Jay Groome Fans 10 in Sea Dogs Loss
April 30, 2022 - Eastern League (EL)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
Bridgewater Township, New Jersey - Jay Groome tied his career-high with 10 strikeouts in the Portland Sea Dogs (10-10) loss, 3-2 in walk-off fashion to the Somerset Patriots (13-7) on Saturday at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey.
For the second straight night, it was Somerset who entered the scoring column first, this time against Portland starter Jay Groome. Brandon Lockridge got things started, reaching first on an error. In the next at-bat, Andres Chaparro lifted a homer to left-center, giving the Patriots a 2-0 lead.
The Sea Dogs responded in the top of the fifth with Patriots starter Ken Waldichuk still on the mound. Pedro Castellanos led off with a walk and Tyler Dearden advanced him to third with a fielder's choice and a Patriots error. Cameron Cannon stepped up to the plate, hitting into another fielder's choice, scoring Castellanos, getting Portland on the board, 2-1.
Portland tied up the game in the top of the eighth inning against Somerset reliever Steven Jennings. Elih Marrero led off the inning with a walk. One out later, Christian Koss advanced him to third with a base hit, but a throwing error by the Patriots allowed Marrero to score, evening up the game, 2-2.
The final run came in to score in the bottom of the ninth for the Patriots, this time against Sea Dogs reliever Dylan Spacke. With one out, Jeisson Rosario doubled, and one batter later, Chad Bell was intentionally walked. Oliver Dunn followed with a walk to load the bases. Saul Torres stepped into the batter's box and the pitch ran up and in, hitting him, and forcing home Rosario for the winning run to walk-off the Sea Dogs 3-2.
Matt Minnick (2-0) worked through 1.0 scoreless inning while walking one and striking out one in his second win of the season. Spacke (0-2) picked up his second loss of the year, surrendering just one run on one hit, walking three and striking out two.
The Sea Dogs and Patriots play the series finale on Sunday with a 1:05 PM ET first pitch. Portland sends LHP Chris Murphy (0-1, 2.25 ERA) to the mound against Somerset RHP Jhony Brito (1-1, 1.35 ERA).
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