Portland Plagued by Errors in 13-6 Loss
August 30, 2023 - Eastern League (EL)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
Portland, Maine- The Portland Sea Dogs (26-27, 66-57) drop second straight with 13-6 loss to the Somerset Patriots (32-21, 74-47) on Wednesday night.
Blaze Jordan recorded his sixth double at the Double-A level before Matthew Lugo launched his sixth homer of the season. Alex Erro recorded his first hit and RBI in Double-A.
Somerset took the 2-0 lead in the top of the first after Elijah Dunham scored on a throwing error by the catcher before an RBI single from Josh Breaux.
Blaze Jordan tied the game with a two-RBI double (6) in the bottom of the first inning.
Corey Rosier put the Sea Dogs on top in the bottom of the second with an RBI single to score Tyler McDonough.
Lugo hit a leadoff solo homer in the bottom of the fourth to record his fifth of the season and double the Portland lead. McDonough grounded into a double play but allowed enough time for Alex Binelas to score and extend the 5-2 Portland lead.
Ben Rice hit a solo homer in the top of the fifth to put Somerset within two.
Erro hit an RBI single to record his first hit at the Double-A level in the bottom of the sixth and extend the 6-3 lead.
Somerset capitalized with a six-run top of the seventh after an RBI single from Rice along with a grand slam by Spencer Jones would make it 8-6 Patriots. An error would score the sixth run and Somerset led 9-6.
A pair of runs would score for the Patriots in the top of the eighth after an RBI double from Rice scored Max Burt. Rice would score on a throwing error by Erro and extend the 11-6 lead.
Rice hit his second homer of the game in the top of the ninth. The two-run blast made it 13-6 Patriots.
Somerset reliever RHP Carlos Gomez (1-0, 3.00 ERA) earned the win after pitching 2.0 innings allowing one run on one hit while walking one and striking out one. Jack Neely (2) was awarded the hold after 2.0 shutout innings with three strikeouts. He did not issue a walk. The loss was issued to Portland reliever RHP Ryan Zeferjahn (0-4, 5.17 ERA) after pitching 0.2 innings allowing six runs on five hits. He did not issue a walk.
The Sea Dogs return to Hadlock Field tomorrow, August 31st, 2023 for game three of a six-game series against the Somerset Patriots. First pitch for game three is slated for 6:00pm. Portland will start RHP Angel Bastardo (0-0, 4.50 ERA) while Somerset will give the ball to RHP Drew Thorpe (3-0, 1.29 ERA).
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