July 23, 2023 Sea Dogs Game Notes
July 23, 2023 - Eastern League (EL)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
DEARDEN WINS IT FOR PORTLAND IN CONTINUATION Yesterday, the Sea Dogs and Fisher Cats played the bottom of the ninth inning in a continuation from Friday's suspended game. In Friday night's game, Marcelo Mayer put Portland on the board first in the bottom of the first with an RBI triple to score Story. With Mayer's first triple of Double-A, Portland led 1-0. Corey Rosier rocketed his sixth homer of the season to right field in the bottom of the third. The leadoff solo shot made it 2-0 Portland. In the bottom of the fourth, Blaze Jordan hit a sacrifice fly to left field to score Chase Meidroth and extend the lead. Story launched a three-run blast over the Maine Monster to extend the Sea Dogs lead to 6-0. Story's homer traveled 384 feet over the left field wall at 99 MPH exit velocity.Trevor Schwecke put New Hampshire on the board in the top of the sixth with an RBI single before Rainer Nunez hit an RBI single of his own but Portland led, 6-2. New Hampshire plated four runs in the top of the ninth to tie the ballgame at six runs apiece before the game was suspended with the bases-loaded and one out on Friday evening. Ryan Miller recorded the final two outs with a pair of strikeouts before Tyler Dearden hit a walk-off home run off the first pitch he saw in the bottom of the ninth. The Sea Dogs completed the game in seven minutes on Saturday with a 7-6 win.
SEA DOGS FALL IN REGULARLY SCHEDULED CONTEST In Saturday's regularly scheduled game, Leo Jimenez put New Hampshire on top first with a leadoff solo homer in the top of the first before an RBI single from Dylan Rock made it 2-0 Fisher Cats. Nathan Hickey tied the game with his eleventh home run of the season. The two-run blast to right field scored Chase Meidroth and put the Sea Dogs on the board in the bottom of the second. Alex Binelas blasted his twelfth homer of the season in the bottom of the fifth. The solo shot to right center field put Portland on top 3-2. Meidroth hit an RBI single to score Mayer in the bottom of the sixth and double the Sea Dogs lead. Leo Jimenez hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth to score one before Trevor Schwecke hit a two-RBI single to put New Hampshire on top 5-4. An RBI double from Damiano Palmegiani capped off the four-run inning and New Hampshire took it 6-4.
CAN'T STOP TROYE Christopher Troye fired 1.0 scoreless inning in relief last night allowing just one hit while striking out two. He did not issue a walk. Troye has not allowed an earned run since June 8th and has racked up 21 strikeouts across 10.1 innings in that time frame. He is holding opposing hitters to a .188 batting average across his eleven appearances with Portland.
STILL ATOP THE STANDINGS The Sea Dogs remain in first place of the Northeast Division of the Eastern League, 3.5 games ahead of the Hartford Yard Goats and Reading Fightin Phils. Portland will face both teams once more this season in six-game series.
FINAL WEEKEND AT HADLOCK FOR A WHILE Following Sunday's game against the Fisher Cats, the Sea Dogs will embark on their second two-week roadtrip of the season. They will first travel to Richmond, Virginia to face the Richmond Flying Squirrels then to Bowie, Maryland to play the Bowie Baysox for the first time since 2019. The Sea Dogs will return to Portland on August 8th to face the Hartford Yard Goats for a six-game series.
THIS DATE IN SEA DOGS HISTORY July 23, 2019 - The Sea Dogs swept a doubleheader from Hartford, 7-2 and 1-0 at Hadlock Field. In the opener, Tate Matheny hit a three-run homer over the Maine Monster. In the nightcap, Denyi Reyes tossed 6+ scoreless on just three hits, Joey Curletta scored the lone run in the fourth.
PITCHING PREVIEW RHP Wikelman Gonzalez makes his Hadlock Field debut today for the Sea Dogs. In his Double-A debut on July 16th at Reading, he tossed 6.0 shutout innings allowing four hits while striking out nine. He only issued one walk.
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