May 7 2011,
It was a partly sunny day at Hadlock Field on this Saturday afternoon. Temps in the low 60's much warmer than the last game I went to in POrtland. (low 40's to upper 30's) So on to the game. The Sea Dogs opponent today was the New Britain Rock Cats. AA affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. Pitching for the Sea Dogs was right hander Brock Huntzinger. Coming into the game Huntzinger was 2-3 with a 6.30 era. Not a great start to the season but lets see if he was able to lower that era. In the top of the 1st Rock Cats centerfielder Joe Benson hit a solo homer to center field to give the Rock Cats a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the 1st Ryan Lavarnway hit a 3 run homer over the Maine Monster. After a walk to Jorge Pedron Chih-Hsien Chiang lined a 2 run homer into the seats in rightfield. That homer gave Portland a 5-2 lead after the 1st inning! After New Britain got a run in the top of the 2nd inning Portland 3B Johnathan Hee launched a home run. After that home run the Sea Dogs held a 9-2 lead. Portland got one more that inning. After a inning and a half Portland lead 10-2. After another Portland homer by Chih-Hsien Chiang ,Rock Cats struck 2 homers from Chris Herrmann and Evan Bigley. Meanwile Portland starting pitcher Brock Huntzinger was not impressive as he pitched 4 2/3 ip 7h 6r 2bb 1 k. Portland reliever Santos Luis pitched 3 1/3ip giving up one run to earn the victory. Meanwhile Rock Cats starter was even worse (Deolis Guerra) he pitched 1 2/3ip 8 h 10 runs 3 bb 0k. Safe to say he got the loss. So in the end the Sea Dogs got a nice 15-7 victory.
Next up: Sea Dogs vs Rock Cats again.....but in New Britain!
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