@PortlandSeaDogs PORTLAND SEA DOGS (40-57) vs. HARTFORD YARD GOATS (47-49) Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 6:00 PM • Hadlock Field • Portland, Maine LH Kyle Hart (6-6, 4.37) vs. RH Rico Garcia (2-0, 3.32) Current Streak......................................................W3 THE 'DOGS ARE HOT: The Portland Sea Dogs have won four of their last five games, Longest Win Streak.......................4, 3x (6/14-17) and continue their four-game series with the Hartford Yard Goats (Rockies affiliate) Season Record..................................................40-57 Standing................................................6th, -14.5 GB on Saturday night at Hadlock Field...Portland is seeking their first three-game Last 5 Games...........................................................4-1 winning streak at home this season and their fourth, 4-game win streak...Lefty Kyle Last 10 Games........................................................6-4 Hart (6-6, 4.37) makes his 17th start of the season and his fourth against Hartford (2- Last 20 Games.....................................................11-9 0, 1.89)...The two teams meet for the final time on Sunday afternoon. Series Record H/R.................................2-9-2/5-8-2 Series Sweeps by Dogs H/R.............................1/1 TWO IN A ROW: For the second straight night, the Sea Dogs shutout Hartford, Series Sweeps by Opp. H/R.............................2/3 Series Finales H/R........................................4-9/7-8 winning 6-0 on Friday...Lefty Matt Kent tied a career-high with eight innings, Rubber Games H/R......................................1-5/3-3 scattering five hits, one walk and five strikeouts...Josh Ockimey knocked in four Extra Innings H/R.........................................0-3/2-1 runs, clearing the bases with a three-run double in the third...Ockimey added a run- Postponements.........................................................7 scoring single in the fifth...Jhon Nunez clubbed his second homer of the year, a two- DH Record W-L-S...............................................1-2-4 run shot in the fourth. 2018 Best Mark...............................2x, -1 .500, 6-7 2018 Worst Mark.....................5x, -20 .500, 37-57 All-Time Record....................................1,717-1,768 STARTERS IN A GROOVE: Since Tuesday night, Portland's starters have allowed one All-Time at Home........................................895-845 earned run over 32.0 innings pitched (0.28)...Last night was Portland's third straight All-Time on Road........................................822-923 eight-inning performance at Hadlock Field (Kent July 15 and last night, Teddy Red Sox Affiliate.....................................1070-1146 Stankiewicz on Thursday). Transactions (DL)......................................85 (4 DL) Players Used............................................................46 Fenster’s Career...........................................356-358 BIG SERIES FOR JOSH: Ockimey is 5-for-7 with a homer, 7 RBI and a double in the series...The Philadelphia native is second in the Eastern League with 57 walks, and ON THE HOMESTAND: leads the team in homers (13), RBI (51) and doubles (17). Games...........................................................................2 Record.......................................................................2-0 Average...................................................323 (21-65) MAKE THAT SEVEN: INF Jordan Betts went 1-for-4, BB in the series opener, Runs-Per-Game.................................8.0 (16 total) extending his hitting streak to a season-high seven straight games: 11-for-25 (.440)... Home Runs.................................................................3 Betts made his third career pitching appearance on Monday in Binghamton. RISP.....................................,........................400 (8-20) Fielding Errors..........................................................1 MAKE IT FOUR: Nunez has both homers at Hadlock Field, extending his hitting ERA...............................................0.00 (0 ER/18.0 IP) SP W-L, ERA......................2-0, 0.00 (0 ER/16.0 IP) streak to four games with his home run on Friday...In 47 games with Portland, Nunez RP W-L-SV, ERA.................0-0-0, 0.00 (0 ER/2.0 IP) is hitting .267 (43-for-161), 2 HR and 19 RBI. Save Opportunities.....................................0-for-0 Holds.............................................................................0 AGAINST THE OPPONENT: Portland dropped 12 of 21 to the Yard Goats in 2017, SEA DOGS VS. HARTFORD including seven of 10 in Maine...With a win tonight, the 'Dogs clinch a winning 2018 Record (H/R/OR)........................5-4/3-9 (8-13) record against Hartford at home. 2017 Record (H/R/OR)........................3-7/6-5 (9-12) All-Time Record......................................................25-40 SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION: Follow the Sea Dogs on Twitter: @PortlandSeaDogs All-Time/Hadlock Field......................................14-18 All-Time/on the Road..........................................11-22 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 Sunday, July 22 vs. Hartford Yard Goats LH Dedgar Jimenez (5-6, 5.38) LH Sean Nolin (2-2, 6.14) 1:00 p.m. Monday, July 23 vs. Harrisburg Senators RH Mike Shawaryn (5-7, 3.52) TBA 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 24 vs. Harrisburg Senators RH Teddy Stankiewicz (6-8, 4.62) TBA 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 25 vs. Harrisburg Senators LH Matt Kent (6-7, 3.44) TBA 12:00 p.m. Listen Live on the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network, Tunein App and MILB.TV ROSTER MOVES: Tuesday: OF Johnny Bladel activated from HOME AWAY OVERALL the disabled list...Monday: C Alberto Schmidt assigned to OVERALL 19-28 21-29 40-57 Short-Season Lowell...INF Jantzen Witte received from Triple-A NIGHT 14-18 14-21 28-39 DAY 5-10 7-8 12-18 Pawtucket. VS. LHP STARTER 1-11 8-6 9-17 VS. RHP STARTER 18-17 13-23 31-40 APRIL WAS A LONG TIME AGO: OF Danny Mars hit .180 in April ‘DOGS SCORE FIRST 14-7 17-8 31-15 but is hitting .275 (39-for-142), 3 HR, 11 RBI in 40 games since OPPONENTS SCORE FIRST 5-21 4-21 9-42 June 1st...Mars went 2-for-4, and hit his third homer in the series SCORING 4+ RUNS 17-9 18-9 35-18 opener. SCORING <=3 RUNS 2-19 3-20 5-39 LEAD AFTER 5TH 13-5 16-1 29-6 NOTHING AGAIN: RHP Matthew Gorst extended his scoreless TIED AFTER 5TH 1-3 2-8 3-11 streak to 13 innings with three scoreless in game two of TRAIL AFTER 5TH 5-20 3-20 8-40 Tuesday's doubleheader at Binghamton...The streak was kept LEAD AFTER 6TH 14-1 17-3 31-4 alive when CF Tate Matheny threw out Tomas Nido at the plate TIED AFTER 6TH 2-5 0-3 2-8 in the sixth. TRAIL AFTER 6TH 3-22 4-23 7-45 LEAD AFTER 7TH 17-1 17-2 34-3 TIED AFTER 7TH 0-7 1-2 1-9 HE'S HAVING A NICE SUMMER: C Austin Rei went 2-for-4 last TRAIL AFTER 7TH 2-20 3-24 5-44 night, and is hitting .342 (13-for-38), HR, 3 RBI in July...Rei has LEAD AFTER 8TH 15-0 14-1 29-1 four multi-hit games this month. TIED AFTER 8TH 0-4 4-1 4-5 TRAIL AFTER 8TH 0-18 1-25 1-43 CLOSING IT OUT: LHP Josh Taylor closed out last night's win EXTRA INNINGS 0-5 3-2 3-7 with a scoreless ninth and three strikeouts. DOUBLEHEADER GAMES 4-7 2-1 6-8 SHUTOUTS 4-0 2-5 6-5 AROUND THE RED SOX ORGANIZATION ONE-RUN GAMES 4-7 4-8 8-15 *Boston Red Sox (69-30, 5.5 GA AL East) – Steven Pearce TWO-RUN GAMES 3-4 7-3 10-7 knocked in the lone run, leading Boston to a 1-0 lead over THREE-RUN GAMES 1-4 2-7 3-11 Detrot...David Price improved to 11-6. GAMES DECIDED LAST AT-BAT 3-5 4-8 7-13 RECORD BATTING AROUND 1-0 3-0 4-0 *Pawtucket Red Sox (45-51, 12.5 GB IL North) – Kyle Wren WHEN HITTING A HOME RUN 13-16 13-10 26-26 finished 2-for-4 with 3 RBI and 2 doubles but Pawtucket lost at OPPONENT HOME RUN 5-21 10-19 15-40 Gwinnett 7-4. COMMITTING AN ERROR 10-18 12-22 22-40 *Salem Red Sox (15-13, 1.5 GB CAR South) – Victor Acosta OPPONENT ERROR 10-15 15-13 25-28 knocked in Salem's lone run, as the Sox suffered a 6-1 loss at VS. EASTERN DIVISION 17-24 13-24 30-48 Buies Creek. BINGHAMTON 6-6 2-5 8-11 *Greenville Drive (16-12, -- GA SAL Southern) – Ryan Fitzgerald HARTFORD 5-4 3-9 8-13 and Tanner Nishioka each homered in Greenville's 5-4 loss to NEW HAMPSHIRE 2-2 4-5 6-7 Asheville. READING 1-9 3-3 4-12 *Lowell Spinners (20-14, 1.0 GA NYP Stedler) – The Spinners TRENTON 3-3 1-2 4-5 won their 11th straight game, 3-1 over Brooklyn on Saturday VS. WESTERN DIVISION 2-4 8-5 10-9 night. AKRON 1-2 0-0 1-2 ALTOONA 0-0 2-2 2-2 *GCL Red Sox (15-12, 2.0 GB GCL South) – The GCL Sox lost to BOWIE 1-2 3-0 4-2 the GCL Twins 4-3. ERIE 0-0 0-0 0-0 HARRISBURG 0-0 2-1 2-1 HADLOCK HAPPENINGS: Tonight: Fireworks presented by RICHMOND 0-0 1-2 1-2 New England Ford...Sunday: Princess and Pirate Day...Monday: MONDAY 1-1 1-5 2-6 Dustin Pedroia Bobblehead Giveaway...Tuesday: Faith and TUESDAY 2-8 4-5 6-13 Family Night/Biddeford/Saco Community Night..Wednesday: WEDNESDAY 2-4 4-5 6-9 Spirit Day. THURSDAY 5-2 4-2 9-5 FRIDAY 3-5 4-2 7-7 RADIO & TV COVERAGE: U.S.