(Audio) Rich Hill on a MLB Rehab, All-Star Break Standings and the Radar Gun!
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The Sea Dogs completed a three-game sweep of the Altoona Curve with last night’s 2–1 win at Hadlock Field…Portland has seven straight wins at home, the most as a Red Sox affiliate, and their longest win streak since April 8–23, 1997.
Longest home winning streaks All-Time at Hadlock Field
- 12 straight, June 15-July 11, 1996
- 7 straight, August 2-current
- 7 straight, April 8–23, 1997
- 7 straight, April 18-May 6, 1995
Eastern League Records Since the All-Star Break
Portland 22–11 (.667) -
Bowie 23–12 (.657) -
Akron 21–12 (.636) 1.0
Trenton 21–14 (.600) 2.0
Reading 19–16 (.543) 4.0
Richmond 18–16 (.529) 4.5
Binghamton 19–17 (.528) 4.5
New Britain 17–18 (.486) 6.0
Altoona 16–19 (.457) 7.0
New Hampshire 14–21 (.400) 9.0
Erie 10–25 (.286) 12.0
Harrisburg 8–27 (.229) 14.0
Last night Gerrit Cole hit 100 mph numerous times on the Hadlock Field radar gun. Since I’ve been calling games with Portland (2005), I’ve seen Daniel Bard hit a 100 and Erie’s Bruce Rondon (last homestand)…Cole was consistently in the upper 90’s with his fastball, hitting 98 on a majority of his nine strikeouts.
The righty retired the first 14 batters until Xander Bogaerts nailed a double to right field. Here’s what Cole had to say about Bogaerts — “It was 80 mph and I tried to get it in there for a strike, but I ran the risk of letting him get the bat head out on it. A lot of people would roll over it, but he did a good job of going the other way.”
New Britain: Latimore 8, Cabrera 2, Santos 9, Curry 3, Tejeda 6, Marrero 7, Cunningham 4, Cutler DH, Welch 5, LHP Luke French (2–0, 1.80)
Portland: Bradley Jr. 8, Smith 5, Hazelbaker DH, Brentz 9, Shaw 3, Bogaerts 6, Hissey 7, Vazquez 2, Gibson 4, RHP Stolmy Pimentel (4–6, 5.38)
Workman and Bogaerts Highlights
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