Sea Dogs and guess who? New Britain, now at their place.
The Sea Dogs open up a three-game series on Monday night against the New Britain Rock Cats from New Britain Stadium…Portland is playing their final three-game series of the season…The ‘Dogs finished 5–1 on their past homestand, and need to go 5–3 in their final 8 home games to establish the best record at Hadlock Field as a Red Sox affiliate.
Roger Clemens announced today that he’ll be returning to baseball…Clemens is set to pitch for the Sugar Land Skeeters, and Independent League team based in Sugar Land Texas…Clemens’ teammates will feature some former Sea Dogs: Aaron Bates, Bubba Bell, Dominic Ramos, Dustin Richardson and Iggy Suarez…Former Tampa Bay Ray Scott Kazmir is part of their rotation. Tonight Drake Britton makes his first career start against the Rock Cats and his 14th in Double-A…Britton is coming off 5.1 scoreless innings on August 15th vs. Altoona at Hadlock Field. Longest home winning streaks All-Time at Hadlock Field
- 12 straight, June 15-July 11, 1996
- 8 straight, August 2–17, 2012
- 7 straight, April 8–23, 1997
- 7 straight, April 18-May 6, 1995
Portland: Bradley Jr. 8, Smith 5, Hazelbaker 7, Shaw 3, Bogaerts 6, Hissey 9, Vazquez 2, Gibson 5, Dent DH, LHP Drake Britton (4–5, 3.71)
New Britain: Hicks 8, Hermann DH, Arcia 9, Colabello 3, Romero 5, Tosoni 7, Hanson 4, Rohlfing DH, De Los Santos 6, RHP B.J. Hermsen (10–5, 3.04)
Workman and Bogaerts Highlights
RADIO NETWORK: Catch every game on the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network: Flagship Stations: WPEI 95.9 FM & WPPI 95.5 FM (Portland/Topsham)…Network Affiliates: WOXO 92.7 FM Norway, WTBM 100.7 FM Mexico, WERZ 1240 AM Lewiston/Auburn, WTME 780 AM Rumford, WKTQ 1450 AM South Paris…Online: seadogs.com & milb.com and IPAD/Smartphone: Tunein app — search Portland Sea Dogs Radio Network.
