Portland, Maine - The Portland Sea Dogs (59-66) completed Friday's suspended game by earning a 9-2 victory of the New Britain Rock Cats (68-58). The win was the Sea Dogs' eighth consecutive home win. However, the magic would run out in Saturday's regularly scheduled game as the Sea Dogs fell 4-2 in an extra inning affair.
Stolmy Pimentel tossed four no-hit innings prior to the rain on Friday night issuing one walk and striking out four. Jackie Bradley Jr. and Marquez Smith led-off the game with back-to-back singles for the Sea Dogs but failed to score off New Britain starter Luke French. The game was suspended after the top of the fourth due to rain.
When play resumed on Saturday, Rich Hill tossed a scoreless fifth inning allowing one hit and recording a strike out on a Major League rehab assignment. The hit by Deibinson Romero with one out was the first in the game for the Rock Cats.
Aaron Hicks led-off the top of the sixth with a triple down the right-field line off Ryan Pressly and scored on Chris Hermann's ground out to shortstop to give the Rock Cats a 1-0 lead.
Derrik Gibson singled to lead-off the bottom half of the sixth. Marquez Smith doubled to left field when left-fielder Joe Benson slipped allowing Gibson to score the tying run. With two runners on Peter Hissey delivered a line drive single to right that was misplayed by right-fielder Oswaldo Arcia allowing two runs to score as Portland took a 3-1 lead.
The Sea Dogs exploded for six runs in the seventh sending nine men to the plate. The inning was highlighted by a bases loaded single by Bradley Jr. scoring two runs and a Jeremy Hazelbaker triple to centerfield plating a pair extending the lead to 9-2.
Pressly (2-2) earned the win working one inning in relief allowing one run on one hit. Caleb Clay earned his seventh save tossing the final three innings allowing one run on four hits. David Bromberg (2-2) took the loss for New Britain.
For the first time in seven Double-A games, Xander Bogaerts failed to collect a hit.
In Saturday's regularly scheduled game, Bogaerts, 2-for-3 with two runs scored, blasted his third Double-A home run in eight games giving the Sea Dogs a 1-0 lead in the second inning.
Sea Dogs starter and Maine native Mike MacDonald was perfect in five of the six innings he worked including retiring the first nine batters he faced. He struck out seven and did not allow a walk. However, the Rock Cats collected four straight singles to lead-off the fourth inning scoring two runs. Chris Colabello's RBI single scored Aaron Hicks to tie the game at one. Chris Herrmann scooted home from third when Rene Tosoni grounded into a double play to take a 2-1 lead.
The Sea Dogs rallied to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh with back-to-back doubles from Bogaerts and Peter Hissey sending the game into extra innings.
In the top of the eighth inning, the Rock Cats scored two runs off Michael Olmsted (1-1), the first two runs he has allowed in eight Double-A appearances. Shawn Roof led-off the inning with a single and scored on a two out triple by Arcia. Chris Colabello added an insurance run with a RBI double.
Steve Hirschfeld (8-7) earned the win scattering six hits over seven innings allowing two runs. Bruce Pugh earned his seventh save with a scoreless eighth inning.
The Sea Dogs will conclude the homestand this Sunday afternoon at 1:00 PM against the Rock Cats. Righty Brandon Workman (1-0, 0.00) will make his second Double-A start. He will be opposed by New Britain lefty Logan Darnell (9-10, 4.93). The game can be heard live on 95.5/95.9 FM WPEI. Tickets are available and can be purchased by calling the Sea Dogs Ticket Office at 207-879-9500 or online at www.seadogs.com.
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