One Day After Scoring 17, Sea Dogs Lose To Fisher Cats 17-10
June 2, 2008 - Eastern League (EL1)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
(Manchester, NH) - For the fourth straight game, the Fisher Cats put up double-digits in the runs and hits columns, beating the Sea Dogs 17-10 on Monday night in Manchester, NH. With the offensive explosion Monday night, New Hampshire (21-35) earned a split of the four game series with Portland (34-22). The two teams combined for 97 runs and 136 hits in the series.
The game started off as a back-and-forth affair for the first three innings. Portland would score first thanks to Tony Granadillo's first Double-A home run with one out in the first inning. New Hampshire got on the board in the second inning off pitcher Daniel Haigwood (2-1), who made his 3rd spot start of the season. After a single and a walk, Brian Jeroloman (2-4, HR, 3 RBI) and Chris Gutierrez 3-6, 3 RBI) drove in the first two runs with back-to-back singles.
Portland would rally in the third thanks to a four-run frame. Granadillo led off by reaching on a three-base error by CF Aaron Mathews. He scored on an RBI single by Zach Daeges, followed by a single from Aaron Bates. Both Daeges and Bates would come around to score when Bubba Bell hit his team-leading 10th homerun to right field, making it 5-2 Sea Dogs.
New Hampshire wasted no time getting the lead back in the bottom of the third inning against spot-starter Daniel Haigwood (L, 2-1). With one out, Ryan Patterson doubled to left field and scored on a single from 2B Scott Campbell. The hit for Patterson was his second of the game and his 13th in 15 at-bats to that point. After DH Josh Kreuzer reached on a fielder's choice to third base, SS Ryan Klosterman (4-4, HR, 5 RBI) produced a run-scoring double. That was followed up by a Brian Jeroloman walk which ended the night for Haigwood. He would be charged with four runs, three of them earned, in the inning after Kyle Jackson came on and gave up a two-run double to 3B Chris Gutierrez. Haigwood's final line would read 2.2 IP, 6 runs, 4 earned runs, 8 hits, 3 walks and 3 strikeouts. Jackson would fare no better than Haigwood, however. After getting the final out in the third, he pitched another two innings, giving seven runs (five earned) on six hits and four walks.
Potent throughout the series, New Hampshire's offense was particularly impressive on Monday. They finished the game with 23 hits and had multiple hits in every inning. Patterson finished the game with Portland's offense was good enough, once again, to get a win on most nights. The Dogs finished with 15 hits, led by another great game from Tony Granadillo (3-5, HR, 2 RBI; 8-game hitting streak). But, the pitching staff struggled again. Haigwood, Jackson, Miguel Asencio (1.0ip, 1er) and Chad Rhoades (2.0ip, 3er) all gave up runs in the contest. In the series, only two Sea Dogs pitchers had had scoreless outings: Beau Vaughan worked three scoreless in Friday night's victory and Rhoades had 1.1 scoreless on Sunday.
Portland now comes home to begin a six-game homestand Tuesday night with the Erie Sea Wolves. RHP Michael Bowden (4-3, 2.20) will face Erie's Jon Connolly (0-4, 6.05). First pitch is scheduled for 6:00pm. Join Mike Antonellis with pre-game coverage beginning at 5:40pm on the US Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network.
Notes: New Hampshire's 23 hits were the most allowed by the Sea Dogs in a single game in team history...With an RBI-single in the third inning, Zach Daeges extended his on-base streak to 32 games, best in the Eastern League this season...Portland's team ERA began the series at 3.34 and finished the series at 3.90...New Hampshire raised their team batting average 14 points during the 4-game set.
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