@PortlandSeaDogs PORTLAND SEA DOGS (57-73) at READING FIGHTIN PHILS (62-67) Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 2:15 PM • FirstEnergy Stadium • Reading, PA LH Daniel McGrath (2-3, 3.59) vs. RH Blake Quinn (0-0, 0.00) Current Streak......................................................W1 ALMOST HOME: The Portland Sea Dogs seek a .500 roadtrip, closing out a three- Longest Win Streak.......................4, 4x (8/12-16) game series with the Reading Fightin Phils (Phillies affiliate) on Sunday afternoon Season Record..................................................57-73 Standing................................................6th, -15.5 GB at FirstEnergy Stadium...Portland has won 12 of their last 20 games, and needs two Last 5 Games...........................................................2-3 more wins to clinch their first winning month of the season...LeftyDaniel McGrath Last 10 Games........................................................5-5 makes the start in the trip finale, he is 1-2, 4.04 ERA (16 ER/35.2 IP ) in nine starts this Last 20 Games.....................................................12-8 season. Series Record H/R............................7-11-2/6-11-2 Series Sweeps by Dogs H/R.............................3/1 'DOGS HOLD ON: Esteban Quiroz hit a three-run homer in the first andDedgar Series Sweeps by Opp. H/R.............................2/3 Series Finales H/R...................................8-12/10-9 Jimenez tossed six strong innings, leading Portland to a 4-3 win on Saturday night... Rubber Games H/R......................................2-6/4-3 The 'Dogs added their fourth run in the third inning on a run-scoring fielder's Extra Innings H/R.........................................1-6/3-2 choice by Chris Madera...Jimenez yielded three hits, one run, three walks, and five Postponements......................................................10 strikeouts...Reading's pitchers retired the final 16 batters faced...Adam Lau allowed DH Record W-L-S...............................................2-4-4 a run in the ninth but locked down his third save of the year. 2018 Best Mark...............................2x, -1 .500, 6-7 2018 Worst Mark.............................................46-67 All-Time Record....................................1,734-1,784 STARTERS IN A GROOVE: Since July 17th, Portland's starters have allowed 62 earned All-Time at Home........................................906-852 runs over their last 221.0 innings pitched (2.52 ERA)...Last night was the 'Dogs' 51st All-Time on Road........................................828-932 quality start of the season. Red Sox Affiliate.....................................1087-1162 Transactions (DL)...................................117 (3 DL) DEINER DELIVERING: Deiner Lopez made his first career start at first base on Friday Players Used............................................................53 Fenster’s Career...........................................372-374 night, and extended his hitting streak to a season-high five-game hitting streak, going 1-for-4 last night. ON THE ROADTRIP: Games...........................................................................5 Record.......................................................................2-3 MAJOR NEWS: The Boston Red Sox announced on Saturday that Eduardo Rodriguez Average.................................................274 (45-164) and Christian Vazquez are scheduled to make Major League Rehab Assignments on Runs-Per-Game.................................4.0 (20 total) Monday night at Hadlock Field. Home Runs.................................................................2 RISP..............................................................209 (9-43) WELCOME TO 100: Bobby Dalbec's 31 homers are tied for third in the minors...On Fielding Errors..........................................................1 Wednesday, he had an RBI in each game of the doubleheader, giving 101 between ERA.............................................3.43 (15 ER/39.1 IP) SP W-L, ERA....................2-2, 3.86 (12 ER/28.0 IP) Portland and Salem, just one of three minor leaguers...In 119 games between two RP W-L-SV, ERA...............0-1-1, 2.38 (3 ER/11.1 IP) levels, Dalbec is hitting .257, 31 HR, 101 RBI, 34 2B, 2 3B, 65 BB and 161 SO. Save Opportunities.....................................1-for-2 Holds.............................................................................2 AGAINST THE OPPONENT: Portland is 10-14-0 All-Time in season series against SEA DOGS VS. READING Reading, going 69-90 in 25 season series in Reading...The Sea Dogs lost nine of 10 to 2018 Record (H/R/OR)........................1-9/4-4 (5-13) Reading at Hadlock Field. 2017 Record (H/R/OR).....................8-3/3-7 (11-10) All-Time Record.................................................142-168 SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION: Follow the Sea Dogs on Twitter: @PortlandSeaDogs All-Time/Hadlock Field......................................73-78 All-Time/Reading...................................................69-90 or @seadogsradio...Connect on Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat...Media requests All-Time Season Series (W/L/S).................10-14-0 to Mike Antonellis at 207-874-9300 or [email protected]. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS DATE OPPONENT SEA DOGS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Monday, August 27 vs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats LH Eduardo Rodriguez (0-0, 0.00) LH Taylor Saucedo (4-3, 4.33) 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 28 vs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats RH Teddy Stankiewicz (7-12, 4.49) RH Jon Harris (10-5, 4.60) 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 29 vs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats LH Matt Kent (10-8, 3.29) RH Jordan Romano (11-7, 3.71) 7:00 p.m. Thursday, August 30 vs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats LH Kyle Hart (7-9, 3.60) RH Hector Perez (0-1, 4.35) 7:00 p.m. Listen Live on the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network, Tunein App and MILB.TV ROSTER MOVES: Friday: INF Michael Chavis promoted HOME AWAY OVERALL to Triple-A Pawtucket...INF Esteban Quiroz activated from OVERALL 30-35 27-38 57-73 the disabled list...Wednesday: LHP Darwinzon Hernandez NIGHT 21-23 19-29 40-52 DAY 9-12 8-9 17-21 received from High-A Salem...RHP Jared Oliver assigned to VS. LHP STARTER 4-11 9-7 13-18 High-A Salem...Monday: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez assigned to VS. RHP STARTER 26-24 18-31 44-55 Portland on a Major League Rehab Assignment. ‘DOGS SCORE FIRST 20-10 22-12 42-22 OPPONENTS SCORE FIRST 8-25 5-26 13-51 WELCOME TO PORTLAND: LHP Darwinzon Hernandez made SCORING 4+ RUNS 25-11 24-11 49-22 his second appearance of the season on Saturday, earning a SCORING <=3 RUNS 5-24 3-27 8-51 hold with his one inning of work in the seventh...Hernandez LEAD AFTER 5TH 20-7 21-4 41-11 allowed one run on three hits, one walk, and two strikeouts. TIED AFTER 5TH 5-3 2-9 7-12 TRAIL AFTER 5TH 5-25 4-25 9-50 PITCHING LEADERS: Portland has three pitchers in the Top 10 LEAD AFTER 6TH 23-3 21-5 44-8 in ERA: Matt Kent (3.15, 4th), Mike Shawaryn (3.28, 6th), and TIED AFTER 6TH 4-5 1-4 5-9 Hart (3.60, 8th). TRAIL AFTER 6TH 3-27 5-29 8-56 LEAD AFTER 7TH 26-2 21-3 47-5 TIED AFTER 7TH 2-7 2-3 4-10 RIVERA STAYS HOT: Jeremy Rivera went 2-for-4 with a run TRAIL AFTER 7TH 2-26 4-31 6-57 scored on Saturday...Rivera is hitting .354 this month. LEAD AFTER 8TH 22-1 19-1 41-22 TIED AFTER 8TH 2-4 5-3 7-7 TURN THE BEAT AROUND: Portland is 14-10 this month and TRAIL AFTER 8TH 0-22 1-30 1-52 27-24 since July 1st. EXTRA INNINGS 1-6 3-3 4-9 DOUBLEHEADER GAMES 6-9 2-3 8-12 WALK-OFF HISTORY: Luke Tendler's walk-off homer on August SHUTOUTS 8-0 3-5 11-5 14th against Trenton gave Portland their first walk-off win of the ONE-RUN GAMES 9-9 6-10 15-19 season. TWO-RUN GAMES 3-5 7-6 10-11 THREE-RUN GAMES 3-6 2-9 5-15 AROUND THE RED SOX ORGANIZATION GAMES DECIDED LAST AT-BAT 6-6 5-10 11-16 RECORD BATTING AROUND 1-1 3-0 4-1 *Boston Red Sox (90-41, 7.0 GA AL East) – Xander Bogaerts WHEN HITTING A HOME RUN 19-17 19-12 38-29 collected two RBI in Boston's 10-3 loss to Tampa Bay on Friday OPPONENT HOME RUN 7-25 10-24 17-49 night. COMMITTING AN ERROR 15-23 15-27 30-50 *Pawtucket Red Sox (62-68, 15.5 GB IL North) – Michael Chavis OPPONENT ERROR 15-18 17-15 32-33 and Josh Ockimey each homered in Pawtucket's 8-5 win at VS. EASTERN DIVISION 22-25 16-30 38-55 Buffalo...Chavis has homered in back-to-back games. BINGHAMTON 6-6 2-5 8-11 *Salem Red Sox (28-32, 8.0 GB CAR South) – C.J. Chatham went HARTFORD 5-5 3-9 8-14 2-for-3 with a run scored in Salem's 8-2 loss at Wilmington...Jake NEW HAMPSHIRE 4-2 5-7 9-9 Romanski went 1-for-4 with a double. READING 1-9 4-4 5-13 *Greenville Drive (34-27, 3.0 GB SAL Southern) – Greenville TRENTON 6-3 2-5 8-8 scored twice in the 10th inning to win at Charleston 4-3...Tanner VS. WESTERN DIVISION 8-10 11-8 19-18 Nishioka went 4-for-4 with 2 doubles. AKRON 1-2 2-1 3-3 ALTOONA 1-2 2-2 3-4 *Lowell Spinners (33-33, 4.5 GB NYP Stedler) – Vermont beat BOWIE 1-2 3-0 4-2 Lowell in 10 innings, 4-3...Devlin Granberg finished 3-for-5, RBI ERIE 2-1 1-2 3-3 and two doubles. HARRISBURG 2-1 2-1 4-2 *GCL Red Sox (33-21, 1.5 GA GCL South) – The GCL Sox take on RICHMOND 1-2 1-2 2-4 the GCL Tigers in a one-game playoff on Sunday. MONDAY 3-1 1-5 4-6 TUESDAY 5-9 4-6 9-15 HADLOCK HAPPENINGS: Portland's final homestand is August WEDNESDAY 3-5 4-8 7-13 27-30 against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Blue Jays affiliate).