@PortlandSeaDogs PORTLAND SEA DOGS (27-28, 54-68) at NEW HAMPSHIRE FISHER CATS (24-32, 62-58) Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 7:05 PM • Delta Dental Stadium • Manchester, NH LH Daniel McGrath (5-0, 1.35) vs. RH Hector Perez (7-4, 4.70) Current Streak........................................................L3 PART TWO ON SATURDAY: The Portland Sea Dogs and New Hampshire Fisher Cats Longest Win Streak....................................6, 7/1-5 (Blue Jays affiliate) continue their three-game series on Saturday night at Delta Overall Record..................................................54-68 Second Half........................................................27-28 Dental Stadium...Portland has lost four of five on the trip, but remain 4.5 games First Half..............................................................27-40 behind Reading for the top spot in the Eastern Division...New Hampshire has won Standing....................................................3rd, 4.5 GB four straight games, and their pitching staff has not allowed an earned run in their Series Record H/R..............................7-10-0/8-9-2 last 29 innings pitched. Series Sweeps by Dogs H/R.............................1/3 Series Sweeps by Opp. H/R.............................1/5 ONE INNING DID THE TRICK: New Hampshire scored four runs off RHP Bryan Mata Series Finales H/R......................................8-9/6-13 Rubber Games H/R......................................3-4/3-2 (L, 2-6) in the second inning for a 4-2 win in the series opener...Portland took a 2-0 Extra Innings H/R.........................................0-7/1-4 lead in the first inning against winning pitcher RHPJustin Dillon (5-2)...CF Jarren Postponements......................................................13 Duran went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored...1B Joey Curletta added a DH Record W-L-S...............................................3-2-5 sacrifice fly and RFLuke Tendler had two hits...The 'Cats scored their runs on a single 2019 Best Record Second Half....3x, +2, 27-25 by 2B Vinny Capra and a three-run homer from LF Brock Lundquist. 2019 Best Record First Half.............................2-3 2019 Worst Overall Mark.......6x, -18 .500, 37-55 All-Time Record....................................1,795-1,854 MORE AWARDS: LHP Daniel McGrath was named the Eastern League Pitcher of All-Time at Home........................................936-885 the Week on Monday for the second time in the last three weeks...The lefty was All-Time on Road........................................859-969 also named the league's player of the month for July...McGrath has yielded just two Red Sox Affiliate.....................................1148-1232 earned runs in his last 65.0 IP (0.28 ERA). Transactions (DL).....................................135 (5 IL) Players Used............................................................56 Oliver’s Career..............................................352-337 LET'S GET IT STARTED: Portland's starters have posted a 2.91 ERA (94 ER/290.1 IP) in their last 47 starts...For the season, the 'Dogs' starters have compiled a 3.54 ERA ON THE TRIP: (257 ER/653.1 IP). Games...........................................................................5 Record.......................................................................1-4 Average.................................................211 (30-142) BULLPEN KEPT IT CLOSE: RHP Robinson Leyer and RHP Jordan Weems closed Runs-Per-Game....................................1.8 (9 total) out the game with a scoreless inning a piece...New Hampshire's RHP Dany Jimenez Home Runs.................................................................1 threw all seven pitches for strikes in the ninth to earn his fifth save of the season. RISP..............................................................185 (5-27) Fielding Errors..........................................................6 BASE-HIT BRETT: INF Brett Netzer is hitting .317 (19-for-60) with three homers and ERA.............................................3.55 (15 ER/38.0 IP) SP W-L, ERA....................1-4, 5.19 (15 ER/26.0 IP) 9 RBI over his last 17 games...Netzer hit his eighth career homer on August 10th RP W-L-SV, ERA.................0-0-0, 0.00 (0 ER/9.0 IP) against Akron. Save Opportunities.....................................1-for-1 Holds.............................................................................0 AGAINST THE OPPONENT: Portland is 8-5-2 All-Time in season series against the SEA DOGS VS. NEW HAMPSHIRE Fisher Cats...The two teams close out the regular season with a four-game series at 2019 Record (H/R/OR)..........................4-2/4-4 (8-6) Hadlock Field. 2018 Record (H/R/OR).....................6-4/5-7 (11-11) All-Time Record.................................................196-175 SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION: Follow the Sea Dogs on Twitter: @PortlandSeaDogs All-Time/Hadlock Field....................................101-71 All-Time/at New Hampshire.........................95-104 or @seadogsradio...Connect on Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat...Media requests All-Time Season Series (W/L/S)......................8-5-2 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 18 at New Hampshire Fisher Cats LH Matthew Kent (5-5, 3.68) TBA 1:35 p.m. Monday, August 19 vs. Reading Fightin Phils RH Konner Wade (4-4, 3.62) TBA 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 20 vs. Reading Fightin Phils RH Denyi Reyes (7-19, 3.87) TBA 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 21 vs. Reading Fightin Phils RH Bryan Mata (2-6, 6.20) TBA 12:00 p.m. Listen Live on the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network, Tunein App and MILB.TV ROSTER MOVES: Today: INF Jerry Downs assigned to High-A HOME AWAY OVERALL Salem...Wednesday: RHP Kutter Crawford activated from the OVERALL 27-32 27-36 54-68 injured list...Tuesday: INF C.J. Chatham & INF Deiner Lopez FIRST HALF 12-19 15-21 27-40 SECOND HALF 15-13 12-15 27-28 promoted to Triple-A Pawtucket...RHP Jake Cosart activated NIGHT 20-22 21-25 41-47 from the injured list and assigned to Lowell...INF Jerry Downs DAY 7-10 6-11 13-21 activated from the injured list...INF Nick Lovullo received from VS. LHP STARTER 7-14 8-6 15-20 High-A Salem. VS. RHP STARTER 20-18 19-30 39-48 ‘DOGS SCORE FIRST 19-5 20-14 39-19 GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK: OF Marcus Wilson hit his sixth OPPONENTS SCORE FIRST 8-27 7-22 15-49 homer on Sunday and is hitting .277 (26-for-94), 5 HR and 15 RBI SCORING 4+ RUNS 19-9 22-8 41-17 since re-joining Portland on July 14th from High-A Salem. SCORING <=3 RUNS 8-23 5-28 13-51 LEAD AFTER 5TH 19-4 15-2 34-6 TOMORROW'S STARTER: LHP Matthew Kent makes the start LEAD AFTER 6TH 22-4 18-2 40-6 in the trip finale on Sunday afternoon...Kent is 5-5, 3.68 ERA (41 TIED AFTER 6TH 3-3 3-4 6-7 ER/100.1 IP) in 18 games/14 starts with Portland this season... TRAIL AFTER 6TH 1-25 5-30 6-55 LEAD AFTER 7TH 24-3 21-2 45-5 The lefty is 1-4, 8.70 ERA in six starts with Pawtucket. TIED AFTER 7TH 1-4 4-4 5-8 TRAIL AFTER 7TH 0-26 1-30 1-56 DELIVERING AT DOUBLE-A: Duran picked up his 18th multi-hit LEAD AFTER 8TH 18-2 17-1 35-3 game last night and has hit safely in 20 of his last 25 games: 35- TIED AFTER 8TH 1-4 3-4 4-8 for-97 (.361)...Duran has reached base safely in 55 of 66 starts TRAIL AFTER 8TH 0-20 2-26 2-46 with Portland and hitting .319 in 116 games between the 'Dogs EXTRA INNINGS 0-7 1-4 1-11 and Salem. DOUBLEHEADER GAMES 7-5 6-4 13-9 SHUTOUTS 7-7 5-7 12-14 HE'S LIKING DOUBLE-A: C Charlie Madden has four of his ONE-RUN GAMES 8-10 9-13 17-23 eight career homers in 13 games with the 'Dogs this season... TWO-RUN GAMES 6-4 4-8 10-12 Madden has hit safely in four of his last five games. THREE-RUN GAMES 2-6 4-7 6-13 GAMES DECIDED LAST AT-BAT 5-9 8-6 13-15 RECORD BATTING AROUND 3-1 1-0 4-1 AROUND THE RED SOX ORGANIZATION WHEN HITTING A HOME RUN 18-8 14-16 32-24 *Boston Red Sox (65-59, 17.0 GB AL East) – Andrew Benintendi OPPONENT HOME RUN 7-15 7-21 14-36 went 3-for-4 and Mookie Betts homered, leading Boston to a COMMITTING AN ERROR 13-20 11-14 24-34 9-1 win over Baltimore. OPPONENT ERROR 13-19 18-16 31-35 *Pawtucket Red Sox (53-69, 11.5 GB IL North) – C.J. Chatham VS. EASTERN DIVISION 17-22 14-30 31-52 went 3-for-4, finishing a triple shy of the cycle, as Pawtucket BINGHAMTON 3-8 5-1 8-9 beat Toledo 7-4. HARTFORD 4-5 2-7 6-12 *Salem Red Sox (31-22, 3.0 GA CAR South) – Delvin Granberg's NEW HAMPSHIRE 4-2 4-4 8-6 sacrifice fly was the lone run in Salem's 1-0 win over Myrtle READING 2-5 2-9 4-14 Beach...Thad Ward (3-2) earned the win, allowing one hit. TRENTON 4-2 1-9 5-11 *Greenville Drive (19-34, 11.5 GB SAL Southern) – Tristan VS. WESTERN DIVISION 10-10 13-6 23-16 Casas had one of Greenville's two hits in a 1-0 loss to Hickory AKRON 2-1 3-0 5-1 ALTOONA 3-1 1-2 4-3 on Friday night. BOWIE 1-2 2-1 3-3 *Lowell Spinners (33-28, 3.5 GA NYP Stedler) – Gilberto ERIE 2-1 2-1 4-2 Jimenez snapped a 6-6 tie with an RBI single in the ninth inning, HARRISBURG 1-3 2-2 3-5 leading Lowell to a 7-6 win at Staten Island.