Portland 8-0 Winners Over The Rock Cats
April 13, 2010 - Eastern League (EL1)
New Britain Rock Cats News Release
NEW BRITAIN, CT - For the first time of the season, New Britain managed to escape the first inning unscathed. The wheels fell off in the later innings, though, as Portland broke out for five runs in the sixth and went on to blank the Rock Cats, 8-0 on Tuesday night. The Rock Cats are still in search of the first victory of the 2010 season.
Things starting off promising from a pitching stand point in the early going. Rock Cats' right hander David Bromberg, making his Double A debut, walked the first batter he faced before allowing a base hit up the middle to Che-Hsuan Lin to put runners on first and second with no outs. Bromberg forced Nate Spears into a double play and struck out Luis Exposito to put a zero up on the scoreboard in the top of the first for the first time this year.
From that point, the game turned into a pitcher's duel between Bromberg and Felix Doubront.
Doubront blanked the Rock Cats through four innings, allowing three hits. He struck out six. Meanwhile, Bromberg turned in an impressive first start as he scattered three hits over five shutout innings. He walked two and struck out two before turning the ball over to the bullpen.
The Sea Dogs battered Rock Cats' reliever Joe Testa around for five runs (4 ER) on four hits in the sixth. Testa (0-1) hit the first batter he faced, Lin, before allowing four consecutive singles, including RBI singles to Exposito and Lars Anderson. With the bases loaded, a throwing error by second baseman Steve Singleton allowed two more runs to cross home plate for the 4-0 advantage. Chih-Hsien Chiang added a sacrifice fly RBI.
Portland tacked on two more runs in the top of the eighth on back-to-back RBI doubles by Ray Chang and Chiang.
Tommy Hottovy (1-0) picked up the win with three shutout innings in relief for Portland. He struck out five.
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