Phillies Slip by Sea Dogs, 4-3
May 3, 2010 - Eastern League (EL1)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
Portland, Maine - The Reading Phillies (9-15) snapped a six game slide be defeating the Portland Sea Dogs (13-10) 4-3 in game one of a four game series Monday night at Hadlock Field in front of 3,191 fans.
A sacrifice fly by Dominic Brown scoring Ozzie Chavez in the 7th inning gave Reading a 4-1 lead and proved to the deciding run in the Eastern League contest.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Nate Spears clubbed a two run homer into the U.S. Cellular Pavilion on his 25th birthday to bring the Sea Dogs within a run. The Sea Dogs would threaten in the 9th, with runners reaching first and third base with two outs. However, a Ryan Kalish ground out preserved the game for the Phillies.
The Phillies scored three times in the sixth inning with RBI singles from Brian Stavinsky and Kevin Mahar. Brandon Pinckney capped the inning off with an RBI double.
Yohan Flande (1-2) picked up his first win of the year tossing 6.1 innings yielding three runs on ten hits while striking out four. Sergio Escalona worked the final inning and a third and earned his fourth save of the season.
Eammon Portice (2-1) took the loss for the Sea Dogs tossing three innings giving up four runs on seven hits.
Sea Dogs starter Kyle Weiland did not allow a run in four strong innings of work, allowing just one hit and a pair of walks.
Nate Spears and Ray Chang both collected three hits on the evening to pace the Sea Dogs offense. Jason Place chipped-in with two doubles.
Ryan Kalish earned his team leading 20th walk in the seventh inning. He has now reached base safely in 14 straight games.
The Portland Sea Dogs and Reading Phillies meet again Tuesday night at Hadlock Field at 6:00 PM. Red Sox top pitching prospect Casey Kelly (0-1, 3.38) takes the mound for the Sea Dogs.
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