Nice finish to the trip, 'Dogs 11-0 win at Trenton

Matt Barnes with his 4th win of the season

Trenton, New Jersey - The Portland Sea Dogs (38-36) improved to 10-1 in road-series finales, clubbing the Trenton Thunder (38-36) 11-0 on Sunday afternoon at Arm & Hammer Park.  Trenton took two of three in the series; the Sea Dogs finished 3-4 on their 7-game roadtrip.

Right-hander Matt Barnes (4-4) snapped a three-game losing streak, tossing five scoreless frames on three hits, five walks and eight strikeouts.   Miguel Celestino fired threes scoreless on one hit and Rafael Perez wrapped up the shutout, working the ninth.

Portland's 17 hits were the most since pounding out 18 on May 18th at New Hampshire.   The Sea Dogs had a hit in all nine innings, and scored nine of 11 runs in the final three innings.

The Sea Dogs took a 1-0 lead in the first against Black.  Peter Hissey led off the game with a single and scored when Garin Cecchini reached on a first baseman's error.  The RBI was Cecchini's second in three games with Portland.

With two outs in the second, Heiker Meneses smoked a homer to left field, his third of the season, giving Portland a 2-0 lead.

Portland scored three times off reliever Jeremy Bleich in the seventh.  The 'Dogs loaded the bases to the start the frame on a single by Hissey and walks to Cecchini and Shannon Wilkerson.  Tony Thomas (4-for-5) drove in his 39th run with a sac-fly and Travis Shaw nailed a run-scoring single.  On Shaw's single, a throwing error by catcher Jeff Farnham enabled Cecchini to score the fifth run.

Bleich and Aaron Dott combined to allow five runs during a 10-batter eighth inning.  Thomas delivered a bases-loaded single, J.C. Linares was hit-by-a-pitch and Kolbrin Vitek drove in two with a double.  Thomas added the final run in the eighth with a run-scoring single.

Portland picked up their 7th team shutout of the season and improved to 32-27 against the Eastern Division.

Prime Motor Group Player of the Game: Matt Barnes

The Sea Dogs open up a three-game series with the first place Binghamton Mets tonight at Hadlock Field.  Anthony Ranaudo (7-1, 2.34), the Eastern League leader in ERA, makes his 14th start of the season.  RHP Erik Goedell (6-2, 4.09) gets the start for the B-Mets.

Radio coverage begins at 6:40 PM on the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network and via the Tune-In Radio app for smartphones and tablets.  Monday is a Jimmy Buffett Theme Night at Hadlock Field, featuring Tiki Thom. Tickets are available by calling 207-879-9500 or at seadogs.com.