top of the first inning when New Britain scored an unearned run off Chris Hernandez. Estarlin De Los Santos reached on a throwing error by Sea Dogs third baseman Vitek. Mark Dolenc followed with a bunt single. After Hernandez struck out Evan Bigley, he hit Chris Colabello to load the bases. Hernandez struck out Aaron Hicks for the second out. While facing Deibinson Romero, Hernandez uncorked a wild pitch scoring De Los Santos giving New Britain a 1-0 lead. Hernandez would proceed to strike out the side.

Hernandez tossed 5.1 strong innings for the Sea Dogs, allowing one unearned run on three hits. He walked one and struck out eight. The eight strikeouts were the most by a Sea Dogs pitcher since Brock Huntzinger struck out 11 on August 21, 2011.

New Britain starter Steve Hirschfeld was also impressive tossing seven shutout innings, allowing three hits and striking out seven without walking a batter.

Both Vitek and Linares had their eight game hit streaks snapped but both were able to extend their consecutive game on base streak with a walk in the ninth inning. Vitek extended his streak to 14 games, while Linares has reached in 13 straight.

The Portland Sea Dogs begin a seven game road trip on Thursday in Binghamton, New York with a 6:35 PM contest against the Mets. Right-handed pitcher Billy Buckner (0-1, 6.30) will get the start for the Sea Dogs. The Mets will send lefty Darin Gorski (1-0, 1.80) to the hill. The Sea Dogs will return to Hadlock Field for a seven game homestand on Friday, April 27th against the Reading Phillies.