Three Reading Pitchers Combine for 2-0 Shutout
April 29, 2011 - Eastern League (EL1)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
Reading, Pennsylvania- Josh Zeid (1-1), Mike Cisco and Phillippe Aumont combined to limit the Portland Sea Dogs to just three hits, leading the Reading Phillies to a 2-0 win Friday night. Cody Overbeck had a sacrifice fly RBI in the first, and Tuffy Gosewisch hit a solo home run to provide the offense for the Phillies. Stolmy Pimentel (0-3) went five solid innings, but allowed both runs giving him the loss. The shutout stops the Sea Dogs win streak at three games.
Alex Hassan, Jorge Padron and Ryan Lavarnway were the only players to record hits for Portland. Hassan came in as the Eastern League's top hitter, batting .436. His sixth inning double gives him hits in 17 of the team's 18 games this season. Portland's best chance to score came in the top of the fourth inning against Zeid.
The righty walked Che-Hsuan Lin, who stole second. Then, Hassan walked to put runners on first and second with nobody out. Zeid got Tim Federowicz to fly out, but Lin was able to advance to third base, putting runners on first and third with only one out. Zeid got out of the jam by getting Lavarnway to pop out and Padron to fly out.
Pimentel was nearly as effective getting out of trouble. In the first inning, he walked leadoff man Freddy Galvis, then hit Michael Spidale. Matt Rizzotti would then advance both runners with a groundout. The next batter, Overbeck, hit a sacrifice fly before Pimentel rebounded to strike out Carlos Rivero, ending the inning. He also got out of a two on, one out jam in the fourth inning with a strikeout and a fly out.
The Sea Dogs continue their road trip and their series with the Phillies tomorrow. Stephen Fife will make his fourth start of the year opposite J.C Ramirez of Reading. First pitch is scheduled for 6:05pm. Portland heads to Trenton for a four-game series after Sunday afternoon's matchup with the R-Phils. The Sea Dogs return home for a three-game series with the New Britain Rock Cats starting May 6. That night will be a Fireworks night sponsored by U.S Cellular. Sunday, May 8th will be Portland's annual Mother's Day 5K Road Race. For tickets or road race registration information, log on to www.seadogs.com or call 207-879-9500.
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