Sea Dogs Fall to Patriots on Friday Night
April 29, 2022 - Eastern League (EL)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
Bridgewater Township, New Jersey - Brayan Bello struck out eight over 5.2 innings in the Portland Sea Dogs (10-9) loss, 7-1 to the Somerset Patriots (12-7) on Friday at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, Township.
The Patriots broke onto the scoreboard first in the bottom of the fourth against Bello. Derek Dietrich led off the inning with a double to center. Blake Perkins stepped into the batter's box and crushed a two-run homer, giving Somerset the lead 2-0.
Somerset added to their lead in the bottom of the eighth inning against Portland reliever Jake Wallace. Anthony Volpe led off with a walk and advanced to second with a stolen base. Jeisson Rosario tripled him home in the next at-bat to make it 3-0. One out later, Derek Dietrich hit a two-run long ball, extending the Patriots lead to 5-0. Blake Perkins followed it up with a walk and Chad Bell hit the second two-run homer of the inning, increasing the lead to 7-0.
The Sea Dogs plated their first run of the game in the top of the ninth against Patriots reliever Josh Maciejewski. Pedro Castellanos led off the inning with his first triple of the season to left centerfield. In the next at-bat, Tyler Dearden walked, but Castellanos came home to score on a wild pitch, making the score 7-1. Portland couldn't muster any more offense, falling to Somerset.
Luis Medina (1-1) tossed 5.0 scoreless innings, giving up just one hit while striking out six and walking one in his first win of the year. Bello (2-2) struck out eight over 5.1 innings, surrendering two runs on three hits while walking four in his second loss of the season.
The Sea Dogs and Patriots play the penultimate game of the series on Saturday with a 6:35 PM ET first pitch. Portland sends LHP Jay Groome (1-0, 4.82 ERA) to the bump against Somerset LHP Ken Waldichuk (2-0, 1.88 ERA).
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