@PortlandSeaDogs PORTLAND SEA DOGS (25-23, 52-63) vs. AKRON RUBBER DUCKS (19-29, 53-64) Saturday, August 10, 2019 at 6:00 PM • Hadlock Field • Portland, Maine RH Bryan Mata (2-4, 5.28) vs. LH Scott Moss (1-0, 0.00) Current Streak......................................................W2 SATURDAY IN THE PARK: The Portland Sea Dogs have won eight of their last Longest Win Streak....................................6, 7/1-5 tengames, and continues their six-game homestand on Saturday night against Overall Record..................................................52-63 Second Half........................................................25-23 the Akron RubberDucks (Indians affiliate) at Hadlock Field...Portland is 3-1 on the First Half..............................................................27-40 homestand, and their 25-23 is their best record this half...With last night's win, the Standing...................................................2nd, 4.0 GB 'Dogs clinched their first season-series victory against Akron since 2012...RHPBryan Series Record H/R..............................6-10-0/8-8-2 Mata makes his eighth Double-A start. Series Sweeps by Dogs H/R.............................1/3 Series Sweeps by Opp. H/R.............................1/5 'DOGS HOLD ON FOR THE WIN: Akron built a 4-1 lead after two innings, but the Series Finales H/R......................................7-9/6-12 Rubber Games H/R......................................2-4/3-2 'Dogs scored single runs in four straight innings to take the series opener, 5-4...C Extra Innings H/R.........................................0-7/1-4 Austin Rei delivered the game-winning RBI with a single in the sixth inning...RHP Postponements......................................................13 Denyi Reyes (7-9) worked six innings on eight hits and fours to secure the win...RHP DH Record W-L-S...............................................3-2-4 Eduard Bazardo earned a hold with two innings of work, and LHP Dedgar Jimenez 2019 Best Record Second Half..................25-23 pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save. 2019 Best Record First Half.............................2-3 2019 Worst Overall Mark.......6x, -18 .500, 37-55 All-Time Record....................................1,793-1,849 WHAT A RUN: LHP Daniel McGrath was named the Eastern League Player of the All-Time at Home........................................935-884 Month, after going 2-0, 0.24 ERA in July...The lefty has allowed one earned run in his All-Time on Road........................................858-965 last 59.0 innings pitched (dating back to May 28), a solo-homer to 1B Zach Houchins Red Sox Affiliate.....................................1146-1227 on July 31 at Richmond. Transactions (DL).....................................128 (8 IL) Players Used............................................................56 Oliver’s Career..............................................350-332 LET'S GET IT STARTED: Portland's starters have posted a 2.55 ERA (72 ER/254.1 IP) in their last 40 starts...The starters earned a decision in all four games during the ON THE HOMESTAND: homestand. Games...........................................................................4 Record.......................................................................3-1 Average.................................................328 (44-134) THIS IS 40: CF Jarren Duran went 0-for-5 last night but stole his 40th base between Runs-Per-Game.................................5.0 (20 total) High-A Salem and Portland...Duran leads all Red Sox Minor Leaguers and steals, and Home Runs.................................................................6 ranks tied for seventh in the minors. RISP...........................................................333 (14-42) Fielding Errors..........................................................1 THREE IS THE MAGIC NUMBER: RF Marcus Wilson picked up three extra-bases last ERA.............................................3.25 (13 ER/36.0 IP) SP W-L, ERA....................3-1, 3.70 (10 ER/24.1 IP) night with two doubles and his fifth homer of the season...2BBrett Netzer is hitting RP W-L-SV, ERA...............0-0-2, 2.31 (3 ER/11.2 IP) .389 in his last 10 games and went 3-for-4, RBI last night. Save Opportunities....................................2-for-2 Holds.............................................................................2 AGAINST THE OPPONENT: Portland swept a three-game set from the Ducks on SEA DOGS VS. AKRON June 14-16 at Canal Park, taking a doubleheader on June 16...Portland has never 2019 Record (H/R/OR)..........................1-0/3-0 (4-0) swept a season series from Akron. 2018 Record (H/R/OR)..........................1-2/2-1 (3-3) All-Time Record....................................................92-109 SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION: Follow the Sea Dogs on Twitter: @PortlandSeaDogs All-Time/Hadlock Field......................................46-56 All-Time/Canal Park.............................................46-53 or @seadogsradio...Connect on Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat...Media requests All-Time Season Series (W/L/S)....................5-12-8 to Mike Antonellis at 207-874-9300 or [email protected]. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS DATE OPPONENT SEA DOGS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Sunday, August 11 vs. Akron RubberDucks LH Daniel McGrath (4-0, 1.34) LH Adam Scott (4-2, 3.63) 1:00 p.m. Monday, August 12 Scheduled Off Day Tuesday, August 13 at Hartford Yard Goats LH Matthew Kent (5-4, 3.36) TBA 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, August 14 at Hartford Yard Goats #1 RH Konner Wade (3-4, 2.73) TBA 6:05 p.m. Listen Live on the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network, Tunein App and MILB.TV ROSTER MOVES: Today: RHP Jenrry Mejia promoted to HOME AWAY OVERALL Triple-A Pawtucket...Friday: RHP Jenrry Mejia received from OVERALL 26-31 26-32 52-63 Short-Season Lowell...Tuesday: C Charlie Madden received FIRST HALF 12-19 15-21 27-40 SECOND HALF 14-12 11-11 25-23 from High-A Salem...C Jhon Nunez placed on the injured list. NIGHT 20-21 20-21 40-42 DAY 6-10 6-11 12-21 THEY ALL PITCHED IN: Portland had 13 hits last night, picking VS. LHP STARTER 6-13 8-5 14-18 up a multi-hit performance from four players in the lineup...LF VS. RHP STARTER 20-18 18-27 38-45 Luke Tendler knocked in the game's first run with a two-out RBI ‘DOGS SCORE FIRST 18-5 20-12 38-17 double in the first...1BJoey Curletta reached base three times OPPONENTS SCORE FIRST 8-26 6-20 14-46 and tied the game with a double in the fith. SCORING 4+ RUNS 19-9 22-8 41-17 SCORING <=3 RUNS 7-22 4-24 11-46 SHORTEST OF HIS CAREER: Mata did not retire a batter in his LEAD AFTER 5TH 19-4 15-2 34-6 last start on August 4th at Bowie, yielding five hits to the first LEAD AFTER 6TH 21-4 18-2 39-6 five batters and four runs allowed...The righty is 5-5, 3.07 ERA in TIED AFTER 6TH 3-3 3-4 6-7 17 starts between Portland and High-A Salem. TRAIL AFTER 6TH 1-24 4-26 5-50 LEAD AFTER 7TH 23-3 20-2 43-5 TIED AFTER 7TH 1-4 4-4 5-8 HOT HITTING: SS C.J. Chatham went 1-for-5 last night and TRAIL AFTER 7TH 0-25 1-26 1-51 leads the Eastern League with a .297 average...Chatham leads LEAD AFTER 8TH 17-2 17-1 34-3 the club with 31 multi-hit games and has reached base safely in TIED AFTER 8TH 1-4 3-4 4-8 66 of 88 games. TRAIL AFTER 8TH 0-19 2-23 2-42 EXTRA INNINGS 0-7 1-4 1-11 ALMOST THE BEST: Portland posted a 3.10 ERA in July, the DOUBLEHEADER GAMES 7-5 5-3 12-8 second best mark in the league behind Erie's 2.46...The 'Dogs SHUTOUTS 7-7 5-6 12-13 scored the fourth most runs in July with 129...Portland has ONE-RUN GAMES 7-10 8-13 15-23 won 19 of their last 31 road games, and went 13-6 against the TWO-RUN GAMES 6-4 4-5 10-9 Western Division on the road. THREE-RUN GAMES 2-6 4-7 6-13 GAMES DECIDED LAST AT-BAT 5-9 7-6 12-15 RECORD BATTING AROUND 3-1 1-0 4-1 AROUND THE RED SOX ORGANIZATION WHEN HITTING A HOME RUN 17-7 14-15 31-22 *Boston Red Sox (62-56, 15.0 GB AL East) – J.D. Martinez went OPPONENT HOME RUN 7-14 7-18 14-32 2-for-4 with 2 homers and 4 RBI as Boston beat the Angels 16-4... COMMITTING AN ERROR 12-20 11-10 23-30 Mookie Betts, Rafael Devers, and Mitch Moreland homered. OPPONENT ERROR 12-18 18-14 30-32 *Pawtucket Red Sox (51-65, 12.5 GB IL North) – Bobby Dalbec VS. EASTERN DIVISION 17-22 13-26 30-48 went 3-for-4 with his first Triple-A homer but Pawtucket lost in BINGHAMTON 3-8 5-1 8-9 Toledo, 7-6...Tzu-Wei Lin went 2-for-5. HARTFORD 4-5 1-4 5-9 *Salem Red Sox (26-21, 0.5 GB CAR South) – Ryan Fitzgerald NEW HAMPSHIRE 4-2 4-3 8-5 hit his second homer in a 6-4 loss against Carolina...Devlin READING 2-5 2-9 4-14 Granberg went 2-for-5. TRENTON 4-2 1-9 5-11 *Greenville Drive (17-29, 9.0 GB SAL Southern) – Tristan Casas VS. WESTERN DIVISION 9-9 13-6 22-15 knocked in four runs and Jordan Wren had 3 RBI in Greenville's AKRON 1-0 3-0 4-0 ALTOONA 3-1 1-2 4-3 11-7 loss at Columbia. BOWIE 1-2 2-1 3-3 *Lowell Spinners (30-23, 5.0 GA NYP Stedler) – Marino ERIE 2-1 2-1 4-2 Campana hit his fifth homer of the season in Lowell's 5-2 loss HARRISBURG 1-3 2-2 3-5 to Vermont. RICHMOND 1-2 3-0 4-2 MONDAY 4-0 3-3 7-3 HADLOCK HAPPENINGS: Tonight: Star Wars Night...Sunday: TUESDAY 7-2 4-4 11-6 Play Catch on the Field/Military Appreciation Day/Kids Run the WEDNESDAY 3-6 4-3 7-9 Bases.