Thunder Sweep Sea Dogs
May 3, 2012 - Eastern League (EL1)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
Portland, Maine - The Trenton Thunder hit back-to-back home runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Portland Sea Dogs 9-7 Thursday night at Hadlock Field. Trenton sweeps the abbreviated three-game series. Portland has now lost four straight games.
The Sea Dogs battled Thursday night rallying from an early 4-0 deficit to tie the game at four in the fifth inning. Portland again fell behind 7-4 and again rallied back to tie the game at seven in the eighth inning. In the end, the Trenton offense proved too much for the Sea Dogs.
Ronnier Mustelier and Cody Johnson hit back-to-back home runs off Josh Fields (0-1) in the ninth inning to secure the victory for Trenton. It was the third home run of the series for Mustelier. All four home runs he has hit this season have come off Portland pitching.
The Yankees affiliate scored four runs off Portland starter Stolmy Pimentel. Abraham Almonte turned a lead-off single into a run after a stolen base and two grounds out as Trenton took a 1-0 lead in the top of the 1st. Mustelier, 1-for-4, 3 RBI, picked-up his first RBI of the game with a ground out to third base to score Almonte.
In the second inning Kevin Mahoney delivered a RBI single to score Melky Mesa. Trenton added two more runs in the top of the fifth. Pimentel issued a bases loaded walk to Dan Brewer to score Mahoney and reliever Jeremy Kehrt hit Mustelier with the bags full allowing Gustavo Molina to score.
The Sea Dogs rallied from a 4-0 deficit in the fifth to tie the game. Matt Spring, 2-for-4, led-off the inning with a double and Ryan Dent singled. Kolbrin Vitek, 2-for-4, singled to right to score Spring. Juan Carlos Linares, 2-for-3, followed with a three run blast, his fifth of the season, to left-center field off Trenton starter Shaeffer Hall.
The Thunder plated three runs in the sixth inning to break the 4-4 tie. Molina doubled to score Luke Murton to give the Thunder a 5-4 lead. Addison Maruszak added a two run single to extend the lead to 7-4.
Matt Spring ripped a three run homer just inside the left field foul pole to tie the game at seven in the eighth inning off Michael Dubee. The home run was Spring's second of the season.
Despite surrendering the home run to Spring, Dubee (1-0) is credited with the win. Ryan Flannery picked-up his fourth save.
The Portland Sea Dogs will travel to New Britain, Connecticut for a brief three game series against the Rock Cats starting with a 6:35 PM contest Friday Night. Righty Chris Martin (1-2, 4.13) will get the start for the Sea Dogs. Lefty Logan Darnell (3-0, 4.56) will take the hill for New Britain. The Sea Dogs return to Portland on Monday, May 7th for a three game set against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
Miguel Abreu smacked a home run in the ninth inning off Aaron Kurcz to lift the Reading Phillies (14-6) to a 5-4 win over the Portland Sea Dogs (6-16) at Hadlock Field on Friday night.Portland starter Chris Hernandez was also effective scattering six hits over 5.2 innings allowing one run lowering his ERA to 1.69 on the season. The lone run off Hernandez crossed the plate in the first inning on a Sebastian Valle RBI single.Reading starter Tyler Cloyd was outstanding, taking a no-hitter into the sixth inning. Juan Carlos Linares broke-up the no-hitter with a two out single. Cloyd would not factor into the decision despite tossing six shutout innings allowing one hit and three walks, while notching seven strikeouts. He retired the first 11 batters of the game before walking Linares with two outs in the fourth, snapping his streak of 29.2 innings without allowing a walk, dating back to last season.The Reading Phillies (15-7) defeated the Portland Sea Dogs (7-17) 4-2 Sunday afternoon before a crowd of 5,957 at Hadlock Field. The Phillies won the three game series taking two out of the three games.The Reading Phillies (15-7) defeated the Portland Sea Dogs (7-17) 4-2 Sunday afternoon before a crowd of 5,957 at Hadlock Field. The Phillies won the three game series taking two out of the three games.
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