Sea Dogs Game Notes
August 15, 2007 - Eastern League (EL1)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
Portland Sea Dogs (62-56) at Trenton Thunder (71-49)
LHP Tommy Hottovy (2-8, 5.65) vs. LHP Chase Wright (4-1, 3.62)
Game #119 - Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - Waterfront Park - Trenton, NJ - 7:05 PM
TOUGH STRETCH: Portland has lost six of their last seven and had their 8-game road winning streak snapped on Tuesday night...The Sea Dogs still hold a 3.5 game lead over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, who lost last night in New Britain...Trenton has won five straight games and owns the best record in the Eastern League...Portland is 33-28 on the road - the 2nd best mark in the E.L.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: Shortstop Iggy Suarez committed a throwing error in the bottom of the 10th inning, allowing Juan Miranda to score the game-winning run as Trenton took the series opener, 4-3 from the Sea Dogs on Tuesday night. Portland fell in a 2-0 hole in the second inning on an RBI double by Cody Ehlers and a sacrifice fly by P.J. Pilittere. The Sea Dogs came right back in the top of third inning, tying the game on Bubba Bell's two-run double. Both teams scored single runs in the fourth inning, Jeff Natale gave Portland a 3-2 lead with a sacrifice fly. Gabriel Lopez tied the game with a runs-scoring double off Chris Smith. Smith worked six strong innings on six hits and three runs. Kyle Jackson suffered his eighth loss, allowing an unearned run over 1+ inning. Charlie Manning picked up the win by working a scoreless tenth.
STARTING ON THE RIGHT NOTE: Portland received a win from their starters in the first games of the month but haven't received one since...Smith had the last victory for a Portland starter on August 3 at Harrisburg...Tonight's starter Tommy Hottovy is seeking his first win since June 22 at New Hampshire.
THE 100 CLUB: Bubba Bell is second amongst all minor league players with 105 RBI between Lancaster and Portland...Chris Davis of Frisco picked up 4 RBI last night and leads Minor League Baseball with 109 RBI...Bell leads Minor League Baseball in runs scored (118) and is tied with Chris Carter of Tucson (Pacific Coast League) in hits with 158.
GIVE HIM A HIGH 10: Infielder Iggy Suarez has a season-high, 11-game hitting streak from August 2-14...Suarez is hitting .400 (18-for-45) during the streak and has raised his average 43 points since July 7...The Portland shortstop is hitting .306 since the All-Star Break with 2 home runs and 10 RBI.
HADLOCK HAPPENINGS: Next Homestand begins on Friday when the Sea Dogs host the New Britain Rock Cats (Twins affiliate)...Portland and New Britain will play a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 6:00 PM.
Last Game R H E LOB
Portland 3 5 1 7
Trenton 4 11 1 9
W: Charlie Manning (1-0)
L: Kyle Jackson (4-8)
SV: None
HR: None
GWRBI: None
Top Dogs: Smith (6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB, 4 SO), Bell (1-5, 2 RBI), Jones (2.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R)
'DOGS AT-A-GLANCE
Current Streak: L2
Overall Record: 62-56
Standing: -8.0 GB/2nd
Past Homestand: 1-5
Post All-Star: 19-13
Last 5 Games: 1-4
Last 10 Games: 4-6
August Record: 6-6
Series Record H/R: 8-7-1/9-7-2
Series Sweeps by Dogs H/R: 3/2
Series Sweeps by Opp. H/R: 3/0
Series Finales H/R: 9-7/11-7
Rubber Games H/R: 3-2/5-4
Doubleheader Record W-L-S: 2-2-5
2007 Best Mark: 61-50
2007 Worse Mark: 18-21
All-Time Record: 1,001-954
All-Time at Home: 516-458
All-Time on Road: 485-496
Red Sox Affiliate: 351-330
Transactions (DL): 51 (3)
Players Used: 43
Beyeler's Career: 422-403
Beyeler with Boston Org.: 205-199
SEA DOGS VS. TRENTON
2007 Record (H/R): 5-4 (4-0/1-4)
2006 Record: (H/R): 6-10 (4-6/2-4)
All-Time Record: 118-110
All-Time at Hadlock: 64-52
All-Time at Road: 54-58
All-Time Season Series: 5-4-4
*Portland has beaten the Thunder in two straight Northern Division Championship Series...Sea Dogs are 129-121 against affiliates of the New York Yankees...Portland is 41-39 since the two sides switched affiliations...2007 Season: Portland has dropped eight of the last 11 games at Waterfront Park...The two teams will meet six times from August 27-30.
UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Thursday, August 16 at Trenton (7:05 p.m) - RHP Justin Masterson (4-1, 2.86) vs. RHP Alan Horne (11-4, 2.74)
Friday, August 17 vs. New Britain (7:00 p.m) - RHP Michael Bowden (6-4, 4.79) vs. TBA
Saturday, August 18 vs. New Britain (6:00 p.m - DH) - RHP Felix Diaz (3-1, 4.00) vs. TBA - Game 1
TBA vs. TBA - Game 2
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/25 minute pre-game show on the road)
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