Game Notes Sea Dogs Staring Pitcher - #21 Rhp Andrew Politi
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@PortlandSeaDogs Game One Portland Sea Dogs vs. Portland Sea Dogs New Hampshire Fisher Cats Location: Portland, Maine Location: Hartford, Conneticut New Hampshire Fisher Cats Stadium: Hadlock Field Stadium: Dunkin' Donuts Park May 4, 2021 at 6:00pm Manager: Corey Wimberly Manager: Cesar Martin Watch: MiLB.TV MLB Affiliate: Boston Red Sox MLB Affiliate: Toronto Blue Jays May 4, 2021 Listen: Sea Dogs Radio Network built by General Dynamics NEL Division: Eastern Division NEL Division: Eastern Division Current Streak............................................................ Starting Pitcher Matchup Longest Win Streak.................................................. New Hampshire - LHP Zach Logue (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Overall Record.......................................................0-0 vs First Half......................................................................... Portland - RHP Andrew Politi (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Second Half................................................................... Standing...............................................T-1st, -0.0 GB IT'S BEEN HOW LONG?: The Portland Sea Dogs are back in action after 610 days Last 5 Games..........................................................0-0 have passed since the final out was recorded in 2019. Last 10 Games........................................................0-0 Series Record H/R....................................................... WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN: After an initial delay, the entire Minor League Baseball Series Sweeps by Dogs H/R................................... season was cancelled due to COVID-19. What used to be known as the Eastern Series Sweeps by Opp. H/R.................................... Series Finales H/R...................................................... League was then renamed The Northeast League. The Sea Dogs are now in the Rubber Games H/R................................................... Northeast Division of the Northeast Leauge. Extra Innings H/R....................................................... Postponements........................................................... NEW FACES: 21 Sea Dogs will be making their Hadlock Field debut including DH Record W-L-S......................................................... tonight's starting pitcher, Andrew Politi. The Somerset Patriots are also new around 2021 Best Record First Half................................... 2021 Best Record Second Half............................. town as they are the new Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees in the Northeast Worst Overall Mark...................................................... League. The Sea Dogs will face the Patriots for the first time June 22nd at Hadlock All-Time Record....................................1,802-1,864 Field. All-Time at Home........................................938-893 All-Time on Road........................................864-971 FAMILIAR FACES: Eight Sea Dogs will be familiar faces to fans as they make their Red Sox Affiliate.....................................1156-1242 return to Portland; Kutter Crawford, Durbin Feltman, Matt Kent, Dominic LoBrutto, Transactions (DL).....................................................0 Players Used................................................................. Denyi Reyes and Zach Schellenger. Wimberly’s Career......................................104-108 TOP DOGS: Four of Baseball America's Top-30 Prospects are on Portland's roster. ON THE HOMESTAND: This includes overall #1 prospect Triston Casas who spent 2019 with Greenville and Games ............................................................................. Record............................................................................. Salem. The remaining prospects include right-handed pitcher Thaddeus Ward (#10), Average .......................................................................... outfielder Jeisson Rosario (#20) and right-handed pitcher Andrew Politi (#27). Runs-Per-Game .......................................................... Home Runs................................................................... AGAINST THE OPPONENT: The Fisher Cats boast six top prospects on Opening RISP................................................................................. Day with the Sea Dogs set to face Woods-Richardson on Wednesday; INF/OF Austin Fielding Errors ............................................................ ERA ................................................................................... Martin (No. 2, MLB No. 18), SS/3B Jordan Groshans (No. 3, MLB No. 38), RHP Simeon SP W-L, ERA .................................................................. Woods Richardson (No. 4, MLB No. 77), C Gabriel Moreno (No. 7), INF/OF Otto Lopez RP W-L-SV, ERA ................................................................. (No. 11), OF Chavez Young (No. 29) Save Opportunities �������������������������������������������������� Holds ............................................................................... SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION: Follow the Sea Dogs on Twitter: @PortlandSeaDogs... SEA DOGS VS. NEW HAMPSHIRE Connect on Facebook and Instagram...Media requests to 2019 Record..................................................11-9 Emma Tiedemann at 207-874-9300 or [email protected]. 2018 Record.........................................................11-11 All-Time Record...............................................199-178 All-Time/Hadlock Field...................................103-73 All-Time/at New Hampshire........................96-105 All-Time Season Series (W/L/S)....................8-5-2 UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS DATE OPPONENT SEA DOGS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME May 5, 2021 New Hampshire Fisher Cats Frank German Simeon Woods-Richardson 6:00pm May 6, 2021 New Hampshire Fisher Cats Josh Winckowski Elvis Luciano 6:00pm May 7, 2021 New Hampshire Fisher Cats Thad Ward Kyle Johnston 6:00pm May 8, 2021 New Hampshire Fisher Cats Kutter Crawford Maximo Castillo 1:00pm Listen Live on the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Sea Dogs Radio Network, Tunein App and MiLB.TV ROSTER MOVES: HOME AWAY OVERALL OVERALL 0-0 0-0 0-0 FIRST HALF 0-0 0-0 0-0 SECOND HALF 0-0 0-0 0-0 AROUND THE RED SOX ORGANIZATION NIGHT 0-0 0-0 0-0 *Boston Red Sox (17-12, 1st Place in the AL East DAY 0-0 0-0 0-0 *Worcester Red Sox (0-0) – Starts season at Buffalo in Trenton, VS. LHP STARTER 0-0 0-0 0-0 NJ VS. RHP STARTER 0-0 0-0 0-0 *Greenville Drive (0-0) – Kicks the season off at 7:05pm versus ‘DOGS SCORE FIRST 0-0 0-0 0-0 the Bowling Green Hot Rods OPPONENTS SCORE FIRST 0-0 0-0 0-0 *Salem Red Sox (0-0) – Begins the 2021 season on the road SCORING 4+ RUNS 0-0 0-0 0-0 against the Delmarva Shorebirds SCORING <=3 RUNS 0-0 0-0 0-0 LEAD AFTER 5TH 0-0 0-0 0-0 LEAD AFTER 6TH 0-0 0-0 0-0 HADLOCK HAPPENINGS: Opening Day kicks off the season TIED AFTER 6TH 0-0 0-0 0-0 tonight then tomorrow the first 500 fans in the gates receive a TRAIL AFTER 6TH 0-0 0-0 0-0 LEAD AFTER 7TH 0-0 0-0 0-0 Bobby Dalbec Home Run counter. TIED AFTER 7TH 0-0 0-0 0-0 TRAIL AFTER 7TH 0-0 0-0 0-0 RADIO & TV COVERAGE: Sea Dogs Radio Network built by LEAD AFTER 8TH 0-0 0-0 0-0 General Dynamics Bath Iron Works: WPEI 95.9 FM & WPPI 95.5 TIED AFTER 8TH 0-0 0-0 0-0 FM (Portland/Topsham)...MILB.TV will carry all 60 home games TRAIL AFTER 8TH 0-0 0-0 0-0 this season and selected road contests...Play-by-play with EXTRA INNINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 Emma Tiedemann DOUBLEHEADER GAMES 0-0 0-0 0-0 SHUTOUTS 0-0 0-0 0-0 ONE-RUN GAMES 0-0 0-0 0-0 TWO-RUN GAMES 0-0 0-0 0-0 THREE-RUN GAMES 0-0 0-0 0-0 GAMES DECIDED LAST AT-BAT 0-0 0-0 0-0 RECORD BATTING AROUND 0-0 0-0 0-0 WHEN HITTING A HOME RUN 0-0 0-0 0-0 OPPONENT HOME RUN 0-0 0-0 0-0 COMMITTING AN ERROR 0-0 0-0 0-0 OPPONENT ERROR 0-0 0-0 0-0 VS. NORTHEAST DIVISION 0-0 0-0 0-0 BINGHAMTON 0-0 0-0 0-0 HARTFORD 0-0 0-0 0-0 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0-0 0-0 0-0 READING 0-0 0-0 0-0 SOMERSET 0-0 0-0 0-0 VS. SOUTHWEST DIVISION 0-0 0-0 0-0 AKRON 0-0 0-0 0-0 ALTOONA 0-0 0-0 0-0 BOWIE 0-0 0-0 0-0 ERIE 0-0 0-0 0-0 HARRISBURG 0-0 0-0 0-0 RICHMOND 0-0 0-0 0-0 MONDAY 0-0 0-0 0-0 TUESDAY 0-0 0-0 0-0 WEDNESDAY 0-0 0-0 0-0 THURSDAY 0-0 0-0 0-0 FRIDAY 0-0 0-0 0-0 SATURDAY 0-0 0-0 0-0 SUNDAY 0-0 0-0 0-0 MAY 0-0 0-0 0-0 JUNE 0-0 0-0 0-0 JULY 0-0 0-0 0-0 AUGUST 0-0 0-0 0-0 SEPTEMBER 0-0 0-0 0-0 SEA DOGS GAME NOTES SEA DOGS STARING PITCHER - #21 RHP ANDREW POLITI HEIGHT: 6'0" WEIGHT: 193 AGE: 24 BORN: 6/4/1996 LONG VALLEY, NJ DOUBLE-A: Debut ACQUIRED: Selected in the 15th Round of the 2018 MLB Draft Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO vs. OPP: HOME: 2018 Lowell 1-1 4.34 21 0 0 0 29.0 30 15 14 2 10 43 vs. LHB: ROAD: 2019 Salem 5-2 3.55 33 5 0 0 78.2 56 37 31 4 37 96 vs. RHB: WHIP: 2020 Did not play RISP: GO/AO: LAST TIME OUT: 8/30/19 vs. Carolina; Tossed 4.1 innings allowing two 2021 SEASON LOG runs on three hits while walking three and striking out seven. GAME DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO P/K ERA 2021 SEASON: Named Carolina League Pitcher of the Week in August 2019 (8/19-25) after allowing 0 ER in 9.0 IP over 2 starts (1 R, 2 BB, 10 SO)... Each of his final 3 appearances of 2019 was a start (0.76 ERA, 2 ER/23.2 IP). FACING NEW HAMPSHIRE: N/A CAREER WITH PORTLAND: This will be his Portland debut FUN FACTS: Graduated in 2014 from West Morris Central High School in Chester, NJ...Threw a no-hitter as a senior, when he posted a 0.94 ERA. LOOK BACK AT 2019: CAREER/PERSONAL NOTES: Ranked by Baseball America as Red Sox' #27 prospect...Enters his 4th professional season, his 1st in Major League Spring Training camp... Has held LHH to a .222 AVG/.695 OPS (3 HR) and RHH to a .214 AVG/.599 OPS (3 HR)...49 of his 54 appearances have come in relief...Owns a 1.27 ERA as a starter (3 ER/21.1 IP)... Pitched at Seton Hall University (2015-18), earning the school’s Academic Merit Award for graduating with a 3.2 or better cumulative GPA.