@PortlandSeaDogs PORTLAND SEA DOGS (9-19) vs. BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES (14-15) Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 5:00 PM (DH) • Hadlock Field • Portland, Maine LH Matt Kent (0-1, 1.29) vs. RH Joseph Shaw (0-2, 4.85) - Game 1 Current Streak......................................................W2 BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN: The Portland Sea Dogs won back-to-back games in New Longest Win Streak..............................3 (4/13-17) Hampshire to close out a seven-game roadtrip, and return home tonight, opening Season Record.....................................................9-19 Standing..................................................6th, -9.5 GB up a five-game series in four days against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (Mets Last 5 Games...........................................................2-3 affiliate)...The series begins with a single-admission doubleheader, the 'Dogs' third Last 10 Games........................................................3-7 of the season (split previous two)...Lefties Matt Kent and Dedgar Jimenez get the Last 20 Games.....................................................6-14 starting nods. Series Record H/R.................................1-1-1/1-5-0 Series Sweeps by Dogs H/R.............................1/0 GREAT WAY TO FINISH: Portland completed their first road-series win of the year Series Sweeps by Opp. H/R.............................0/3 Series Finales H/R........................................2-1/1-5 on Wednesday night, 7-1 over the Fisher Cats...Mike Shawaryn (2-3) recorded a Rubber Games H/R......................................0-1/1-2 team-high eight strikeouts over seven scoreless frames to earn the win...Shawaryn Extra Innings H/R.........................................0-1/1-1 scattered three hits and issued one walk...Cole Sturgeon capped off the win with a Postponements.........................................................7 three-run shot in the ninth...Josh Ockimey put Portland ahead with a solo-homer to DH Record W-L-S...............................................0-0-2 lead off the second. 2018 Best Mark...............................2x, -1 .500, 6-7 2018 Worst Mark................................................7-19 All-Time Record....................................1,686-1,730 MAJOR INFLUENCE: Tyler Thornburg became the third Red Sox pitcher to make a All-Time at Home........................................881-821 Major League Rehab Assignment this season, working a scoreless seventh inning on All-Time on Road........................................805-909 Monday night...Drew Pomeranz earned the win in the home opener on April 13th Red Sox Affiliate.....................................1036-1108 vs. Binghamton...Bobby Poyner worked a scoreless frame on April 19th vs. Hartford... Transactions (DL)......................................26 (5 DL) Thornburg becomes the 51st player to make a MLB assignment with Portland and Players Used............................................................35 Fenster’s Career...........................................325-320 the 44th as a Red Sox affiliate...He's expected to pitch this weekend at Hadlock Field. ON THE ROADTRIP: MR CONSISTENCY: Tate Matheny had his hitting streak snapped at seven games, Games...........................................................................7 Record.......................................................................2-5 but reached base with a walk, and has reached base safely in 24 of 25 games... Average.................................................231 (55-238) Matheny is the son of St. Louis Cardinals Manager Mike Matheny...The Weldon Runs-Per-Game.................................4.6 (32 total) Springs, Missouri native was a fourth-round pick by the Red Sox in 2015. Home Runs.................................................................4 RISP...........................................................271 (16-59) NICE WORK DANIEL: LHP Daniel McGrath worked the final two innings on Fielding Errors.......................................................12 Wednesday night to earn his first Double-A save...McGrath worked two innings on ERA.............................................5.74 (37 ER/58.0 IP) SP W-L, ERA....................1-3, 4.45 (15 ER/30.1 IP) one hit and one unearned run. RP W-L-SV, ERA............1-2-2, 7.16 (22 ER/27.2 IP) Save Opportunities.....................................2-for-2 AGAINST THE OPPONENT: Portland dropped 12 of 20 to the Rumble Ponies in Holds.............................................................................0 2017, including seven of nine at NYSEG Stadium...The two clubs will meet 23 times SEA DOGS VS. BINGHAMTON this season...This series marks the third between the two teams this season, they 2018 Record (H/R/OR)..........................2-0/0-3 (2-3) have a doubleheader scheduled for July 17th at NYSEG Stadium. 2017 Record (H/R/OR)........................6-5/2-7 (8-12) All-Time Record.................................................213-242 SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION: Follow the Sea Dogs on Twitter: @PortlandSeaDogs All-Time/Hadlock Field.................................112-115 All-Time/Binghamton....................................101-127 or @seadogsradio...Connect on Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat...Media requests All-Time Season Series (W/L/S)....................9-14-1 to Mike Antonellis at 207-874-9300 or [email protected]. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS DATE OPPONENT SEA DOGS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Thursday, May 10 #2 vs. Binghamton Rumble Ponies LH Dedgar Jimenez (0-2, 5.50) TBA TBA Friday, May 11 vs. Binghamton Rumble Ponies TBA TBA 6:00 p.m. Saturday, May 12 vs. Binghamton Rumble Ponies RH Kevin McAvoy (0-1, 6.25) RH Nabil Crismatt (3-1, 2.12) 1:00 p.m. Sunday, May 13 vs. Binghamton Rumble Ponies RH Travis Lakins (0-0, 0.00) RH Marcos Molina (0-3, 8.24) 1:00 p.m. Listen Live on the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network, Tunein App and MILB.TV ROSTER MOVES: Wednesday: RHP Tyler Thornburg assigned HOME AWAY OVERALL to Portland from the Boston Red Sox to continue Major OVERALL 5-4 4-15 9-19 League Rehab Assignment...Friday: LHP Kyle Hart placed on NIGHT 3-4 4-9 7-13 DAY 2-0 0-6 2-6 the disabled list retroactive to May 2nd...RHP Jordan Weems VS. LHP STARTER 0-2 1-2 1-4 received from High-A Salem. VS. RHP STARTER 5-2 3-13 8-15 ‘DOGS SCORE FIRST 5-2 4-4 9-6 NICE TRIP DANNY: Danny Mars went 1-for-3 and scored a run OPPONENTS SCORE FIRST 0-2 0-11 0-13 on Wednesday night...Mars hit safely in five of six games on trip, SCORING 4+ RUNS 4-2 4-6 8-8 including three multi-hit games...Last year, Mars was a mid and SCORING <=3 RUNS 1-2 0-9 1-11 post-season Eastern League All-Star. LEAD AFTER 5TH 4-2 3-0 7-2 TIED AFTER 5TH 1-0 1-4 2-4 HAVING A GREAT YEAR: Sturgeon's .361 batting average is third TRAIL AFTER 5TH 0-2 0-11 0-13 in the Eastern League behind Binghamton's Peter Alonso and LEAD AFTER 6TH 4-1 2-1 6-2 New Hampshire's Vladamire Guerrero Jr....Sturgeon is second TIED AFTER 6TH 1-0 0-1 1-1 in the E.L. with 39 hits and has hit safely in 22 of 27 games. TRAIL AFTER 6TH 0-3 2-13 2-16 LEAD AFTER 7TH 5-1 2-0 7-1 TIED AFTER 7TH 0-1 0-1 0-2 HE HIT TWO: Ockimey hit his third homer of the season on TRAIL AFTER 7TH 0-2 2-13 2-15 Wednesday but had two on the roadtrip...Two of his three long LEAD AFTER 8TH 3-0 2-0 5-0 balls have come against Hartford...Jeremy Rivera also has both TIED AFTER 8TH 0-0 2-0 2-0 of his home runs against the Yard Goats. TRAIL AFTER 8TH 0-2 0-14 0-16 EXTRA INNINGS 0-1 1-1 1-2 SWEET MUSIC: Former Red Sox lefty Frank Viola is the new DOUBLEHEADER GAMES 2-2 0-0 2-2 Pitching Coach for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies...Viola SHUTOUTS 2-0 0-2 2-2 pitched with Boston from 1992-94. ONE-RUN GAMES 0-1 1-5 1-6 TWO-RUN GAMES 2-0 2-2 4-2 HE'S BACK: Chad De La Guerra returned to Portland yesterday THREE-RUN GAMES 1-1 0-3 1-4 and went 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored...De La Guerra GAMES DECIDED LAST AT-BAT 1-1 2-4 3-5 RECORD BATTING AROUND 0-0 1-0 1-0 spent 22 games with Triple-A Pawtucket. WHEN HITTING A HOME RUN 4-2 1-5 5-7 OPPONENT HOME RUN 1-4 0-10 1-14 AROUND THE RED SOX ORGANIZATION COMMITTING AN ERROR 1-4 3-11 4-15 *Boston Red Sox (25-11, 1.0 GB AL East) – Boston suffered a 9-6 OPPONENT ERROR 0-1 4-8 4-9 loss to the Yankees on Wednesday night...Hanley Ramirez hit a VS. EASTERN DIVISION 5-4 4-15 9-19 two-run homer. BINGHAMTON 2-0 0-3 2-3 *Pawtucket Red Sox (15-15, 1.5 GB IL North) – Pawtucket HARTFORD 2-2 0-7 2-9 had just two hits in a 2-0 loss at Lehigh Valley on Wednesday NEW HAMPSHIRE 0-0 2-1 2-1 afternoon. READING 0-0 1-2 1-2 *Salem Red Sox (17-16, 2.0 GB CAR South) – Santiago Espinal TRENTON 1-2 1-2 2-4 went 2-for-5, 2 RBI in his third triple of the year, but Salem VS. WESTERN DIVISION 0-0 0-0 0-0 suffered a 10-3 loss to Winston-Salem. AKRON 0-0 0-0 0-0 ALTOONA 0-0 0-0 0-0 *Greenville Drive (8-24, 12.0 GB SAL Southern) – Victor BOWIE 0-0 0-0 0-0 Acosta went 2-for-4 in Greenville's 10-2 loss to Kannapolis on ERIE 0-0 0-0 0-0 Wednesday night. HARRISBURG 0-0 0-0 0-0 RICHMOND 0-0 0-0 0-0 HADLOCK HAPPENINGS: Tonight: Doubleheader beginning MONDAY 0-0 0-3 0-3 at 5:00 PM/College & Trades Fair...Tomorrow: Civil Rights Night/ TUESDAY 2-2 2-1 4-3 Cumberland County Federal Credit Union Night...Saturday: The WEDNESDAY 1-2 1-2 2-4 Kastaways/Falmouth Community Night.