@PortlandSeaDogs PORTLAND SEA DOGS (16-31) vs. READING FIGHTIN PHILS (19-27) Sunday, May 27, 2018 at 1:00 PM • Hadlock Field • Portland, Maine LH Kyle Hart (2-3, 3.68) vs. RH Jose Tavares (0-0, 0.00) Current Streak........................................................L3 SUNDAY FUNDAY: The Portland Sea Dogs and Reading Fightin Phils (Phillies affiliate) Longest Win Streak................................4 (5/8-10) continue their five-game series on Sunday afternoon at Hadlock Field...Portland has Season Record..................................................16-31 Standing................................................6th, -13.0 GB dropped all four games to Reading at home this year (including the game as the Last 5 Games...........................................................1-4 home team on May 15th at Reading)...The 'Dogs' last home win against Reading was Last 10 Games........................................................3-7 July 9, 2017...Left-hander Kyle Hart makes his second start of the homestand, he Last 20 Games.....................................................8-12 worked seven innings on just one earned run on May 22nd vs. Hartford. Series Record H/R.................................1-4-1/2-5-1 Series Sweeps by Dogs H/R.............................1/0 READING TAKES TWINBILL: Reading received an RBI single from Zach Green in Series Sweeps by Opp. H/R.............................1/3 Series Finales H/R........................................3-3/2-6 the top of the eighth ining to take game one, 3-2...In the second game, the Fightins Rubber Games H/R......................................0-2/2-2 scored four times offTravis Lakins (L, 0-2) in the first inning, and held on for a 6-3 Extra Innings H/R.........................................0-3/2-1 victory...Jhon Nunez went 2-for-3, 2 RBI in the second game and Jantzen Witte Postponements.........................................................7 added an RBI ground out...Green added a solo-homer in the nightcap and finished DH Record W-L-S...............................................1-1-3 2-for-4, 2 RBI. 2018 Best Mark...............................2x, -1 .500, 6-7 2018 Worst Mark.............................................16-31 All-Time Record....................................1,693-1,752 MOST WERE PERFECT: Portland's pitchers in game two were perfect in five of seven All-Time at Home........................................884-830 innings...Josh Taylor had his best outing in the Red Sox system, tossing two perfect All-Time on Road........................................809-912 frames and tying a career-high with four strikeouts...Lakins fanned five over three Red Sox Affiliate.....................................1046-1120 innings. Transactions (DL)......................................44 (2 DL) Players Used............................................................38 Fenster’s Career...........................................332-332 OCK IS ON A ROLE: Josh Ockimey has reached base safely in 21 straight games since May 5th...The Philadelphia native has a seven-game hitting streak: 11-for-23 ON THE HOMESTAND: (.478), HR, 4 RBI and 5 doubles...This month, Ockimey is hitting .295 (26-for-88) with Games...........................................................................6 Record.......................................................................1-5 4 HR, 13 RBI, 8 2B and 20 walks. Average.................................................258 (51-198) Runs-Per-Game.................................4.5 (27 total) NICE OUTING DEDGAR: Dedgar Jimenez tied a team-high with seven innings in Home Runs.................................................................7 the opener...Jimenez allowed just two runs on seven hits and four strikeouts. RISP...........................................................246 (14-57) Fielding Errors..........................................................3 WELCOME BACK: Josh Smith re-joins the Sea Dogs from Triple-A Pawtucket...Smith ERA.............................................5.29 (30 ER/51.0 IP) SP W-L, ERA....................1-2, 3.89 (15 ER/34.2 IP) has not appeared in a game with Portland. RP W-L-SV, ERA............0-3-0, 8.27 (15 ER/16.1 IP) Save Opportunities.....................................0-for-0 AGAINST THE OPPONENT: Portland went 11-10 against the Fightins in 2017, but Holds.............................................................................0 lost seven of 10 at FirstEnergy Stadium...All-Time, the Sea Dogs, are 10-14 in season SEA DOGS VS. READING series against Reading...The lone home game for Portland against Reading was 2018 Record (H/R/OR)..........................0-4/3-3 (3-7) played at FirstEnergy Stadium on May 15. 2017 Record (H/R/OR).....................8-3/3-7 (11-10) All-Time Record.................................................140-162 SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION: Follow the Sea Dogs on Twitter: @PortlandSeaDogs All-Time/Hadlock Field......................................72-73 All-Time/Reading...................................................68-89 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, May 28 vs. Reading Fightin Phils LH Matt Kent (2-2, 2.93) TBA 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 29 at New Hampshire Fisher Cats RH Teddy Stankiewicz (4-4, 4.99) TBA 6:35 p.m. Wednesday, May 30 at New Hampshire Fisher Cats RH Mike Shawaryn (2-5, 3.75) TBA 6:35 p.m. Thursday, May 31 at New Hampshire Fisher Cats LH Dedgar Jimenez (1-3, 5.23) TBA 11:35 a.m. Listen Live on the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network, Tunein App and MILB.TV ROSTER MOVES: Saturday: RHP Jake Cosart assigned to HOME AWAY OVERALL High-A Salem...C Isaias Lucena assigned to Low-A Greenville...C OVERALL 8-13 8-18 16-31 Jhon Nunez activated from disabled list...LHP Josh Smith NIGHT 5-8 6-11 11-19 DAY 3-5 2-7 5-12 received from Triple-A Pawtucket. VS. LHP STARTER 0-4 3-4 3-8 VS. RHP STARTER 8-9 5-14 13-23 RIVERA HEATING UP: INF Jeremy Rivera has a multi-hit game ‘DOGS SCORE FIRST 8-4 7-6 15-10 in three of his last six starts: 9-for-27 (.333), 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 2B... OPPONENTS SCORE FIRST 0-9 1-12 1-21 Rivera is hitting .300 (21-for-70) with two homers and 12 RBI in SCORING 4+ RUNS 7-6 8-7 15-13 17 games at Hadlock Field. SCORING <=3 RUNS 1-7 0-11 1-18 LEAD AFTER 5TH 7-3 6-0 13-3 IN A GOOD GROOVE: Nick Lovullo has hit safely in 10 of his TIED AFTER 5TH 1-0 1-5 2-5 last 11 games: 10-for-41 (.244), 2 RBI, 2 2B...Lovullo has hit TRAIL AFTER 5TH 0-10 1-13 1-23 safely in three straight starts...Portland was held to nine hits in LEAD AFTER 6TH 7-1 5-1 12-2 yesterday's doubleheader, lowering their team batting average TIED AFTER 6TH 1-2 0-1 1-3 to .260. TRAIL AFTER 6TH 0-10 3-16 3-26 LEAD AFTER 7TH 8-1 5-0 13-1 TIED AFTER 7TH 0-4 0-1 0-5 NUMBER TWO FOR TONY: Tony Renda hit his second homer of TRAIL AFTER 7TH 0-8 3-16 3-24 the season on Friday night, and the team's fourth into the U.S. LEAD AFTER 8TH 4-0 4-0 8-0 Cellular Pavilion...Renda hit his first homer on May 13th against TIED AFTER 8TH 0-1 2-0 2-1 Binghamton. TRAIL AFTER 8TH 0-8 1-17 1-25 EXTRA INNINGS 0-3 2-1 2-4 GOOD NIGHT FOR MATHENY: Tate Matheny went 2-for-5 with DOUBLEHEADER GAMES 4-5 1-0 5-5 two doubles on Friday night...Matheny owns the club's two- SHUTOUTS 2-0 0-2 2-2 triple game on May 10th vs. Binghamton...The Missouri native ONE-RUN GAMES 0-3 1-5 1-8 has reached base safely in 37 of 42 games (did not reach base in TWO-RUN GAMES 2-1 2-2 4-3 yesterday's twinbill). THREE-RUN GAMES 1-4 1-5 2-9 GAMES DECIDED LAST AT-BAT 1-3 2-4 3-7 RECORD BATTING AROUND 1-0 1-0 2-0 MORE ON THE STARTER: Hart makes his third start of the WHEN HITTING A HOME RUN 6-8 4-7 10-15 season against Reading, and beat the Fightins on May 16th at OPPONENT HOME RUN 3-10 3-12 6-22 FirstEnergy Stadium. COMMITTING AN ERROR 3-11 6-14 9-25 OPPONENT ERROR 1-7 7-9 8-16 AROUND THE RED SOX ORGANIZATION VS. EASTERN DIVISION 8-13 6-16 14-29 *Boston Red Sox (36-16, 1.0 GA AL East) – Andrew BINGHAMTON 4-3 0-3 4-6 Benintendi went 3-for-4 with a homer in Boston's 8-6 win over HARTFORD 3-4 0-7 3-11 Atlanta...Mitch Moreland had a double and triple. NEW HAMPSHIRE 0-0 2-1 2-1 *Pawtucket Red Sox (19-27, 8.5 GB IL North) – Pawtucket was READING 0-4 3-3 3-7 swept a doubleheader by Lehigh Valley, 6-3 and 6-2 on Saturday TRENTON 1-2 1-2 2-4 afternoon. VS. WESTERN DIVISION 0-0 2-2 2-2 *Salem Red Sox (22-24, 3.5 GB CAR South) – Carlos Tovar AKRON 0-0 0-0 0-0 ALTOONA 0-0 2-2 2-2 knocked in the lone for Salem in a 6-1 loss to Wilmington on BOWIE 0-0 0-0 0-0 Saturday. ERIE 0-0 0-0 0-0 *Greenville Drive (11-36, 20.0 GB SAL Southern) – Victor HARRISBURG 0-0 0-0 0-0 Acosta hit a two-run homer in Greenville's 9-2 loss to Columbia RICHMOND 0-0 0-0 0-0 on Saturday. MONDAY 0-0 0-4 0-4 TUESDAY 2-4 3-1 5-5 HADLOCK HAPPENINGS: Today: Superhero Day/Kids Run the WEDNESDAY 1-3 2-2 3-5 Bases/Dog of the Day...Monday: MOMDay THURSDAY 3-0 1-2 4-2 FRIDAY 1-2 2-1 3-3 RADIO & TV COVERAGE: U.S.