Stephen Fife has had his troubles in the early innings as of late, but on Tuesday night against the Binghamton Mets, the righty had no early troubles, and almost no trouble at all as he did not allow a hit through his first 5.1 innings of work in the Portland Sea Dogs’ 6-0 win at Hadlock Field.
Portland took a two run lead before Binghamton starter Eric Beaulac could record an out. After a single by Nate Spears and a walk to Che-Hsuan Lin, Anthony Rizzo ripped a two run double down the right field line to plate Spears and Lin and build upon his record for RBI in a month with 32.
Even their first out was productive, as Ryne Lavarnway’s sac fly to center field brought home Rizzo who had advanced to third earlier on a wild pitch, 3-0 Portland.
Portland would extend their lead to 4-0 in the bottom of the second when Will Vazquez hit his first Double-A homerun.
All the while, Fife kept throwing blanks as he faced the minimum amount of batters (16) through his first 5.1 innings of work. He did hit Sean Ratliff with a pitch in the second inning, however Fife was able to induce a ground ball for a double play to the very next batter, and promptly retire the next 11 B-Mets batters he faced in order.
With one out in the sixth inning, Raul Reyes would break up the no-hit bid with a single up the middle. After a strikeout to Luke Montz and an infield hit by Jose Coronado, Fife would strikeout Jordany Valdespin to end the threat and put a punctuation mark on his finest outing of the season.
Fife (7-6) went 6.0 innings and allowed just the two hits and struck out five to collect his first win since July 18th at New Britain; a game in which he also only allowed two hits in 6.0 innings of work.
Lavarnway and Luis Exposito went back-to-back in the fifth inning with a pair of solo shots that gave Portland the 6-0 lead that would hold to be the final.
Beaulac (0-2) would pick up the loss and became a distant memory by the time this game finished as he worked just 1.0 inning and allowed three runs on two hits and a walk.
Ryne Lawson continued his stellar work out of the bullpen and collected his second save of the season working the final three innings and allowed just one hit while striking out four.
The Sea Dogs (65-70) and B-Mets (64-71) will continue their series tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Hadlock Field. Alex Wilson (3-4, 6.14) will take the ball for Portland opposite Dylan Owen (4-4, 4.38). The Sea Dogs will be honoring Daniel Bard, with a bobblehead night in his honor. The first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive Daniel Bard bobblehead dolls courtesy of Delta Dental.
NOTES: The paid attendance was 4,572…Montz and manager Tim Teufel were ejected for arguing balls and strikes in the sixth inning…Both of Lawson’s saves this season have come against the B-Mets…Lavarnway’s homer in the fifth gave him 95 RBI this season between Single-A Salem and Portland to lead all Red Sox Farm Hands…He is followed by Rizzo (94) and Exposito (90)
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