July 10, 2022 Sea Dogs Game Notes
July 10, 2022 - Eastern League (EL)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
SIX-GAME STREAK - The Sea Dogs made it six-straight wins with an 11-5 victory over the Rumble Ponies on Saturday. The Sea Dogs started the scoring in the top of the first inning. Rafaela collected a one-out base hit and proceeded to steal second. Christian Koss reached on a throwing error, advancing Rafaela to third. Izzy Wilson brought in the first run on a base hit to center, scoring Rafaela to give the Sea Dogs a 1-0 lead. Stephen Scott got things going again with a walk and David Hamilton drove in Koss with an RBI groundout, increasing the lead to 2-0. Portland scored another run in the top of the second. Sogard and Binelas walked and Rafaela singled, loading the bases for Koss who brought home Sogard on a sacrifice fly. Binghamton brought one run back in the bottom of the second, but the Sea Dogs added three more in the top of the fourth. Sogard and Marrero both had base hits, giving way to Binelas, who cleared the bases with a three-run homer, giving Portland a 6-1. Rafaela and Wilson also collected RBI hits in the top of the sixth, increasing the advantage to 8-1. The Rumble Ponies scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth, but Portland pitching held them off, getting three insurance runs on walks in the top of the ninth, leading to an 11-5 win.
MATA MATTERS - Bryan Mata made his second start of the season last night and had another stellar outing for Portland. Mata tossed 4.0 scoreless innings allowing one run (unearned) on one hit. Despite walking five batters, he never allowed an earned run. He also struck out a season-high seven hitters. FIRST INNING SUCCESS - The Sea Dogs have secured the majority of the wins this week with early success in the game and getting on the board first. Portland has scored 17 runs in the first inning this week. They have scored 27 runs in the first three innings against the Rumble Ponies.
HOW MANY HOME RUNS - The Sea Dogs have put on quite the power display this week, recording at least one home run in every game. In total, Portland has blasted 13 homers during the five games this week in Binghamton. The homers have come from Hudson Potts, David Hamilton (2), Tyreque Reed, Tyler Dearden, Alex Binelas (2), Ceddanne Rafaela, Stephen Scott, Izzy Wilson, Nick Sogard, Christian Koss and Kole Cottam.
HAMILTON KEEPS HITTING - Hamilton has enjoyed a great start to July, but most recently, he has mounted a six-game hitting streak. Going back to July 3, Hamilton is 7-for-24 (.292) with two home runs, one double, three RBI, four walks, and three strikeouts. He has also been extremely productive once getting on base during this streak. He has stolen two bases, raising his season total to 31, and has made his way around to score 9 runs over the streak.
RUNS KEEP SCORING - Portland scored double-digit runs for the fourth time in five games this week against Binghamton. A total of 50 runs have come in to score just this week, while the pitching has held the Rumble Ponies to just 18 runs. The offensive outburst has led to a six-game streak, where they have scored double-digits four times, all in this series.
SECOND-HALF CEDDANNE - Since getting into the latter portion of the season, Cedanne Rafaela has been spectacular, to say the least. In this series, he made an appearance at number three on SportsCenter Top 10 with his home run robbing catch on Friday. Looking at his stats since July 1, Rafaela is 10-for-31 (.323) with a double, a triple, two home runs, and three RBI. Much like David Hamilton, Rafaela has been productive while running the bases. He has stolen two bags while making his way around to score eight times over the past seven games.
THIS DAY IN SEA DOGS HISTORY - July 10, 2007 - Clay Buchholz is promoted to Triple-A Pawtucket, leaving the Sea Dogs with a 7-2 record and a 1.77 ERA. At the time of his promotion, Buchholz had the second-most strikeouts in minor league baseball at 116.
PITCHING MATCHUP - RHP Brian Van Belle is set to make his fourth start for the Sea Dogs this season. He is coming off his best two outings with the team, holding the Rumble Ponies to one run on July 4, while striking out six, and on June 29, where he struck out a career-high 10, giving up three runs over 5.0 innings in relief. Van Belle has struck out six or more batters in three of his four appearances, with the only outlier being his four strikeouts in his first start with Portland on June 16.
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