Reading got on the board first when Sebastian Valle tagged Portland starter Chris Balcom-Miller with a solo home run to left field as the Phillies took a 1-0 lead.
Valle's home run would be the only damage against Balcom-Miller who held the Phillies to one run on three hits over five solid innings of work. Balcom-Miller only threw 48 pitches, striking out three and did not surrender a walk.
Portland tied the game at one in the fourth inning when Oscar Tejeda collected a two out RBI single scoring Reynaldo Rodriguez.
The score remained tied until the top of the seventh when Ryan Dent hit a two out sole home run to give the Sea Dogs a 2-1 lead. Dent would lead the Portland offense with a three hit performance (3-for-3, RBI, R).
The Phillies rallied against Portland reliever Aaron Kurcz in the bottom half of the seventh loading the bases with nobody out. Jiwan James hit a sacrifice fly to center scoring Michael Spidale to tie the game sending the season opening contest into extra frames.
Portland reliever Caleb Clay surrendered the two run homer to Castro in the ninth to give the Phillies the dramatic victory in game one. Clay (0-1) suffered the loss allowing two runs on three hits in 1.1 innings.
Michael Cisco (1-0) earned the win for Reading holding the Sea Dogs to one hit over one inning of work.
The Sea Dogs out hit the Phillies 12-8. Every Sea Dogs player had at least one hit with the exception of Dan
Butler and Peter Hissey. Kolbrin Vitek was 2-for-4 in his Double-A debut.
Game two got off to a great start for the Sea Dogs as Juan Carlos Linares led-off the game with solo home run to left off Reading starter Tyson Brummett to give the Sea Dogs a quick 1-0 lead.
Brummett would settle down to retire the next nine batters before giving way to reliever Chris Kissock in the fourth. Kissock (1-0) would earn the win holding the Sea Dogs to one run on three hits in 2.1 innings.
The Reading Phillies would use a four run third inning to cruise to their second win of the evening. Chris Martin,
making his first Double-A start for the Sea Dogs, allowed four straight batters to reach to start the third inning. Cesar Hernandez drove home Steve Lerud and Miguel Abreu with a double to left giving the Phillies a 2-1 lead. Steve Susdorf added a RBI single to right scoring Spidale and Hernandez scored on a Tug Hulett ground out as Reading took a 4-1 lead.
Hernandez was 2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI, and a run scored to lead the Reading offensive attack.
Martin (0-1) took the loss allowing six runs on eight hits in
four innings on the mound. He struck out four and walked two.
Spidale would add a RBI single in the fourth and Castro a RBI single in the fifth as Reading stretched their lead to 7-1.
Portland would make the game interesting plating a run in the sixth and two in the seventh bringing the tying run to the plate.
Justin Friend would get Matt Spring to pop-up to end the threat and earn the save.
Bryce Brentz led the Portland offense in game two with a 3-for-4 performance. He led off the sixth inning with a single and scored on a Tejeda RBI single. Brentz would
pick-up his first Double-A RBI with single scoring Heiker Meneses in the seventh.
The Sea Dogs and Phillies are back in action on Friday night at 7:05 PM. The Sea Dogs will send right-handed pitcher Brock Huntzinger (0-0, 0.00) to the mound. Reading will counter with righty Trevor May (0-0, 0.00).
The Sea Dogs will return home for their home opener on Thursday, April 12th at 6:00 PM against the Binghamton Mets. Tickets are available for all Sea Dogs' home games. Tickets can be ordered by calling the Sea Dogs Ticket Office at 207-879-9500 or online at
www.seadogs.com
-Courtesy Portland Sea Dogs-
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