In a Mother's Day matinee at Hadlock field, the fans on hand were in for a pitchers duel early on. Portland starter Alex Wilson struck out 4 of the first 6 batters he faced, as the Rock Cat hitters couldn't figure him out. Bobby Lanigan similarly mastered the Sea Dogs, stranding runners at 3rd in the first and third innings.
The Sea Dogs got on the board first, finally solving Lanigan in the fifth. Oscar Tejeda singled up the middle to lead off the inning. Jorge Padron then walked on 4 pitches to move Tejeda to 2nd. Jon Hee's sacrifice bunt moved both runners up a base with one out. Che-Hsuan Lin then grounded to short to score Tejeda and move Padron to 3rd. Tim Federowicz then struck out swinging to end the inning.
The lead didn't last long for the Sea Dogs, and neither did Wilson in the sixth. Michael Hollimon doubled to deep right to lead off the inning. Wilson got Chris Herrmann to pop out to 2nd, and that was it for the Portland starter. Manager Kevin Boles lifted Wilson after throwing 85 pitches, replacing him with Caleb Clay. Clay hit the first batter he faced, Joe Benson. Chris Parmalee then singled to center, scoring Hollimon, to tie the game. Benson moved to 3rd on a fielding error by Lin, and Parmalee moved to 2nd. Clay then hit Evan Bigley for his 2nd hit batsmen of the inning, loading the bases. With Yangervis Solarte batting, Clay threw a wild pitch, scoring Benson, and moving the runners up. Solarte then grounded out to score Parmalee. With two outs, Clay got Deibinson Romero to pop out to Padron in foul territory to finally end the inning.
The Rock Cats would add an insurance run in the seventh, as Dan Rohlfing scored on Herrmann's 2-out RBI single. The Rock Cats had a chance to score more runs, but Lin made a sliding catch with runners at 2nd and 3rd to end the inning.
The Sea Dogs would go 3 up, 3 down in the final four innings, hitting into inning-ending double plays in the 7th and 8th. Another double play would kill any chance of a rally in the 9th. It was a drastic change from yesterday for the Sea Dogs, who had every bounce go their way in a Saturday win.
Lanigan picked up his 3rd win of the season, going 6 innings, giving up 1 run on 6 hits, with 5 strikeouts and a walk. Tyler Robertson picked up his 4th save, pitching 3 innings of 2-hit ball, with no walks and a strikeout.
Clay picked up a blown save and his first loss of the season. In 1 2/3 innings pitched, the righty reliever gave up 3 runs on 4 hits, with 2 hit batsmen and a wild pitch. Tommy Hottovy gave up only 1 hit while striking out 2 men while pitching the 8th and 9th innings.
Wilson's line was 5 1/3 innings pitched, giving up 1 run on 3 hits, with 5 K's and 4 walks. he threw 49 strikes on 85 pitches.
Che-Hsuan Lin went 2 for 4 from the lead-off spot, driving in the only run of the game. Tejeda went 2 for 3, scoring the lone run for the Sea Dogs. A day after hitting 2 Home Runs and driving in 4 run, Chih-Hsien Chiang went 0 for 3 with strikeouts.
The Sea Dogs now head to Manchester for a 3-game series against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Portland is now 10-17 on the season.
-WIL KRAMLICH-
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