Fife Leads Sea Dogs to 7-3 Win
Published on May 23, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
Portland, Maine- Stephen Fife tossed six solid innings to lead the sixth place Portland Sea Dogs (13-27) to a 7-3 win over the first place New Hampshire Fisher Cats (27-16) Monday night at Hadlock Field. The win kicked-off the Sea Dogs' longest homestand of the season and snapped a four game slide.
Fife (5-2) earned his team leading fifth win of the season holding the Fisher Cats to two runs (one earned) on six hits over six innings of work. He did not walk a batter and struck out a season high six Fisher Cats as he earned his third consecutive win and lowered his ERA to 2.41. Fife, a 2010 Eastern League All-Star with the Sea Dogs, shutout New Hampshire for the first four innings before the Fisher Cats were able to scratch across a run with a RBI double by Anthony Gose in the fifth. Craig Stansberry added a RBI double in the sixth to complete the scoring off of Fife.
The Portland offense gave Fife plenty of support scoring seven runs on 12 hits. All nine Portland starters collected at least one hit.
The Sea Dogs jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead in the first when Tim Federowicz clubbed his tenth double of the season scoring Chih-Hsien Chiang.
Will Middlebrooks smashed his sixth home run; a two run shot to right to highlight a four run third inning as Portland grabbed a 5-0 lead. The Sea Dogs added two runs in the fifth inning with back-to-back RBI doubles by Jeremy Hazelbaker and Alex Hassan. It was Hassan's team leading 14th double and 26th RBI.
Hazelbaker, who was called-up from Single-A Salem on Saturday, had an impressive Hadlock Field debut reaching base four times with a 2-for-3 performance with two walks, two runs scored, RBI, and a stolen base.
New Hampshire starter Zach Stewart (3-3) suffered the loss yielding all seven runs on eight hits in four innings of work.
The Portland bullpen, Kyle Fernandes and Santo Luis, worked three innings allowing one run on four hits. Fernandes tossed 1.2 innings of scoreless relief lowering his ERA to 1.69. Fernandes has held opponents scoreless in five of seven appearances this season.
The Sea Dogs and Fisher Cats will continue the series Tuesday at 6:00 PM at Hadlock Field. Righty Michael Lee (1-3, 4.32) takes the hill for Portland. He will be opposed by New Hampshire righty Rey Gonzalez (5-1, 1.42). Tuesday is "Bark in the Park" night at the ballpark, take your dog out to the ballgame and enjoy a game with the entire family. Complete details and tickets available at www.seadogs.com or by calling the Sea Dogs' Ticket Office at 207-879-9500.
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