Celebrating Fireworks tonight
The Sea Dogs celebrate Independence Day on Saturday night with a doubleheader against the New Britain Rock Cats at Hadlock Field…Last night’s game was postponed due to rain, but the Fireworks were rescheduled on Thursday to tonight, following game two.
RHP Mike McCarthy and RHP Luis Diaz get the starts in today’s doubleheader for Portland…New Britain counters with RHP Virgil Vasquez and LHP Pat Dean…Portland connection: Rock Cats roster features former Sea Dogs: Reynaldo Rodriguez, Tony Thomas and Daniel Turpen…MGR Jeff Smith played with the ‘Dogs in 2003.
Pre-Game begins at 3:40 PM on 95.9/95.5 and the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network…Listen online at seadogs.com.
Game 1 Lineups
‘Dogs: Gibson 8, Wilkerson 9, Swihart 2, Coyle 4, Almanzar 5, Chester DH, De La Cruz 7, Welch 3, Meneses 6, McCarthy RH (7–3, 4.75)
New Britain: Thomas 6, Rosario 4, Vargas 3, Rodriguez 9, Hicks 8, Waring 5, Boyer DH, Kvasnicka 7, Knudson 2, Vasquez RH (4–4, 3.87)
Fireworks last night and some great reading
- Marrero’s first Triple-A RBI proved to be the game-winner
- Blockbuster Trade by Theo and Billy Beane, story by San Jose Mercury News
- 29-year old Tommy Layne added to Boston’s roster for today’s doubleheader at Fenway
- Julian Benbow of the Boston Globe on Henry Owens
Few Game Notes — complete packet at seadogs.com
BACK HOME: The Sea Dogs were postponed for the 10th time on Friday night, and start a three-game series in two days with the New Britain Rock Cats (Twins affiliate)…Tonight is Portland’s seventh doubleheader of the season — they are 4–0–2…The ‘Dogs swept the ‘Cats in a twinbill on April 18th at New Britain (6–4 and 6–0)…Portland and New Britain play one more series after this three-game set, a four-game series on July 24–27 at New Britain Stadium.
EIGHT WAS ENOUGH: Trenton took the series finale from the Portland Sea Dogs, 8–0 on Thursday night at Arm & Hammer Park…1B Rob Segedin finished 3-for-4 with a homer and 4 RBI…Ben Gamel and Zach Wilson each had 2 RBI…Portland tied a season-low with just three hits — also had 3 hits against Trenton on May 18th at Hadlock Field…LHP Matt Tracy (8–2) tossed five innings on just one hit to earn the win…RHP Mike Augliera (3–7) took the loss, yielding six runs on 11 hits over 4 IP…Michael Almanzar (single), David Chester (double) and Peter Hissey (infield single) had the hits for the ‘Dogs.
RANKING THE ‘DOGS: The Top 5 winning percentages in Minor League Baseball: Low-A Savannah 56–26 (.683),Low-A Kane County 56–28 (.667), Portland 56–29 (.659), Low-A Greensboro 56–30 (.651), and High-A Myrtle Beach 54–29 (.651).
MR. BASES LOADED: Chester went 1-for-3 with a double and a walk on Thursday…The first-year Sea Dog has hit safely in 12 of his last 13 games: 15-for-42 (.357), 2 HR, 13 RBI…Chester and Sean Coyle are leading the team with 13 RBI with the bases loaded…Portland stranded the bases loaded twice on Thursday…Coyle hit .348 with 6 homers and 22 RBI in June, and was added the Futures Game (replacing Mookie Betts).
MADE THEIR DEBUTS: RHP Jeremy Kehrt made his 90th career appearance on Thursday night, working a perfect inning…Kehrt spent the first part of the season with the Pawtucket Red Sox (Triple-A)…RHP Pete Ruiz joined Portland from Low-A Greenville on July 2nd — he worked three innings on Thursday, giving up a two-run homer to Segedin.
NO CHANCE NOE: RHP Noe Ramirez made it 9-for-9 in save chances and 14-for-20 in his Double-A career on Wednesday…The righty has been scoreless in 18 of 24 outings and is 1–0–8 with a 0.61 ERA (2 ER/29.1 IP) in his last 16 appearances…Ramirez has given up 8 earned runs on the season — 3 came on April 10th against the New Britain Rock Cats at Hadlock Field.
