EL Portland Sea Dogs

May 1, 2024 Sea Dogs Game Notes

Published on May 1, 2024 under Eastern League (EL)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release


SEA DOGS VICTORIOUS IN SERIES OPENER The Portland Sea Dogs defeated the Reading Fightin Phils 9-6 in series opener on Tuesday night. Portland capitalized early with five runs coming home to score in the first inning. Roman Anthony reached with a leadoff walk before Marcelo Mayer doubled (7) to put two on. Kyle Teel drove them in with his second double of the season to put Portland on the board. A pair of bases-loaded walks would score two more before Anthony reached on an error to the shortstop with the bases loaded to drive in another. Portland scored five runs on two hits after sending eleven to the plate. Marcus Lee Sang countered to put Reading on the board in the top of the second with a two-run shot to center field but Portland held a 5-2 lead. Paulino singled in the bottom of the second to drive in Nick Yorke who reached on a walk to give Portland a four-run advantage. In the bottom of the third, a single from Jordan would score Mayer who reached on an error to the left fielder.Portland executed the double steal in the bottom of the sixth to manufacture a run. Nick Decker stole second (3) while Gasper stole home (1) and Portland led, 8-2. Paulino would plate another run in the bottom of the eighth with his second RBI single of the day to bring home Gasper. Lee Sang rallied in the top of the ninth with two outs by hitting his second homer of the day to right center field but Portland held on to take game one, 9-3.

SCORCHING SERIES FOR BLAZE Blaze Jordan's scorching week has earned him Eastern League Player of the Week honors for the week of April 22nd-28th. Jordan, a first and third baseman for the Sea Dogs, hit .444 (12-for-28) in six games for Portland during the week where he collected four doubles, two home runs, and 8 RBI. Jordan led the league with 22 total bases, 8 RBI, and tied for first with four doubles. He ranked second in average (.444), runs scored (5), slugging percentage (.815), and tied for second with two home runs. He also ranked third in the league in OPS (1.244). It marks the second consecutive week a Sea Dogs player earned Eastern League Player of the Week honors. Sea Dogs' outfielder Matthew Lugo earned the honor last week (April 15th-21st) when he hit .438 with three doubles, a triple, a home run, three runs scored, and 10 RBI. He led the league in doubles (3), RBI (10), Slugging Percentage (.938), and OPS (1.509). He ranked second in the league in walks (five), third in average (.438), and third in OBP (.571). Lugo has hit safely in six straight games. Jordan collected multi-hit games in five of the six last week and has a nine-game hit streak. In 17 games this season, Jordan is hitting .265 with 10 runs scored, six doubles, two home runs, and 13 RBI. The 21-year-old is ranked as the #19 prospect in the Red Sox organization by MLB.com. He was selected by the Red Sox in the third round (89th overall) in the 2020 First-Year Player Draft.

SEA DOGS STREAKS Three Sea Dogs are currently riding streaks coming into today. Matthew Lugo is riding an eleven-game hit streak coming into today. Lugo has gone 13-41 with six runs, one triple, four doubles, four home runs, fifteen RBI, seven walks, and thirteen strikeouts. Blaze Jordan is also riding a ten-game streak while going 16- 42 at the plate with eight runs, four doubles, two homers, ten RBI, two walks, and four strikeouts. Mickey Gasper is additionally riding a fourteen-game on-base streak coming into today. Across those fourteen games, he has tallied three doubles, two homers, two RBI, eleven walks, and eight strikeouts to record a .295 average during that span.

BOLDEN AND BRAND FOR THE BULLPEN RHP Caleb Bolden was promoted to Portland prior to the series opener with Reading. Prior to his promotion, Bolden pitched in eight games for the Drive where he earned a 3-0 record with three saves. Over 13.0 innings, he did not allow an earned run while allowing just two hits and six walks while striking out twenty. Opponents hit just.136 against the right hander. RHP Jonathan Brand was promoted from High-A Greenville prior to Thursday night's game in Hartford. Brand pitched in six games with the Drive prior to his promotion where he tossed 11.2 innings allowing one run on eight hits while walking three and striking out eighteen. He held opponenets to a .186 average against him.

PROMISING PROSPECTS IN PORTLAND The top three prospects in Boston's system (according to MLB.com and Baseball America) will begin the season in Portland with Marcelo Mayer (1), Roman Anthony (2), and Kyle Teel (3) headling the Opening Day Roster. In total, the current Sea Dogs roster boasts nine of Boston's Top 30 Prospects according to MLB.com with Wikelman Gonzalez (5), Nick Yorke (6), Blaze Jordan (19), Eddinson Paulino (22), Hunter Dobbins (25), and Angel Bastardo (26) completing thr group.

THIS DAY IN SEA DOGS HISTORY: May 1, 2013 - Matt Barnes fanned 10 over 6 IP, leading the Sea Dogs to a 2-1 win at Reading...Barnes yielded only 3 hits, one run and two walks.

PITCHING PREVIEW LHP Helcris Olivarez will take the mound for game two of the series. Olivarez faced Reading in his Double-A debut on 4/13 in game one of a doubleheader where he tossed 1.2 innings allowing one run on one hit while walking five and striking out three. He held Reading to a .167 average. Olivarez last pitched on 4/25 against the Yard Goats where he tossed 5.0 scoreless innings allowing one hit while walking five and striking out six.

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