Sea Dogs fall to the Mets 8-3!
Published on April 30, 2009 under Eastern League (EL1)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
(Portland, ME) The Binghamton Mets (10-8) hit two home runs and gave LHP Felix Doubront (2-1) his first Double-A loss, defeating the Portland Sea Dogs 8-3 on Thursday night at Hadlock Field in front of 3,896 fans. The Sea Dogs (9-10) took 2 of 3 from Binghamton and begin a 7-game roadtrip on Friday night in Connecticut against the Defenders.
RHP Ryan Coultas (1-1) earned his first Double-A win, giving up six hits over 5 IP. The righty fanned five and allowed one run on C Juan Apodacas solo-homer to lead-off the fifth inning. Doubront left the game in the fifth inning after a 2-run homer by CF Emmanuel Garcia (3-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, 3 SB), he surrendered seven hits and four runs over 4.1 IP. LHP Roydrick Merritt picked up his 9th save of the season, working the final 1.2 IP.
The Mets received a multi-hit game from five of nine starters and 2 RBI from Garcia and LF Josh Peterson. 2B Jonathan Malo went 2-for-3 with a solo-homer in the third inning to give Binghamton a 2-0 lead. Binghamton scored their first run on 3B Mark Kigers run-scoring single in the second inning. The Mets led 5-0 after Garcias homer in the fifth inning.
In the seventh inning with Portland trailing 5-3, LHP Dustin Richardson relieved RHP Richie Lentz and yielded a 2-run single to Peterson. The Mets added a run in the ninth inning on C Josh Tholes run-scoring single.
Apodaca, SS Argenis Diaz, 3B Jorge Jimenez and DH Jon Still all had two hits for Portland, who finished 1-for-11 with runners-in-scoring position.
Portland opens up a 7-game roadtrip on Friday night at Dodd Stadium against the Connecticut Defenders; game time is 6:35 PM. Catch all the action on the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network beginning at 6:00 PM with the CorrectDeck Pre-Game Show. Tickets for Sea Dogs Baseball at Hadlock Field can be purchased at www.seadogs.com or by calling (207) 874-9300.
Notes: Richardson picked up four strikeouts in 1.2 IP but allowed two inherited runners to scoreLF Aaron Bates has reached base safely in 11 straight gamesPortland finished the month with 101 runs in 19 games.
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