Portland is 11-6 in their last 17 road games after latest win
Published on July 25, 2008 under Eastern League (EL1)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
(Trenton, NJ) - The Portland Sea Dogs (55-46) scored an unearned run in the top of the ninth inning to beat the Trenton Thunder (64-40) 2-1, Friday night, in front of 7,209 at Waterfront Park.
Mickey Hall ignited the rally, reaching base on a strikeout-passed ball with one out. With two outs, Tony Granadillo lined a single to right field but a fielding error by RF Edwar Gonzalez allowed the game-winning run to score. Granadillo finished 2-for-3 and blasted a solo-homer to give Portland a 1-0 lead in the fifth.
Richie Lentz (1-0) earned his first Double-A win, working out of a bases-loaded one out jam in the eighth. Lentz walked three but fanned Chris Malec and Colin Curtis to end the frame. Beau Vaughan converted his 14th save of the season with a perfect ninth.
Anthony Claggett (2-1) suffered the loss, hurling three innings on one hit and one run (unearned) for the Thunder.
The big news of the night came off the field. Trenton starter Phil Coke fanned the side in the first inning and was lifted for Eric Wordekemper. Coke, George Kontos (Saturday's starter for Trenton), Ross Ohlendorf (former Thunder pitcher) and Jose Tabata (on Trenton's DL) were traded by the New York Yankees to the Pittsburgh Pirates for OF Xavier Nady and LHP Damaso Marte. Trenton will host Altoona (Pirates affiliate) in their next series.
Wordekemper fanned five over three scoreless innings on two hits. Kevin Whelan allowed the Granadillo homer and worked two frames on two hits and two strikeouts.
Portland starter Adam Mills pitched five strong innings with his only blemish coming in the fifth inning on Jason Cooper's two-out, run-scoring single. Mills scattered three hits and fanned three. LHP Daniel Haigwood fired two scoreless frames in relief of Haigwood and recorded two strikeouts.
The Sea Dogs are 7.5 games behind the Thunder for the top spot in the Northern Division. On Saturday night the two teams play game two of their series starting at 7:05 PM. Catch all the action on the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network beginning at 6:40 PM.
Notes...Trenton's pitchers combined for 13 strikeouts...Adam Mills has worked at least five innings in all five Double-A starts...Beau Vaughan leads the Red Sox system with 14 saves.
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