Sea Dogs Game Notes
June 25, 2007 - Eastern League (EL1)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
Portland Sea Dogs (36-34) at New Hampshire Fisher Cats (39-34)
RHP Clay Buchholz (5-2, 1.82) vs. LHP Ricky Romero (0-1, 4.42)
Game #71 - Monday, June 25, 2007 - Merchantsauto.com Stadium - Manchester, NH - 7:05 p.m.
ONE FOR THE ROAD: Portland wraps up their 8-game homestand, taking on the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in game four of the series at Merchantsauto.com Stadium...With a win, the Sea Dogs will take 3 of 4 from the Cats and finish the roadtrip at 5-3...Portland has not had a winning roadtrip consisting of three or more games all season.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: Charlie Zink (7-2) earned his 20th career win as a Sea Dog, working six strong innings on two runs and five hits, leading Portland to an 8-3 victory over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Sunday afternoon at Merchantsauto.com Stadium. Portland scored all eight runs between innings 4 through 7 and scored five 2-out runs on a 2-run homer by Jeff Natale and 3-run double from Eric Crozier. John Otness and Iggy Suarez each had RBI's and Andrew Pinckney homered for the second time in as many days. Kyle Jackson pitched the final three innings to earn his 1st save of the season.
GETTING CLOSER: Zink's win last night moves into sixth place in franchise history behind Brandon Leese (20 wins, 1998-2000)...The knuckleballer is tied with Chris Smith for second place in all-time wins as a Red Sox affiliate...Kason Gabbard has the most wins as a Sox affiliate with 21.
ROADTRIP REVIEW: The Sea Dogs are hitting .329 (8-for-243) during the roadtrip with nine home runs and 44 runs scored (6.3 runs-per-game)...Portland pitchers have combined for a 3.05 ERA during the first seven games of the trip with 40 strikeouts in 56 innings pitched...Eric Crozier is 8-for-17 (.417), 3 HR and 9 RBI during the roadtrip...All 9 RBI for Crozier have come during this series batting in the eighth spot.
DON'T PUT THEM IN THAT SITUATION: Portland is 16-for-37 (.432) with runners-inscoring position during the series...The Sea Dogs are hitting .282 with RISP, the second best average in the league behind Altoona (.283)...Portland is pacing the lead with a .275 average with RISP/2-outs - 10 points ahead of the Curve (.268)
THAT MANY: Clay Buchholz can become the first pitcher this season for the Sea Dogs to win four straight starts...The last pitcher to win four or more starts was Chris Smith, who won seven straight last season.
HADLOCK HAPPENINGS! Next Homestand starts tomorrow night against the Connecticut Defenders (Giants affiliate).
Last Game R H E LOB
Portland 8 11 0 7
New Hampshire 3 7 0 8
W: Charlie Zink (7-2)
L: Kurt Isenberg (2-4)
SV: Kyle Jackson (1)
HR: Pinckney (5), Natale (2), Majewski (6)
GWRBI: John Otness
Top Dogs: Pinckney (2-5, HR), Natale (1-2, HR, 2 RBI), Crozier (3 RBI), Zink (6 P, 2 ER)
'DOGS AT-A-GLANCE
Current Streak: W1
Overall Record: 36-34
Standing: -9.5GB/3rd
Current Roadtrip: 4-3
37-game stretch in New England:7-6
Last 5 Games: 2-3
Last 10 Games: 6-4
June Record: 11-12
Series Record H/R: 5-3-1/3-6-2
Series Sweeps by Dogs H/R: 2/0
Series Sweeps by Opp. H/R: 1/0
Series Finales H/R: 6-3/6-5
Rubber Games H/R: 1-0/3-3
2007 Best Mark: 2x, Last, 26-22
2007 Worse Mark: 18-21
All-Time Record: 975-932
All-Time at Home: 505-443
All-Time on Road: 470-489
Red Sox Affiliate: 325-309
Transactions (DL): 28
Players Used: 33
Beyeler's Career: 396-381
Beyeler with Boston Org.: 179-177
SEA DOGS VS. FISHER CATS
2007 Record (H/R): 6-4 (2-1/4-3)
2006 Record: (H/R): 12-14 (6-6/6-8)
All-Time Record: 44-34
All-Time at Hadlock: 19-15
All-Time at Road: 25-19
All-Time Season Series: 1-2-0
*Portland clinched a playoff spot in 2006 by beating the Fisher Cats in Game 1 of a doubleheader on the final day of the season at Hadlock Field - Game 2 was not played...Sea Dogs are 55-30 All-Time against affiliates of the Blue Jays 2007: Dogs and Cats have 10 contests remaining at Merchantsauto.com this season...Portland plays New Hampshire 7 more times at Hadlock Field.
UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Tuesday, June 26 vs. Connecticut (6:00 p.m) - RHP Michael Bowden (3-2, 4.11) vs. RHP Dave McKae (2-0, 1.61)
Wednesday, June 27 vs. Connecticut (6:00 p.m, DH) - LHP Tommy Hottovy (2-7, 4.74) vs. RHP Garrett Broshuis (1-8, 3.49) RHP Chris Smith (2-4, 2.83) vs. TBA
Thursday, June 28 vs. Connecticut (6:00 p.m) - LHP Daniel Haigwood (2-3, 4.70) vs. RHP Brooks McNiven (3-3, 2.98)
All Games Broadcast on AM-1490 WBAE/AM-1400 WVAE and the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network - online at www.seadogs.com Play-by-play: Mike Antonellis/Studio Host: Mike Snow (20 minute pre-game show at Hadlock and 25 minute minutes on the road)
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