@PortlandSeaDogs PORTLAND SEA DOGS (16-17, 43-57) vs. HARTFORD YARD GOATS (14-18, 51-48) Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 12:00 PM • Hadlock Field • Portland, Maine RH Bryan Mata (1-2, 5.03) vs. RH Matt Dennis (1-1, 4.50) Current Streak......................................................W2 DAY BASEBALL ON WEDNESDAY: The Portland Sea Dogs and Hartford Yard Longest Win Streak....................................6, 7/1-5 Goats (Rockies affiliate) wrap-up their three-game series with a noon contest on Overall Record..................................................43-57 Second Half........................................................16-17 Wednesday at Hadlock Field...Portland has won six of their last nine games and seek First Half..............................................................27-40 their second series sweep at home - their first was July 1-3 vs. Trenton (four games in Standing...............................................T-2nd, 4.5 GB three days)...RHP Bryan Mata makes his fifth Double-A start and his third at Hadlock Series Record H/R.................................4-9-0/6-8-2 Field (1-1, 2.25). Series Sweeps by Dogs H/R.............................1/2 Series Sweeps by Opp. H/R.............................1/5 BROOMS WERE OUT: Portland began the three-game set with Hartford by sweeping Series Finales H/R......................................5-8/5-11 Rubber Games H/R......................................1-4/3-2 a twinbill on Tuesday night, 7-2 and 1-0...In the opener, the 'Dogs scored five runs in Extra Innings H/R.........................................0-6/1-4 the fifth inning to put the game away...Tate Matheny smacked his eighth homer, a Postponements......................................................13 three-run shot over the Maine Monster...In the second game, Denyi Reyes hurled six DH Record W-L-S...............................................3-2-4 scoreless frames to earn his fourth straight win...Kevin Lenik retired all three batters 2019 Best Record Second Half.......................9-8 to earn his first save in the Red Sox system. 2019 Best Record First Half.............................2-3 2019 Worst Overall Mark.......6x, -18 .500, 37-55 All-Time Record....................................1,783-1,844 WHAT A RUN: LHP Daniel McGrath has not allowed an earned run in his last 38.0 All-Time at Home........................................930-880 innings pitched with Portland...He yielded an unearned run on July 6th at New All-Time on Road........................................853-964 Hampshire, and his last earned run allowed was a solo-homer to SS Alan Trejo on Red Sox Affiliate.....................................1136-1222 May 28th at Hartford...He is 2-0, 0.66 ERA in eight starts. Transactions (DL).....................................117 (6 IL) Players Used............................................................54 Oliver’s Career..............................................340-327 LET'S GET IT STARTED: Portland's starters have posted a 2.37 ERA (44 ER/167.0 IP) in their last 27 starts...On the last trip, the starters went 2-1, 1.63 ERA (7 ER/38.2 IP), and ON THE HOMESTAND: went scoreless in five of seven appearances. Games...........................................................................2 Record.......................................................................2-0 Average...................................................372 (19-51) HEY, IT WORKED OUT: The lone run for the 'Dogs in the second game occurred Runs-Per-Game....................................4.0 (8 total) in the fourth inning when Matheny hit into a double play with the bases loaded... Home Runs.................................................................1 Portland has seven hits in the second game. RISP..............................................................250 (5-20) Fielding Errors..........................................................0 GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK: OF Marcus Wilson is 8-for-26 (.308), 2 HR, 6 RBI in nine ERA...............................................1.29 (2 ER/14.0 IP) SP W-L, ERA......................1-0, 1.69 (2 ER/10.2 IP) games since his return from High-A Salem...Wilson was named the Uncle Ray's Player RP W-L-SV, ERA.................1-0-1, 0.00 (0 ER/3.1 IP) of the Month for June. Save Opportunities.....................................1-for-1 Holds.............................................................................0 AGAINST THE OPPONENT: Portland and Hartford are meeting for the final time at SEA DOGS VS. HARTFORD Hadlock Field this season...The two teams have one more series on August 13-15, 2019 Record (H/R/OR)..........................2-4/3-4 (5-8) playing four games in three days. 2018 Record (H/R/OR)........................5-5/3-9 (8-14) All-Time Record......................................................30-49 SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION: Follow the Sea Dogs on Twitter: @PortlandSeaDogs All-Time/Hadlock Field......................................18-23 All-Time/on the Road..........................................12-26 or @seadogsradio...Connect on Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat...Media requests All-Time Season Series (W/L/S)......................0-3-0 to Mike Antonellis at 207-874-9300 or [email protected]. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS DATE OPPONENT SEA DOGS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Thursday, July 25 vs. Harrisburg Senators LH Daniel McGrath (2-0, 1.64) TBA 7:00 p.m. Friday, July 26 vs. Harrisburg Senators LH Matthew Kent (4-3, 2.95) TBA 7:00 p.m. Saturday, July 27 vs. Harrisburg Senators TBA TBA 6:00 p.m. Sunday, July 28 vs. Harrisburg Senators TBA TBA 1:00 p.m. Listen Live on the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network, Tunein App and MILB.TV ROSTER MOVES: Today: INF Jerry Downs placed on the injured HOME AWAY OVERALL list...INF Josh Tobias activated from the injured list...Monday: OVERALL 22-26 21-31 43-57 RHP Jordan Weems received from Triple-A Pawtucket...Sunday: FIRST HALF 12-19 15-21 27-40 SECOND HALF 10-7 6-10 16-17 RHP Kutter Crawford placed on the injured list retroactive to NIGHT 17-18 15-21 32-39 July 17. DAY 5-8 6-10 11-18 VS. LHP STARTER 6-12 7-5 13-17 SCORELESS AGAIN: Lenik has not allowed an earned run in his VS. RHP STARTER 16-14 14-26 30-40 last five outings...The righty was assigned to Portland on June 1st ‘DOGS SCORE FIRST 15-4 16-11 31-15 after being signed from the Kansas City T-Bones (Independent OPPONENTS SCORE FIRST 7-22 5-20 12-42 League). SCORING 4+ RUNS 17-7 17-7 34-14 SCORING <=3 RUNS 5-19 4-24 9-43 NICE GROOVE FOR BRETT: INF Brett Netzer has reached base LEAD AFTER 5TH 17-4 13-2 30-6 safely in 22 of his last 25 games, hitting .277 (23-for-83) during LEAD AFTER 6TH 18-3 14-2 32-5 that span...The first-year Sea Dog has 20 multi-hit games this TIED AFTER 6TH 2-2 3-4 5-6 season. TRAIL AFTER 6TH 1-21 3-25 4-46 LEAD AFTER 7TH 20-2 17-2 37-4 TIED AFTER 7TH 0-3 2-4 2-7 HE'S COMING AROUND: 1B Joey Curletta went 7-for-22 on the TRAIL AFTER 7TH 0-22 1-25 1-47 trip and is hitting .321 (18-for-56), HR, 11 RBI and eight walks in LEAD AFTER 8TH 13-1 14-1 27-2 his last 14 games, and has raised his average 31 points...Curletta TIED AFTER 8TH 1-3 2-4 3-7 hit five of his six homers in June. TRAIL AFTER 8TH 0-16 1-22 1-38 EXTRA INNINGS 0-6 1-4 1-10 HE KEEPS REACHING BASE: INF Bobby Dalbec has reached DOUBLEHEADER GAMES 7-5 5-3 12-8 base safely in 83 of 96 games this season and leads the league SHUTOUTS 5-6 5-6 10-12 with 19 homers and 64 walks. ONE-RUN GAMES 5-8 6-13 11-21 TWO-RUN GAMES 5-4 3-5 8-9 AROUND THE RED SOX ORGANIZATION THREE-RUN GAMES 2-4 3-7 5-11 *Boston Red Sox (56-46, 10.0 GB AL East) – Boston held on for GAMES DECIDED LAST AT-BAT 4-7 5-6 9-13 RECORD BATTING AROUND 3-1 1-0 4-1 a 5-4 win over Tampa Bay...Chris Sale fanned 10 batters to earn WHEN HITTING A HOME RUN 14-6 12-14 26-20 his 10th win of the season. OPPONENT HOME RUN 6-12 5-18 11-30 *Pawtucket Red Sox (42-58, 15.5 GB IL North) – Rusney Castillo COMMITTING AN ERROR 11-16 10-9 21-25 had five hits and Jantzen Witte knocked in four runs, leading OPPONENT ERROR 10-15 15-14 25-29 Pawtucket to a 17-2 win at Durham. VS. EASTERN DIVISION 17-21 13-26 30-47 *Salem Red Sox (21-11, 4.5 GA CAR South) – Dylan Thompson BINGHAMTON 3-8 5-1 8-9 fired six scoreless innings as Salem beat Winston-Salem, 7-0... HARTFORD 4-4 1-4 5-8 Edgar Corcino homered and knocked in three. NEW HAMPSHIRE 4-2 4-3 8-5 *Greenville Drive (15-16, 1.5 GB SAL Southern) – Greenville and READING 2-5 2-9 4-14 Delmarva were postponed last night and play a doubleheader TRENTON 4-2 1-9 5-11 tonight. VS. WESTERN DIVISION 5-5 8-5 13-10 *Lowell Spinners (23-12, 7.0 GA NYP Stedler) – Gilberto AKRON 0-0 3-0 3-0 ALTOONA 3-1 1-2 4-3 Jimenez had three of Lowell's five hits as they suffered a 9-0 BOWIE 1-2 0-0 1-2 loss at Aberdeen. ERIE 0-0 2-1 2-1 HARRISBURG 0-0 2-2 2-2 HADLOCK HAPPENINGS: Today: Spirit Day...Tomorrow: RICHMOND 1-2 0-0 1-2 Mookie Betts Bobblehead Giveaway/90's Night...Friday: MONDAY 4-0 3-3 7-3 Witchcraft & Wizardry Night/ Foodie Friday...Saturday: TUESDAY 6-2 3-4 9-6 Fireworks/ The Kastaways...Sunday: Kids Run the Bases/ Bangor WEDNESDAY 3-4 3-3 6-7 Community Day/Dog of the Day.