Huntzinger Strong in Three Innings of Scoreless Relief
Portland, Maine - The Sea Dogs (20-30) entered the Memorial Day matinee against New Britain (29-21) eyeing a potential four game sweep. But, the Rock Cats snapped Portland's three game winning streak with a 3-0 victory over the Sea Dogs at Hadlock Field in front of 5,667 fans.
The Rock Cats got on the scoreboard first in the third inning. Rene Tosoni doubled to Bryce Brentz in right field and was followed by a single off the bat of Aaron Hicks. With runners on first and third Chris Colabello hit a shot over the Maine Monster in left field to put the Rock Cats up 3-0.
The home run was Colabello's fifth in five games at Hadlock field and upped his RBI total to 11 at Portland's ballpark.
Brock Huntzinger entered the game for Hernandez in the top of the seventh inning. Hernandez (2-4) finished his outing with two strikeouts and three walks while allowing three runs on six hits over six innings. Huntzinger threw three strong shutout innings in relief of Hernandez and recorded two strikeouts.
Dan Butler got the bottom half of the seventh inning started with a lead-off single off the glove of second baseman Shawn Roof that ended up in right field. Two batters later Nick Natoli recorded his first hit in his Double-A debut. Derrik Gibson then drew a two-out walk to load the bases but reliever Daniel Turpen cut the rally off by striking out Shannon Wilkerson to retire the side.
Brett Jacobson (11th appearance) made his first start of the season for the Rock Cats because of David Bromberg's promotion to Triple-A Rochester. Jacobson went four scoreless innings giving up two hits. He also walked a batter and struck-out one.
The Rock Cats pitching staff finished the afternoon with a combined shutout performance. The group effort included Jacobson, Blake Martin, Daniel Turpin and Caleb Thielbar. Martin received the win and is now 2-2 on the year.
Zach Gentile's 11-game hitting streak came to end dropping his batting average to .325 on the year for the Sea Dogs.
The Sea Dogs head on the road to kick off a lengthy stretch against Western Division opponents starting with the Senators (27-22) in Harrisburg on Tuesday at 7:00 PM. Billy Buckner (3-3) is slated to start for the Sea Dogs against Harrisburg's Rob Gilliam (1-5). The team will then start June off with a three game set in Altoona against the Curve before coming back to Hadlock Field to face the Bowie Baysox. Tickets are available for that series and seadogs.com.
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