Portland Sea Dogs (60-45) at New Hampshire Fisher Cats (49-54)
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@PortlandSeaDogs Games 106 & 106 Portland Sea Dogs (60-45) at Portland Sea Dogs New Hampshire Fisher Cats Location: Portland, Maine Location: Manchester, NH New Hampshire Fisher Cats (49-54) Stadium: Hadlock Field Stadium: Delta Dental Stadium September 5, 2021 12:05pm at Delta Dental Stadi- Manager: Corey Wimberly Manager: Cesar Martin Watch: MiLB.TV MLB Affiliate: Boston Red Sox MLB Affiliate:Toronto Blue Jays September 5, 2021 Listen: Sea Dogs Radio Network built by General Dynamics NEL Division: Northeast Division NEL Division: Eastern Division Overall Record..................................................60-45 Starting Pitcher Matchup Current Streak......................................................4W Portland: RHP Andrew Politi & LHP Chris Murphy Longest Win Streak......................15G (7/4-7/23) vs. Standing......................................................2nd (-1.5) New Hampshire: RHP Jeremy Beasley & Maximo Castillo Last 5 Games...........................................................4-1 Last 10 Games......................................................5-5 SEA DOGS WIN FOURTH STRAIGHT - The Portland Sea Dogs continued their winning Record H/R..................................................3-4/4-1-2 ways last night with a 7-1 victory over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Triston Casas Series Sweeps by Dogs H/R.....................1-0/1-0 mashed two more home runs, while Jay Groome was dominant in his first Double-A start Series Sweeps by Opp. H/R.................................... for Portland. Groome cruised through 5.0 innings allowing just two hits. The Fisher Cats' Series Finales H/R........................................4-4/4-3 lone run of the game came in the bottom of the ninth inning with a bases loaded single Rubber Games H/R.................................................... by Vinny Capra. Extra Innings H/R.........................................1-2/1-1 Postponements......................................................11 CASAS CONTINUES TO SMASH BASEBALLS - Triston Casas connected for two more long DH Record W-L-S...............................................4-2-3 balls last night at Delta Dental Stadium. He hit a two-run blast in the third inning then Worst Overall Mark...................................................... again in his final at-bat in the top of the ninth inning. Both came with two-outs. Casas has All-Time Record....................................1,860-1,908 hit five home runs in his last ten at-bats. In his last five games, Casas is 8-for-17 (.471) with All-Time at Home........................................967-916 five home runs, 11 RBI, 4 walks and only two strikeouts. He is slashing .571/1.353/1.924. All-Time on Road........................................893-993 Red Sox Affiliate.....................................1214-1287 JAY GROOME DAZZLES IN DOUBLE-A DEBUT - Jay Groome set the tone for the game in Transactions (IL).....................................................93 this bottom of the first inning, striking out the side. He tossed 5.0 shutout innings allowing Players Used............................................................52 just two hits while striking out a career-high 10 batters. He did not issue a walk. A member Wimberly’s Career......................................162-153 of the Red Sox' 40-man roster, he began the season ranked by Baseball America as one of the Red Sox’ top 10 prospects in 2017 (No. 3), 2018 (No. 1), 2019 (No. 4), 2020 (No. 8), and ON THE ROADTRIP: 2021 (No. 6). Also ranked by Baseball America as having the best curveball among Red Sox Games ..........................................................................5 minor leaguers entering the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Groome began the 2021 season with Postponements .......................................................1 A+ Greenville Drive Record......................................................................4-1 Average ..................................................................259 HERNANDEZ HITTING STREAK COMES TO AN END - Ronaldo Hernandez' hitting streak Runs-Per-Game .......................................................7 ended last night with an 0-for-5 showing at the plate. His streak ends at 13 games, the Home Runs ................................................................7 second-longest of the year for the Sea Dogs. During that time he was batting .469 (23- Fielding Errors .........................................................0 for-49) with 11 doubles, three home runs and 14 RBI. He drew one walk and struck out 11 ERA ..........................................................................4.29 times. Hernandez had an on-base percentage of .509. SP W-L, ERA .................................................3-1, 4.73 RP W-L-SV, ERA .............................................1-0-2, 4.23 OTHER ACTIVE STREAKS - Rio Gomez and Joan Martinez continued their scoreless Save Opportunities �������������������������������������������2-2 streaks last night. LHP Rio Gomez has not allowed a run in his last 14 appearances Holds ............................................................................1 spanning 22.0 innings with only 13 hits and 24 strikeouts. RHP Joan Martinez has not allowed a run in his last nine games (11.0 innings) while allowing seven hits and striking out 13. ON THE MOUND - RHP Andrew Politi and LHP Chris Murphy will start this afternoon for the Sea Dogs. Politi will start game one and has made 7 starts against New Hampshire this season. He is 1-4 with 6.99 ERA and pitched 28.1 innings allowing 22 earned runs on 32 hits while walking 21 and striking out 31. The Fisher Cats are batting .276 against him. Murphy last pitched 8/31 at New Hampshire. He tossed 5.0 innings allowing five earned runs on five hits while walking career-high five and striking out 11. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS DATE OPPONENT SEA DOGS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Sunday, September 5 New Hampshire Fisher Cats RHP Andrew Politi (5-9, 6.78 ERA) RHP Jeremy Beasley (1-1, 3.00 ERA) 12:05pm Sunday, September 5 New Hampshire Fisher Cats LHP Chris Murphy (2-2, 4.73) RHP Maximo Castillo (11-4, 5.01 ERA) Monday, September 6 OFF DAY Tuesday, September 7 Binghamton Rumble Ponies TBA TBA 6:00pm Wednesday, September 8 Binghamton Rumble Ponies TBA TBA 6:00pm Listen Live on the WPEI Sea Dogs Radio Network built by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and MiLB.TV Boston Red Sox Farm System HOME AWAY OVERALL Affiliate Record Standing OVERALL 29-21 31-18 60-45 Boston Red Sox (MLB) 78-57 3rd in AL East NIGHT 24-18 28-15 52-34 Yesterday W 8-5 vs Cleveland DAY 6-3 2-2 8-5 The roster depth is being tested and so were the Red Sox in the seventh inning, VS. LHP STARTER 3-4 2-1 5-5 but they rebounded with an impressive 8-5 victory over the Cleveland Indians on VS. RHP STARTER 26-18 29-16 55-33 Friday night at Fenway Park. The month of September is likely going to be a wild ‘DOGS SCORE FIRST 14-2 18-8 32-10 ride to the finish. Hunter Renfroe hit a three-run homer and Kyle Schwarber had a OPPONENTS SCORE FIRST 15-19 13-10 28-29 tiebreaking, two-run double during Boston’s five-run seventh inning that carried the Red Sox to their third straight victory. SCORING 4+ RUNS 28-7 24-6 52-13 SCORING <=3 RUNS 0-14 7-12 7-26 Affiliate Record Standing LEAD AFTER 5TH 18-2 21-4 39-6 LEAD AFTER 6TH 21-3 23-4 43-7 Worcester Red Sox (AAA) 58-47 3rd in Triple A East TIED AFTER 6TH 2-1 0-2 2-3 Yesterday W 4-2 vs Rochester RedWings TRAIL AFTER 6TH 3-17 9-13 12-30 The Worcester Red Sox (58-47) clinched a series victory against the Rochester Red LEAD AFTER 7TH 24-2 24-2 48-4 Wings (43-59) on Friday night, a 4-2 victory at Frontier Field. The WooSox scored four runs in the first three innings, all the offense they would eventually need in TIED AFTER 7TH 3-2 2-1 5-3 the team’s 10th win in 11 games. In the second, Franchy Cordero doubled then TRAIL AFTER 7TH 2-16 5-16 7-31 moved to third on a groundout to the right side. Johan Mieses was next, and he LEAD AFTER 8TH 25-2 22-1 47-3 cracked a sac-fly to center to put Worcester on top 1-0. TIED AFTER 8TH 0-4 0-1 0-5 TRAIL AFTER 8TH 1-15 3-15 4-30 Affiliate Record Standing EXTRA INNINGS 1-2 1-1 2-3 Greenville Drive (A+) 51-47 3rd in High A East DOUBLEHEADER GAMES 7-5 4-2 11-7 Yesterday L 6-1 vs Asheville Tourists SHUTOUTS 3-2 2-2 5-4 Asheville belted three homers, including two, two run shots in the ONE-RUN GAMES 7-3 9-5 16-8 fourth, to beat the Drive, 6-1, Friday night at Fluor Field. Greenville man- aged just six hits, one homer, a triple and a double. Christian Koss drove TWO-RUN GAMES 6-5 3-1 10-6 in the lone run with a sixth inning solo blast. Jaxx Groshans stroked a THREE-RUN GAMES 2-2 4-3 6-5 double and a triple while Nick Yorke had two singles for the only multi- hit performances of the night. Dylan Spacke was charged with the loss. GAMES DECIDED LAST AT-BAT 9-5 8-5 17-10 He allowed four earned runs on seven hits, one walk and two homers. RECORD BATTING AROUND 8-1 6-0 14-1 He fanned three. WHEN HITTING A HOME RUN 19-14 26-11 44-25 Affiliate Record Standing OPPONENT HOME RUN 13-13 14-10 27-23 Salem Red Sox (A-) 62-42 3rd in Low A East COMMITTING AN ERROR 15-13 11-13 26-26 Yesterday W 10-2 Delmarva Shorebirds OPPONENT ERROR 16-11 16-8 33-20 The Red Sox explode offensively with 20 runs in games one and VS. NORTHEAST DIVISION 24-19 28-15 52-34 two of the series on Thursday night’s doubleheader. Pitching BINGHAMTON 2-3 6-3 8-6 headlines game one for the Red Sox (62-42) and Salem’s come- HARTFORD 10-2 2-4 11-6 back efforts come alive against Fredericksburg (37-66) in game NEW HAMPSHIRE 9-7 10-6 19-13 two.