Red Sox Nation, please take a deep breath. A real big deep breath. Fans need to remember, this kid is just 20 years old and is learning a whole new game and a whole new culture.
When I say kid, I mean kid, because like 4000 other "kids" who waited after the Sea Dogs 11-8 comeback win over the Trenton Thunder, Jose Iglesias ignored the spread rehabbing Mike Cameron purchased for the team, went just outside the clubhouse door to the field, and watched fireworks.
Stars might have been in his eyes watching the post game ritual at Hadlock, but they sure aren't when he is on the field. While all fans had been introduced to his defense in spring training, what continues to impress people that watch him every night, is his performance at the plate. Tonight, Iglesias went 4-5 with 3 singles and a triple that helped set up the huge 8th inning.
Casey Kelly clearly did not have his A stuff tonight, but he battled pitch after pitch. Unfortunately, Trenton jumped all over him and produced 5 runs, 5 hits and 3 walks in 3 innings.
Rehabbing Mike Cameron went deep, hitting a 1-0 fastball off the Dunkin Donuts scoreboard in left center field. Cameron will likely sit Saturday and decide if he will play Sunday for the Sea Dogs.--JEFF SCHOOLS
MIKE CAMERON POSTGAME
CASEY KELLY POSTGAME
ANTHONY RIZZO POSTGAME
ARNIE BEYELER POSTGAME
OFFICIAL PORTLAND SEA DOGS GAME WRAP UP
he Portland Sea Dogs trailed for all but one of the first seven innings in Friday night's game against the Trenton Thunder, but in the end, it was the final score that mattered. The Sea Dogs recorded a season-high 16 hits, but got only one in a five-run eighth inning that turned an 8-6 deficit into an 11-8 victory.
Trenton wasted little time in taking the lead. Justin Christian led off the evening with a walk. After a pair of flyouts, Austin Romine picked up the game's first RBI, driving in Christian with a double off of the Maine Monster. Romine took third base on the throw, and scored on Brandon Laird's single to right.
Despite getting three runners on base, the Sea Dogs were scoreless in the first. Che-Hsuan Lin led off the bottom of the second with a single to left, and quickly moved to third base, when Juan Apodaca doubled over the center fielder's head. Both runners came around to score on the next play, as Jose Iglesias picked up a single on a soft dribbler in front of the plate. Lin scored by beating the throw, while Apodaca scored when the throw went wide.
The game didn't stay tied for long, as the Thunder regained the lead in the top of the third. After a pair of quick outs, David Adams started the rally with a walk. The next batter up was Austin Romine, who doubled home Adams with a hit off of the right field wall. Once again, Romine's stay on the bases was a short one, as Brandon Laird singled to left.
Trenton added one more run off of Casey Kelly, who saw his day end after three innings. In that time, Boston's top pitching prospect allowed five runs, five hits, and three walks, while striking out one. Tommy Hottovy took over for Kelly, and two batters into Hottovy's outing, he was greeted by a solo home run off the bat of Luis Nunez.
Portland got that run back in the bottom of the fourth, as the Hadlock Field faithful got what they were hoping for. Mike Cameron took a 1-0 offering, and deposited it over the left-center field wall, cutting the deficit to 6-3. In two games with the Sea Dogs, Cameron was 2-for-8, with two runs and two RBI.
The Sea Dogs got another run back in the fifth, before the two clubs exchanged two-run halves in the seventh. The Thunder scored on an RBI double by Daniel Brewer and an RBI single by Kevin Smith, while Portland saw Anthony Rizzo smack his second home run in Double-A.
In the bottom of the eighth, the Sea Dogs took their first lead of the night. Jose Iglesias led off with a triple, before the bases were loaded on back-to-back walks to Chih-Hsien Chiang and Matt Sheely. After a strikeout by Nate Spears, Ray Chang walked, scoring Iglesias with Portland's seventh run of the game. A wild pitch scored Chiang, and Luis Exposito put the home team on top, flying out to right field, driving in Sheely. Trenton reliever Noel Castillo nearly got out of the inning, but a throwing error and a wild pitch brought two more runners across home plate.
Ryne Lawson (3-2) got the win for Portland, pitching two and two-thirds innings of scoreless baseball. Paul Bush (0-1) suffered the loss, allowing three runs without recording an out.
The two teams will play a single-admission doubleheader on Saturday afternoon, with the first game starting at 1:00. Game one will see Stephen Fife (2-1, 3.22) take on Hector Noesi (Double-A debut). In game two, Wilkin De La Rosa (1-2, 4.95) goes for the Thunder, while the Sea Dogs have yet to name a starting pitcher.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS COURTESY US CELLULAR SEA DOGS RADIO NETWORK
CASEY KELLY PITCH TRACKING
Here is the key for my pitch tracking. Pitch Result and speed. KL - Strike Looking, KS - Strike Swinging, B - Ball, POA - Pick Off Attempt, FB - Foul Ball, IP - In Play
1ST INNING
Batter 1 - B90 B90 B90 KL90 KL92 B91
Batter 2 - KL90 POA IP77 Pop Out 7
Batter 3 - KL90 IP77 Pop Out 3
Batter 4 - B90 KL91 POA POA IP78 Double of Monster RBI
Batter 5 - B91 B81 KS89 IP90 Single to Right
Batter 6 - B89 IP90 5-3
2ND INNING
Batter 7 - KL84 KL88 B88 FB89 B90 B83 FB91 FB88 KL92
Batter 8 - B87 B91 B91 KL92 KL90 IP91 F7
Batter 9 - B90 B89 Kl90 IP91 Pop Out 2
Batter 10 - KL88 FB88 B81 B90 B82 IP79 5-3
Batter 11 - B90 KL83 KL85 IP79 F8
Batter 12 - B88 B87 B90 KL88 B91
Batter 13 - B89 B90 IP91 Double RBI High of RF Wall
Batter 14 - KL78 B80 FB77 IP Single High off Maine Monster
Batter 15 - B88 B90 KL90 KL88 B89 B90
Batter 16 - B83 B83 KL88 FB90 IP79 Weird play ended inning
I have 71 Pitches 37 for Ks.
MIKE CAMERON PRE-GAME AUDIO
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