Congratulations to Nate Spears, Hadlock Headlines 2010 Portland Sea Dogs Player of the Year.
Nate's 2010 campaign showed he absolutely belongs in the Red Sox system. His consistency both in the field and at the plate gave his team a better chance to win night in, night out. Nate scored his 100th and 101st runs on Sunday, making him the 3rd player in Portland Sea Dogs history to score over 100 runs.
It has been a privilege to cover Nate the entire season, treating us and everyone at the park with the utmost respect. Here is to hoping Nate gets a shot at the next level, his performance this season sure warrants it.
CMSB Media proudly awards Nate Spears its inaugural Hadlock Headlines Portland Sea Dogs Player of the Year.
OFFICIAL SEA DOGS GAME WRAP
For the past month and a half, Blake Maxwell has been one of the best pitchers on Portland's staff. On Saturday night, he continued to pitch well, allowing two runs on five hits in five and two-thirds innings, as the Sea Dogs picked up a 5-2 win at MerchantsAuto.com Stadium.
Both starting pitchers were tremendous, keeping the game scoreless through the first five innings of play. Kyle Drabek went those five innings for the Fisher Cats, allowing one hit and four walks, while striking out four.
Once New Hampshire went to the bullpen, the Sea Dogs' offense came to life. With David Purcey in the game, Chih-Hsien Chiang and Nate Spears started the sixth inning with consecutive singles. After a pair of
OFFICIAL PORTLAND SEA DOGS GAME RECAP
The Portland Sea Dogs erased a 2-0 deficit with a three-run fifth inning, but the Binghamton Mets answered with a large rally of their own. Mike Nickeas' two-run home blast capped a five-run inning, as the Mets came back to even the series with a 9-3 win at NYSEG Stadium.
For the third time in four games, the Mets drew first blood in the bottom of the first. Kirk Nieuwenhuis led off the night with a double, moved to third on a ground ball by Sean Ratliff, and scored when Nick Evans grounded into a double play. Nieuwenhuis continued his strong night at the plate in the the third, as he smacked a solo home run to right field.
Anyone in Manchester New Hampshire tonight were treated to a dream prospect match-up. The Portland Sea Dogs Casey Kelly and Fisher Cats Kyle Drabek hooked up and didn't disappoint. Unfortunately the Sea Dogs came up on the short end of the stick, losing to the Fisher Cats 5 - 0.
PORTLAND SEA DOGS OFFICIAL GAME WRAP
For the first three games of the series, Adam Calderone has left the Portland Sea Dogs with nightmares. After five RBI in the first two games, Calderone added three more on Saturday night, including a solo home run. Kyle Drabek made those runs stand up, pitching seven scoreless innings, as the New Hampshire Fisher Cats blanked Portland, 5-0, at Merchantsauto.com Stadium.
The story entering the game was the fantastic pitching match-up, featuring Portland's Casey Kelly and New Hampshire's Kyle Drabek. Both starters began with pairs of scoreless innings, before the Fisher Cats scored first in the bottom of the third. Jonathan Diaz and Brian Jeroloman started the rally, receiving back-to-back walks. After Darin Mastroianni's sacrifice bunt, Adam Calderone singled to center, driving in Diaz.
That run was the lone blemish on Kelly's line, as the Sea Dogs' starter allowed just two hits and three walks, while striking out six, in four and two-thirds innings. Kelly's final batter of the night was Mastroianni, who went down on strikes. Tommy Hottovy replaced Kelly on the hill, and was greeted rudely by New Hampshire's hottest hitter. Adam Calderone picked up his second RBI of the night, hitting a solo home run to right-center field.
Two innings later, the Fisher Cats extended their lead. Jonathan Diaz led off the frame with a walk, and advanced all the way to third base on Brian Jeroloman's single to right. Two batters later, Adam Calderone stepped to the plate, and continued his strong night at the plate, singling to right, scoring Diaz. Eric Thames loaded the bases with yet another single, ending Hottovy's outing. Bryce Cox took over for Hottovy, and immediately allowed a two-run double to Brad Emaus. However, that was the only hit allowed by Cox in the seventh, as New Hampshire took a 5-0 lead.
When the top of the eighth inning began, Trystan Magnuson took the mound, putting an end to Kyle Drabek's outing. Drabek was as good as advertised, tossing seven scoreless frames, allowing six hits, while striking out four.
Magnuson completed the shutout, keeping Portland off of the scoreboard in the eighth and ninth innings.
The Sea Dogs and Fisher Cats will play the final game of the four-game series on Sunday afternoon at 1:35. Stephen Fife (2-1, 3.26) will make the start for Portland, while New Hampshire counters with Randy Boone (1-2, 2.70).
POST GAME HIGHLIGHTS COURTESY CELLULAR ONE RADIO NETWORK
Stephen Fife went 6 solid shutout innings, leaving the game with a 7 - 0 lead. He allowed 7 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks and 6 strike outs. Fife's ERA dropped to 3.26. Eammon Portice allowed the only 2 runs the Mets would get, and Jason Rice closed the game for the Sea Dogs win.
Jose Iglesias has developed into the offensive star of the team, going 3 - 5 with 5 RBIs. Iglesias is now hitting .326. Iglesias also was a wizard with the glove Ryan Kalish hit his team leading 5th home run off Mets pitcher Scott Shaw.
PORTLAND SEA DOGS WRAP UP
Stephen Fife (2-1) hurled six scoreless innings and Jose Iglesias drove in a career-high 5 runs as the Portland Sea Dogs (18-12) thrashed the Binghamton Mets (19-13), 7-2 on Tuesday night at Hadlock Field in front of 3,462.
A much better day a Hadlock. The sun is shining and the wind is blowing out! Could be a big night for the bats!
Casey Kelly Pitch Breakdown
1ST INNING
1st Batter - KL, B, IP - 1-3 1 out
2nd Batter - IP - E6
3rd Batter - B, B, IP - F8 2 out
4th Batter - B, POA, POA - Pick Off 3 outs
2ND INNING
5th Batter - K, B, IP - Double
6th Batter - KFB bunt, IP - F7 1 out
7th Batter - IP - 6 - 3 2 outs
8th Batter - IP - 5 - 3 3 - outs
3RD INNING
9th Batter - KL, KL, KS 1 out
10th Batter - B, FB, FB, IP 1 - 3 2 outs
11th Batter - K, B, B, B, B
12th Batter - B, FB, B, IP 3UA 3 outs
4TH INNING
13th Batter - KL, B, KS, B, FB, IP Double to Left
14th Batter - B, KS, POA, FB, B, IP E6
15th Batter - B, FB, B, B, B
16th Batter - KS, IP SAC - 7 1 out
17th Batter - IP Single
18th Batter - FB, B, KS, FB, FB, KS 2 out
19th Batter - IP F8 3 outs Batter
5TH INNING
20th Batter - KS, FB, B, B, FB, KS 1 out
21st Batter - KL, B, B, KS, FB, KS 2 out
22nd Batter - B, KL, IP HR (Brown) 390 CF Score 2 -1 Phils
23rd Batter - B, IP PO8 3 outs
The name of the game Wednesday at Hadlock was starting pitching as Red Sox prospect Casey Kelly went 5, his longest stint of the year so far, allowing 2 runs, 1 earned. Phillies starter Drew Naylor allowed only 1 run in 7 strong innings.
Kelly had a good mix of fastball and off speed pitches, especially his curve, which ended 2 at bats on looking strikes.
Naylor matched pitch for pitch and then some only allowing only 1 run over 7 innings. The Sea Dogs lone run came on a ground out to short by Luis Exposito plating Juan Apodaca. Exposito continues his hot hitting, going 2 - 4 with a double.
The Dogs best chance came in the 8th when they got 2 men on, including Ryan Kalish extending his on base streak to 15 games. With 2 outs. Luis Exposito worked the count, but got fooled on a great slider by Phillies reliever Matt German for the strikeout.
The Dogs and Phils finish off what was to be a 4 game series tomorrow at noon at Hadlock.
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PORTLAND SEA DOGS OFFICIAL GAME RECAP
Drew Naylor and the Reading bullpen provided the pitching, and Domonic Brown provided the pop, as the Phillies held on for a 2-1 win over the Portland Sea Dogs on Wednesday night at Hadlock Field.
Naylor (2-3) turned in a seven-inning gem to earn the win for Reading, surrendering one run on six hits and a walk, while striking out six. The Reading starter pitched around four doubles - two from both Ray Chang and Luis Exposito, including back-to-back doubles to lead off the fourth, without allowing a run to score.
Despite picking up the loss, Portland starter Casey Kelly (0-2) enjoyed his longest outing of the season, going five innings. Kelly relinquished just four hits, two walks, and two runs (one earned), however he departed on the hook, as the Sea Dogs’ offense could only muster one run against Naylor.
Domonic Brown was a large thorn in Kelly’s side, hitting a double and a home run in three at-bats against the 20-year old righty. Brown would also score on Brandon Pinckney’s sac fly in the fourth to account for both of Kelly’s runs.
Brown’s fifth inning home run proved to be the difference, as it gave the Phillies a 2-1 lead. His run in the fourth was made possible by some shaky defensive work from the usually sure-handed Jose Iglesias, who uncharacteristically committed two of Portland’s three errors on the night.
The Sea Dogs’ lone run came in the first inning, when Juan Apodaca came in to score on Luis Exposito’s ground out to short. Exposito would end the night two-for-four, extending his hitting streak to five games (9-18, .500).
Robert Coello continued his strong start to the season for Portland, tossing three innings of scoreless baseball, allowing two hits and striking out four, in relief of Kelly. The four-strikeout performance is his sixth consecutive outing with at least two punch-outs (20 strikeouts overall in that span).
The Reading bullpen proved to be just as lights out as Naylor. A brief third of an inning out of Matt German bridged the gap to Michael Schwimer, who went the final inning and two-thirds to pick up his third save of the season.
The Sea Dogs will look to salvage the final game of this series, while finishing with a winning homestand, as they play a 12:00 game against the Phillies on Thursday at Hadlock Field. Stephen Fife (1-1, 2.66) takes the ball for Portland, against Reading’s Vance Worley (1-2, 5.40 ERA).
Notes: Ryan Kalish pinch hit for Juan Apodaca in the eighth, and singled, to reach base safely for his 15thconsecutive game….Bryce Cox struck out two in a scoreless ninth, as Portland pitching combined for ten strikeouts…….the paid attendance for tonight’s game was 3,643.
POSTGAME INTERVIEWS
CASEY KELLY
ARNIE BEYELER
COACH ALEX OCHOA
GAME HIGHLIGHTS COURTESY US CELLULAR RADIO NETWORK
Yes Charlie Brown, there is no game today. The game has been postponed due to weather. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader June 5. All starters are bumped a day, so tomorrows matchup will be Casey Kelly for the Sea Dogs and Drew Nayler for the Phils. Pitching Thursday for the Sea Dogs is Steven Fife and for the Phillies Vance Worley.
See you at the park tomorrow!
The view from Hadlock as we speak, possible delay. Stay here and see what’s going on.
