Bowie, Weather Drown Sea Dogs
Published on June 12, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
Portland, Maine - The Bowie Baysox (32-31) defeated the Portland Sea Dogs 10-7 in game one of a scheduled doubleheader Sunday afternoon at Hadlock Field. The loss was the Sea Dogs fourth straight as the team falls to 20-40 on the season. Game two was postponed due to the unplayable field conditions and drizzle. The game will be made-up as part of a single admission doubleheader when the sea Dogs travel to Bowie in August.
Stolmy Pimentel fell to 0-8 as he was unable to get past the second inning in game one. Pimentel surrendered four straight hits to open the game, including RBI singles to Brandon Waring and Caleb Joseph. LJ Hoes would add a sacrifice fly to center to give Bowie a 3-0 in the top of the first.
Ryan Lavarnway smashed his team leading 14th home run off the Hannaford sign in the first inning to make it 3-1.
Things would not improve for Pimentel in the second inning as a hit batsman, two hits, and an error by second baseman Oscar Tejeda would lead to four Bowie runs highlighted by a three run blast by Waring. Bowie took a 7-1 lead and knocked Pimentel out of the game after 1.1 innings having allowed seven runs (six earned) on six hits. His ERA rises to 9.44 on the season.
Bowie continued to pour it on in the third, scoring three unearned runs in the third taking a commanding 10-1 lead. Errors by shortstop Vladimir Frias and Tejeda along with three Bowie hits, lead to the runs. Waring picked-up his third hit of the game and his fifth RBI.
Lavarnway and Chih-Hsien Chiang each drove-in three runs as Portland would attempt to overcome the deficit. Lavarnway picked-up his second RBI of the day with a RBI single in the third. Chiang followed with a two run double to extend his hit streak to 11 games and brining the score to 10-4. In the fifth inning, Hassan ripped a RBI double off the Maine Monster, Lavarnway hit a sacrifice fly to center for his third RBI and Chiang chipped-in with a RBI ground out as Portland closed within three runs of Bowie.
Despite yielding seven runs on seven hits in five innings of work, Bowie starter Michael Ballard (1-0) earns the win. Timothy Bascom earned a save, his first of the year, tossing two no-hit innings.
The Sea Dogs will enjoy an off day on Monday before starting a six game road trip with stops in Erie, Pennsylvania and Akron, Ohio. The road trip kicks-off with a 7:05 PM game Tuesday night against the Erie SeaWolves (Tigers). The Sea Dogs will send righty Brock Huntzinger (3-4, 6.34) to the mound. Erie will counter with lefty Casey Crosby (4-2, 3.19). The Sea Dogs will return to Hadlock Field on June 21st for a three game series with against the Trenton Thunder (Yankees).
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