EL1 Portland Sea Dogs

Sea Dogs Game Notes

Published on July 2, 2007 under Eastern League (EL1)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release


Portland Sea Dogs (40-38) vs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats (43-37)

LHP Tommy Hottovy (2-7, 4.63) vs. LHP Eric Fowler (1-1, 7.45)

Game #79 - Monday, July 2, 2007 - Hadlock Field - Portland, ME - 7:00 p.m.

'DOGS SCRATCHED BY THE 'CATS: The Sea Dogs and Fisher Cats play the third of four from Hadlock Field tonight...New Hampshire's win yesterday has put them two games ahead of the Sea Dogs for second place in the Northern Division...Portland and New Hampshire finished the month of June at 15-15.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: Michael Bowden (3-4) held the Fisher Cats to only 1 hit thru the first 4 innings, and looked like he was going to be unbeatable. However, in the 5th inning, Ryan Patterson led off the inning with his seventh home run of the year. The Cats would tack on two additional runs in the frame, as Dustin Majewski and Aaron Mathews picked up RBIs. Bowden left after the 5th, giving up those three runs on 5 hits and 5 strikeouts. In the 8th, Andrew Pinckney and Jay Johnson would pick up Portland's lone RBIs in the game, as the Dogs fell by a final of 5-2. Ismael Ramirez (1-0) was spectacular as he fired 7 innings of shutout ball, to earn his first victory of the season. Tracy Thorpe hurled the final 1.1 innings to pick up his fourth save of the year.

JUNE WRAPUP: The Sea Dogs went 15-15 during June, hitting .271 and compiling a 3.53 team ERA...Buchholz was 4-1, 1.69 is six starts, fanning 46 in 34 innings...Jed Lowrie led the team in hitting with a .333 average and smacked 11 doubles and 4 triples...Eric Crozier led the team with four home runs and Jeff Natale knocked in 22 runs, playing in all 30 games.

CLUTCH? NOT SO MUCH!: The Sea Dogs have left 20 runners on base through the first two games of the series...They have also hit a paltry .053 (1-for-19) with runners-in-scoring position in the first two games against New Hampshire...Andrew Pinckney picked up the lone hit with RISP yesterday, as he drove Jeff Corsaletti in from 2nd base in the bottom of the 8th inning.

THE BUCK IS NOT STOPPING HERE: Clay Buchholz established a franchise record by striking out 46 batters in June...Earlier today, Buchholz was named the Eastern League's Pitcher of the Week, by going 1-0, 0.79 in two starts and fanning 15...Charlie Zink was selected as the E.L Pitcher of the week last week, marking the third time in franchise history that Sea Dogs pitchers earned the honor in consecutive weeks...Jonathan Papelbon and Jon Lester (June 27th- July 3rd and July 4th- July 10th, 2005)...Josh Beckett and Hansel Izquierdo (August 13th-August 19th and August 20th- August 26th, 2001)

HADLOCK HAPPENINGS! Today: Team Photo Night, Tomorrow: Fireworks presented by Jolly John...US Cellular Mini-Flag Giveaway

Last Game R H E LOB

New Hampshire 3 4 3 6

Portland 1 4 1 12

W: Jesse Carlson (5-1)

L: T.J. Nall (3-10)

SV: Tracy Thorpe (3)

HR: None

GWRBI: David Smith

Top Dogs: Buchholz (5 IP, 0 H, 0 R), Natale (1-3, 2B, 2 BB), Borowiak (1-3, BB, RS)

'DOGS AT-A-GLANCE

Current Streak: L2

Overall Record: 40-38

Standing: -8.0GB/3rd

Homestand: 3-4

37-game stretch in New England:11-10

Last 5 Games: 2-3

Last 10 Games: 5-5

July Record: 0-1

Series Record H/R: 6-3-1/4-6-2

Series Sweeps by Dogs H/R: 2/0

Series Sweeps by Opp. H/R: 1/0

Series Finales H/R: 7-3/7-5

Rubber Games H/R: 2-0/3-3

2007 Best Mark: 3x, Last, 39-35

2007 Worse Mark: 18-21

All-Time Record: 979-936

All-Time at Home: 508-447

All-Time on Road: 471-489

Red Sox Affiliate: 329-312

Transactions (DL): 32

Players Used: 35

Beyeler's Career: 400-385

Beyeler with Boston Org.: 183-181

SEA DOGS VS. FISHER CATS

2007 Record (H/R): 7-6 (3-3/4-3)

2006 Record: (H/R): 12-14 (6-6/6-8)

All-Time Record: 45-36

All-Time at Hadlock: 19-17

All-Time at Road: 26-19

All-Time Season Series: 1-2-0

*Portland clinched a playoff spot in 2006 by beating the Fisher Cats in Game 1 of a doubleheader on the final day of the season at Hadlock Field - Game 2 was not played...Sea Dogs are 56-32 All-Time against affiliates of the Blue Jays 2007: Portland has played just one series against New Hampshire at Hadlock Field...The 'Dogs took 2 of 3 from the 'Cats on April 27- 29...Dustin Majewski has hit three home runs against the Sea Dogs.

UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS

Tuesday, July 3 vs. New Hampshire (6:00 p.m) - LHP Daniel Haigwood (2-4, 4.50) vs. RHP Kyle Yates (5-4, 4.40)

Wednesday, July 4 at New Britain (4:05 p.m - DH) - LHP Andrew Dobies (3-2, 7.43) vs. TBA - Game 1 RHP T.J. Nall (3-10, 5.04) vs. TBA - Game 2

Thursday, July 5 at New Britain (7:05 p.m) - RHP Charlie Zink (8-2, 2.59) vs. TBA - Game 1

All Games Broadcast on AM-1490 WBAE/AM-1400 WVAE and the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network - online at www.seadogs.com Play-by-play: Mike Antonellis/Studio Host: Mike Snow (20 minute pre-game show at Hadlock and 25 minute minutes on the road)

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