PORTLAND SEA DOGS GAME NOTES Double- A Affiliate of the Boston Red Sox PORTLAND SEA DOGS (22-13) at NEW BRITAIN ROCK CATS (15-20) Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 6:35 PM New Britain Stadium New Britain, CT LHP Henry Owens (4-2, 3.61) vs. RHP Tyler Duffey (0-0, 3.46) UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS 5/15 at NBR (10:35 AM) LHP Brian Johnson (2-0, 1.59) vs. LHP Sean Gilmartin (3-2, 3.89) 5/16 vs. TRE (6:00 PM) RHP Keith Couch (4-0, 3.03) vs. RHP Caleb Cotham (0-0, 1.69) 5/17 vs. TRE (1:00 PM) LHP Mickey Pena (2-0, 4.83) vs. LHP Matt Tracy (4-2, 4.79) 5/18 vs. TRE (1:00 PM) RHP Mike Augliera (2-4, 4.53) vs. LHP Jeremy Bleich (3-3, 4.36) Listen Live on the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network or watch at MILB.TV SEA DOGS VS. NEW BRITAIN 2014 Record (H/R/OR): 3-1/3-1 (6-2) 2013 Record (H/R/OR): 6-6/8-3 (14-9) All- Time Record: 235-186 All- Time at Hadlock: 124-90 All- Time at New Britain Stadium: 111-96 All- Time Season Series (W/L/S): 11-5- 4 Current Streak: L1 Longest Win Streak: 6, (4/14-24) Season Record: 22-13 Standing: 1 st, 0.5 GA Last 5 Games: 3-2 Last 10 Games: 7-3 Last 15 Games: 9-6 Last 20 Games: 11-9 April: 15-8 Series Record H/R: 4-1- 0/3-0- 3 Series Sweeps by Dogs H/R: 1/1 Series Sweeps by Opp. H/R: 0/0 Series Finales H/R: 3-2/3-3 Rubber Games H/R: 0-1/0-0 Postponements: 6 DH Record W- L- S: 1-0- 1 DH Remaining: 4 (4 at home) 2014 Best Mark: 22-12 (2x, +10.500) 2014 Worst Mark: 2-3 All- Time Record: 1,438-1,423 All- Time at Home: 741-681 All- Time on Road: 697-742 Red Sox Affiliate: 784-801 Transactions (DL): 21 (5) Players Used: 30 McMillan s Career: 321-270 SEA DOGS ON ROADTRIP: Games: 1 Record: 0-1 Average:.235 (8-34) Runs- Per- Game: 2.0 (2 total) Home Runs: 1 RISP:.083 (1-12) Fielding Errors: 0 ERA: 4.50 (4 ER/8.0 IP) SP W- L, ERA: 0-1, 5.14 ERA (4 ER/7.0 IP) RP W- L- SV, ERA: 0-0- 0, 0.00 ERA (0 ER/1.0 IP) Save Opportunities: 0- for- 0 Holds: 0 HASN T BEEN MANY: The Sea Dogs suffered their second loss in eight games to the Rock Cats this season, and continue their three- game series at New Britain Stadium on Wednesday night...portland has not lost a road series since August 13-15, 2013 at Altoona, going 6-0- 3 in road series since LHP Henry Owens, the number #1 pitching prospect in the Red Sox system, makes his first career start against the Rock Cats Owens lost a no- hitter in his previous start with two outs in the eight. CATS STRIKE DOWN DOGS: Portland fanned a season- high 14 times, left 11 men on base and went 1- for- 12 with RISP, dropping the series opener 4-2 in New Britain...The Sea Dogs took an early 2-0 in the second inning off winning pitcher LHP Taylor Rogers (3-3) C Blake Swihart led off the frame with a homer and 2B Mookie Betts added an RBI single New Britain took a 3-2 lead in the fourth on 3B Brandon Waring s two- run double with two outs RF Daniel Ortiz added a run- scoring double in the sixth off losing pitcher RHP Mike Augliera (2-4) RHP Lester Oliveros worked the ninth for his fifth save of the season. #MOOKIE MADNESS: Betts went 2- for- 4, RBI, 2B, BB and two stolen bases in the series opener The Tennessee native has reached base safely in all 33 Double- A starts (18 multi- hit games) The first- year Sea Dog has reached base safely in 63 straight regular season games dating back to August 2, 2013, but 68 including last year s Carolina League playoffs His 17- game hitting streak from April 9-30 was the longest since OF Bret Ronenberg s 18- game hitting streak from April 27- May 15, 2004 Betts.399 average is the highest in Minor League Baseball he s also reached safely in 127 of his last 137 games (dating back to May 5, 2013). DON T LEAVE THIS GUY OUT: OF Henry Ramos went 3- for- 6 on Sunday with an RBI double and a run scored Ramos has hit safely in 20 of his last 23 games: 35- for- 91 (.385), 2 HR, 18 RBI, 3B, 5 doubles and reached base safely in 29 of 33 games. SUPER SHAW: After hitting.114 (4- for- 35) through the first 10 games of the season, Shaw is hitting.363 (33- for- 91) with 6 HRs, 26 RBI and 13 extra- base hits since April 18. SW(IHART)EET SWING: Swihart belted his third homer last night and finished 2- for- 3, extending his hitting streak to seven games The New Mexico native has reached base safely in 25 of 27 starts to begin his Double- A career. SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION: Follow the Sea Dogs on Twitter: @PortlandSeaDogs or @seadogsradio Connect on Facebook, Instagram and Vine Media requests to Chris Cameron at 207-874- 9300 or ccameron@seadogs.com.
ROSTER MOVES: Thursday...RHP Matty Ott activated from the disabled list LHP Nate Reed placed on the disabled list. WE RE GOING STREAKING: Betts has the longest on- base streak in the league this season at 33 games, but Bowie s Niuman Romero has the longest on- base streak dating back to last year at 40 straight games which was snapped on Sunday. MORE ON THE SECOND BASEMAN: Where Betts ranks among all minor leaguer qualifiers: 1 st in average (.392), 2 nd in runs (40), T- 3 rd in hits (55), 10 th in total bases (83) and in 7 th in OPS (1.063). CARLOS CONNECTING: Carlo Rivero went 1- for- 4 last night, extending his season- high hitting streak to five games: 9- for- 21 (.429). RUNNIN AND SWIPIN: The Sea Dogs are second in the league in stolen bases with 49 Only the Richmond Flying Squirrels have more with 55 Mookie Betts leads the league in steals with 17. TWO OUT MAGIC: The Sea Dogs have scored 101 out of 205 runs (49%) with two outs and hitting.284 (44-155) with RISP and two- out. THIS DATE IN SEA DOGS HISTORY: May 14, 2008 - Portland rallied back from a 6-3 deficit to win a Trenton 10-6 Aaron Bates had the game- winning hit, delivering a 2- run single off losing pitcher Michael Gardner in the sixth inning Jeff Corsaletti had 3 RBI, nailing a 2- run double during a 3- run ninth inning for the Dogs. AROUND THE RED SOX ORGANIZATION *Boston Red Sox (19-19, 1.5 GB AL East) David Ortiz hit two home runs and had 4 RBI, but the Red Sox fell 8-6 to the Minnesota Twins. *Pawtucket Red Sox (23-17, 2.0 GA, IL North) Indianapolis scored six runs over the first two frames and downed the PawSox 6-2 Brock Holt went 2- for- 3 with an RBI. *Salem Red Sox (19-18, 5.0 GB, CL Southern) Ryan Dent went 1- for- 4 with the lone RBI in Salem s 4-1 loss to the Wilmington Blue Rocks. *Greenville Drive (20-15, 4.5 GB SAL Southern) Carlos Asuaje hit a walk- off two run homer and capped off the five- run ninth as the Drive shocked the West Virginia Power 7-5. HADLOCK HAPPENINGS: Friday, May 16 Fireworks/Sea Dogs Dance Team Saturday, May 17 The Kastaways/Most Improved Students Sunday, May 18 Superhero Day (Spider Man Appearance)/Kids Run the Bases/Bark in the Park #1 RADIO & TV NETWORK: U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network: Flagship Stations: WPEI 95.9 FM & WPPI 95.5 FM (Portland/Topsham) Network Affiliates: WERZ 1240 AM (Lewiston/Auburn), WTME 780 AM (Rumford), WKTQ 1450 AM (South Paris) MILB.TV will carry all home games this season and selected road contests. HOME AWAY OVERALL OVERALL 10-5 12-8 22-13 NIGHT 7-2 10-5 17-7 DAY 3-3 2-3 5-6 VS. LHP STARTER 4-2 3-5 7-7 VS. RHP STARTER 6-3 9-3 15-6 DOGS SCORE FIRST 9-1 12-4 21-5 OPPONENTS SCORE FIRST 1-4 0-4 1-8 SCORING 4+ RUNS 10-3 12-1 22-4 SCORING <=3 RUNS 0-2 0-7 0-9 LEAD AFTER 5 TH 7-2 11-1 18-3 TIED AFTER 5 TH 0-0 1-2 1-2 TRAIL AFTER 5 TH 2-3 0-6 2-9 LEAD AFTER 6 TH 8-0 11-1 19-1 TIED AFTER 6 TH 1-2 1-1 2-3 TRAIL AFTER 6 TH 1-3 0-6 1-9 LEAD AFTER 7 TH 8-1 10-1 18-2 TIED AFTER 7 TH 0-1 1-0 1-1 TRAIL AFTER 7 TH 2-3 0-7 2-10 LEAD AFTER 8 TH 8-0 7-0 15-0 TIED AFTER 8 TH 1-1 1-1 2-2 TRAIL AFTER 8 TH 1-4 0-6 1-10 EXTRA INNINGS 1-0 1-1 2-1 DOUBLEHEADER GAMES 0-0 3-1 3-1 SHUTOUTS 0-0 3-0 3-0 ONE- RUN GAMES 2-3 0-4 2-7 TWO- RUN GAMES 2-0 2-1 4-1 THREE- RUN GAMES 1-1 3-0 4-1 GAMES DECIDED IN LAST AT- BAT 2-1 1-2 3-3 RECORD WHEN BATTING AROUND 2-0 1-0 3-0 WHEN HITTING A HOME RUN 4-1 9-2 13-3 COMMITTING AN ERROR 5-2 8-4 13-6 VS. EASTERN DIVISION 10-5 12-8 22-13 BINGHAMTON 1-0 4-3 5-3 NEW BRITAIN 3-1 3-1 6-2 NEW HAMPSHIRE 3-1 0-0 3-1 READING 2-1 4-3 6-4 TRENTON 1-2 1-1 2-3 VS. WESTERN DIVISION 0-0 0-0 0-0 ALTOONA 0-0 0-0 0-0 AKRON 0-0 0-0 0-0 BOWIE 0-0 0-0 0-0 ERIE 0-0 0-0 0-0 HARRISBURG 0-0 0-0 0-0 RICHMOND 0-0 0-0 0-0 MONDAY 2-0 2-0 4-0 TUESDAY 1-0 2-2 3-2 WEDNESDAY 0-1 1-1 1-2 THURSDAY 2-0 1-1 3-1 FRIDAY 2-1 3-1 5-2 SATURDAY 2-1 2-2 4-3 SUNDAY 1-2 1-1 2-3 APRIL 7-4 8-4 15-8 MAY 3-1 4-4 7-5 JUNE 0-0 0-0 0-0 JULY 0-0 0-0 0-0 AUGUST 0-0 0-0 0-0 SEPTEMBER 0-0 0-0 0-0
SEA DOGS STARTING PITCHER #23 HENRY OWENS LHP 6-6 205 Age: 21 (Born 7/21/92) 2014: 4-2, 3.61 ERA Career: 27-13, 3.61 ERA 2nd year in Portland (3rd in the system) @ H O INSIDE THE NUMBERS vs. OPP:.209 (42-153), 2 HR RISP:.243 (9-37), 1 HR vs. LHB:.267 (8-30), 1 HR vs. RHB:.195 (34-123), 2 HR HOME: 1-1, 6.11 (12 ER/17.2 IP) WHIP: 1.18 ROAD: 3-1, 1.82 (5 ER/24.2 IP) GO/AO: 1.10 LAST APPEARANCE: Worked 7.2 hitless innings until a run- scoring double by Andy Burns Allowed just the one hit over 7.2 IP on 2 runs, 5 walks and 6 strikeouts, earning the win against New Hampshire on May 8 th at Hadlock Field. HOW ACQUIRED: Sandwich pick between the 1 st and 2 nd rounds, (36 th overall) in the June 2011 draft Compensation for the Red Sox losing Victor Martinez to free agency. FACING NEW BRITAIN: First career start against New Britain 7-3, 2.85 ERA (23 ER/72.2 IP) in 13 career Double- A starts. QUICK HITS: Ranked Boston s top pitching prospect and #2 prospect overall according to Baseball America Also named as having the best changeup in the Red Sox system Ranks #2 left- handed pitching prospect in minor league baseball and the #40 prospect overall according to Baseball America. LAST SEASON: Named Red Sox Minor League Pitcher of the Year Went a combined 11-6, 2.67 ERA (40 ER/135.0 IP) between High- A Salem and Portland Ranked 2 nd among all full season minor league qualifiers with 169 strikeouts, the most since Clay Buchholz in 2007 (171) Led system and all minor league pitchers in ERA and average against (.177) Salem: 8-5, 2.92 ERA in 20 games/portland 3-1, 1.78 ERA in 6 starts. CAREER/PERSONAL NOTES: Was named Cal- Hi Sports Mr. Baseball State Player of the Year in 2011 after going 12-1 with three saves, a 1.15 ERA and 140 strikeouts over 91 2/3 innings at Edison (CA) High School...Also earned 2011 Sunset League Pitcher of the Year honors for the second year in a row...was named a 2011 Louisville Slugger High School All- American. OWENS 2014 DAY-BY-DAY DATE- OPP DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 4/3 @ REA W, 5-0 6.0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0.00 4/9 @ TRE W, 9-2 6.2 6 0 0 0 0 9 0.00 4/14 vs. BNG ND, 9-4 5.0 6 4 4 2 3 4 2.04 4/21 @ BNG W, 7-4 6.0 4 3 2 0 4 3 2.28 4/27 vs. TRE L, 5-6 5.0 9 6 6 1 3 4 3.77 5/3 @ BNG 1 L, 2-3 6.0 6 3 3 0 1 6 3.89 5/8 vs. NHF W, 8-2 7.2 1 2 2 0 5 6 3.61 5/14 @ NBR BOLD Complete Game SEASON HIGHS IP: 7.2, May 8 vs. New Hampshire (tied career- high) SO: 9, 2x, Last: April 9 at Trenton BB: 5, May 8 vs. New Hampshire HITS: 9, April 27 vs. Trenton (career- high) RUNS: 6, April 27 vs. Trenton EARNED RUNS: 6, April 27 vs. Trenton (ties career- high) Low- Hit Games: 0, April 3 at Reading Longest Win Streak: 2, April 3-9 Longest Losing Streak: 2, April 27- May 3 Longest Scoreless Streak: 15.1, April 3-14 10 + Strikeout Game: 11, August 3 at Bowie Career High OWENS 2014 AND CAREER W- L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2014 4-2 3.61 7 7 42.1 32 18 17 18 41 CAREER 27-13 3.61 56 55 279.0 216 123 112 133 340 OWENS VS. NEW BRITAIN W- L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2014 0-0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 CAREER 0-0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2014 Misc: Started the season with 15.1 scoreless innings Invited to first Major League Spring Training Participated in this year s Red Sox Rookie Program in Boston. April: 3-1, 3.77 ERA (12 ER/28.2 IP) in 5 starts Tossed the first complete- game no- hitter in franchise history on Opening Night (April 3) at Reading the game was called after six innings due to rain Allowed 2 first inning walks, but retired the final 16 batters faced No balls were hit out of the infield. SEA DOGS STARTERS IN 2014 PITCHER STARTS QS TEAM REC R/S KO/AVG Owens 7 5 5-2 45 (6.4) 8.7 Couch 7 2 5-2 43 (6.1) 7.7 Pena 7 0 4-3 48 (6.9) 8.8 Augliera 7 2 3-4 34 (4.9) 3.3 McCarthy 5 2 3-2 21 (4.2) 5.8 Johnson 2 1 2-0 14 (7.0) 8.7
SEA DOGS BULLPEN NOTES FIRST BATTERS SEASON RELIEF HIGHS PITCHER LAST APPEARANCE (DEC) IP H R ER BB SO RETIRED/FACED RI/S SAVES/OPP HOLDS IP SO 36- Miguel Celestino May 13 at New Britain (ND) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 9/12 (75%) 2/0 2/2 1 2.0 (April 26) 3, 3x (April 26) 28- Aaron Kurcz May 10 vs. N.Hampshire (ND)1.0 1 0 0 1 1 3/6 (50%) 2/2 1/2 0 1.1 (April 28) 3 (April 22) 30- Mike McCarthy May 11 vs. N.Hampshire (ND)2.0 7 5 5 0 1 1/2 (50%) 1/1 0/0 0 2.0 (May 11) 1, 2x (May 11) 50- Michael Olmsted May 10 vs. N.Hampshire (ND)1.1 1 0 0 0 4 5/10 (50%) 8/4 1/1 0 2.1 (May 5) 4 (May 10) 22- Matty Ott May 10 vs. N.Hampshire (L) 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 4/5 (80%) 2/0 0/0 1 2.2 (April 5) 3 (April 5) 24- Noe Ramirez May 8 vs. N.Hampshire (SV) 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 7/10 (70%) 0/0 2/2 2 3.0 (May 9) 4 (April 21) 29- Robby Scott May 11 vs. N.Hampshire (W)1.0 1 0 0 0 0 6/9 (67%) 0/0 0/1 0 3.0, 2x (April 26) 3, 3x (April 22) 35- Jose Valdez May 11 vs. N.Hampshire (ND)2.0 1 0 0 0 2 5/8 (63%) 6/3 2/2 0 3.0 (April 27) 3 (April 24) 2014 BULLPEN TOTALS: 111.1 115 46 44 42 106 44/69 (64%) 22/10 8/11 4 #36 MIGUEL CELESTINO RH @celestino651 0-1, 1.98, 2 SV, 1 HLD 12 games VS LHB: 3-16 (.188), 0 HR VS RHB: 5-31 (.161), 0 HR OVERALL: 8-47 (.170), 0 HR W/RISP: 0-6 (.000), 0 HR 2014: No runs allowed in last 4 outings: 4.1 IP, 4 H, BB, 3 SO Scoreless in 9 of 12 outings 2 nd save on May 4 th at Binghamton Loss on April 24 th at Binghamton (faced 3 batters, walk- off sac- fly to Kyle Johnson) First save on April 21 st at Binghamton Fanned the side on April 18 th at New Britain First hold on April 4 th at Reading Lone run is a homer to New Britain s Kennys Vargas Begins his fifth season in the Red Sox system and second straight with Portland...Non- roster invitee to Major- League camp. Last season: Led the Dogs with 39 appearances and ranked 5 th in SO (70) and 6 th in IP (72.0) Earned 1 st professional save on May 16 th at New Hampshire Strikeout in 34 of 39 outings. Acquired/Misc: From Seattle on March 18, 2010 as the PTBNL in the January 7, 2010 trade that sent 1B Casey Kotchman to Seattle in exchange for INF/OF Bill Hall and cash originally signed by the Mariners as a non- drafted free agent on December 14, 2006 YEARS W/PORTLAND (2013-14) #28 AARON KURCZ RH @AaronKurcz 0-1, 7.50, 1 SV, 0 HLD 6 games VS LHB: 3-8 (.378), 0 HR VS RHB: 5-18 (.278), 0 HR OVERALL: 8-26 (.308), 0 HR W/RISP: 2-15 (.133), 0 HR 2014: Scoreless last 3 outings: 3 IP, 4 H, 0 BB, 3 SO Strikeout in 5 of 6 outings Allowed 5 runs (2.0 IP) over two games (April 25-28) Lone save on April 28 th vs. Reading (1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R) First action since July 21, 2012 on April 22 nd at Binghamton (IP, H, 3 K) Activated on April 21 st from the disabled list (April 3-20) Missed all of last season due to Tommy John Surgery. 2012 season: 3-4, 3.09 ERA (17 ER/50.1 IP) in 29 games Before going on the disabled list on July 22, was leading the team with 72 strikeouts Had at least 2 SO in 21 of 29 outings (12.88 SO per 9 IP best among EL Relievers) Fanned 5 against Trenton four times (May 3 rd, 11 th, July 1 st, 8 th ) 1-0, 1.32 ERA (2 ER/13.2 IP) in May First save on April 13 th vs. Binghamton. Acquired/Misc: Received from the Chicago Cubs as the player to be named later in the Theo Epstein compensation (March 14, 2012) Originally a 10 th round pick by the Cubs in the 2010 draft Attended the College of Southern Nevada and the United States Air Force Academy YEARS W/PORTLAND (2012, 14) #30 MIKE MCCARTHY RH @mmccarthy35 2-2, 5.97, 0 SV, 0 HLD 7 g/5 gs VS LHB: 10-43 (.233), 0 HR VS RHB: 29-75 (.387), 3 HR OVERALL: 39-118 (.331), 3 HR W/RISP: 15-31 (.484), 0 HR 2014: Moved to the bullpen on May 11 th (Johnson in the rotation) Went 2-2, 4.44 ERA (13 ER/26.1 IP) in 5 starts, earning Eastern League Pitcher of the Week (April 28 th - May 4 th ) Back- to- back 6 scoreless inning starts (April 28 th vs. Reading, May 4 th vs. Binghamton)...Season- high 6 K s on May 4 th against Binghamton. Last season: Went a combined 6-5, 4.82 ERA (66 ER/123.1 IP) in 31 games/16 starts between Portland and High- A Salem...Had a 4.72 ERA before being promoted to the Sea Dogs on June 15 th, but was scoreless in 4 of his 1 st 5 appearances with Portland Sent back to Salem on August 1 st for the rest of the season 1-3, 6.03 ERA (25 ER/37.1 IP) in 10 games/5 starts with Portland. Acquired/Misc: 14 th round pick by the Red Sox in the 2011 draft Attended Cal- State University- Bakersfield Posted a 1.62 ERA with 116 strikeouts and 28 walks over 127 2/3 innings over 17 games (16 starts) as a redshirt senior Biology Major Writes a weekly column for the Bakersfield Californian titled Life in the Minors YEARS W/PORTLAND (2013-14) #50 MICHAEL OLMSTED RH @mikeolmsted52 1-0, 0.68, 1 SV, 0 HLD 10 games VS LHB: 2-21 (.095), 0 HR VS RHB: 8-29 (.276), 0 HR OVERALL: 10-50 (.200), 0 HR W/RISP: 3-24 (.125), 0 HR 2014: Scoreless nine of 10 outings Season- high 4 K s on May 10 th vs. New Hampshire Lone save on May 5 th at Reading (season- high 2.1 IP, H, BB, 2 SO) First run on April 25 th vs. Trenton Has at least 2 SO in 6 of 10 outings Earned his first win on April 18 th at New Britain Stranded the bases loaded in his first outing on April 5 at Reading. Last season: Went a combined 1-1, 5.88 ERA (39 ER/59.2 IP) in 55 games with Triple- A Nashville (1-1, 6.71 ERA, 49 games) and Double- A Huntsville (0-0, 0.00 in 6 games). Acquired/Misc: Signed by Boston as a minor league free agent on March 13, 2014 after being released by Milwaukee went 1-2, 0.00 ERA (0 ER/20.0 IP) in 14 games with Portland in 2012 Missed all of 2009 due to injury Appeared in 3 games with the Fukuoka Softbank Haws of Nippon Professional Baseball in 2010 Originally drafted by the New York Mets in 9 th round of the 2007 draft YEARS W/PORTLAND (2012, 14) #22 MATTY OTT RH 0-1, 4.70, 0 SV, 1 HLD 5 games VS LHP: 1-11 (.091), 0 HR VS RHP: 5-17 (.294), 0 HR OVERALL: 6-28 (.214), 0 HR W/RISP: 1-10 (.100), 0 HR 2014: Took the loss on May 10 th vs. New Hampshire (IP, 2 R), first appearance since April 19 th On the disabled list from April 20- May 7 (ankle) First hold on April 19 at New Britain 2.2 IP, 0 R, 3 K in his first outing on April 5 at Reading First run allowed on April 9 at Trenton Begins his first full season in Double- A and his 4 th in the organization. Last season: Made his lone Double- A appearance on July 12 th vs. Binghamton, tossing 4 scoreless frames on one hit...went 4-5, 3.82 ERA (31 ER/73.0 IP) in 37 games with High- A Salem Tossed 2.1 scoreless innings during its post- season run to the Mills Cups Championship. Acquired/Misc: 13 th round pick by the Red Sox in the 2011 draft Pitched 3 seasons at Louisiana State University (2009-11), setting the school record with 33 saves Pitched for Harwich of the Cape Cod League in 2010 Graduated Suma Cum Laude with a 4.02 GPA at Holy Cross HS (LA) YEARS W/PORTLAND (2013-14) #24 NOE RAMIREZ RH @NOERAMIREZ24 0-0, 2.84, 2 SV, 2 HLD 10 games VS LHB: 4-26 (.154), 0 HR VS RHB: 13-47 (.277), 0 HR OVERALL: 17-73 (.233), 0 HR W/RISP: 2-17 (.118), 0 HR 2014: Last 3 outings: 6.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, BB, 5 SO Strikeout in all 10 games Season- high 3 IP on May 9 th vs. New Hampshire (0 hits, 2 nd save) Worked 2+ IP in 4 straight outings from April 13-25 First save on April 18 th at New Britain Allowed his first runs on April 10 th vs. New Britain (1.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R) Retired all 4 batters with 2 K s and a hold on April 4 at Reading Begins his first full season in Double- A (joined Portland on June 29 last year) and 3 rd in the organization Non- roster invitee to Major League camp. Last season: First full year as a reliever, went 3-2, 2.38 ERA (20 ER/75.2 IP) between High- A Salem (21 games) and Portland (15 games)...promoted to Sea Dogs on June 29 th, going 1-1, 2.83 ERA in 15 games Went 5 of 6 in save chances in his final 10 appearances first Double- A save on July 24 th at New Britain. Acquired/Misc: 4 th round pick by the Red Sox in the 2011 draft Attended Cal- State Fullerton (29-6, 2.61 ERA, 49 games/41 starts) All- Big West First Team as junior Attended Alhambra HS (CA) same school as legendary Met Ralph Kiner YEARS W/PORTLAND (2013-14) #29 ROBBY SCOTT LH @RobbyScott36 4-1, 0.90, 0 SV, 0 HLD 9 games VS LHB: 6-14 (.429), 0 HR VS RHB: 7-55 (.127), 0 HR OVERALL: 13-69 (.188), 0 HR W/RISP: 1-12 (.083), 0 HR 2014: Wins in back- to- back outings Scoreless in all eight of nine outings Started the season with 14.1 scoreless innings (April 6-30) First 2 wins against Binghamton Worked a season- high 3 IP on April 22 nd at Binghamton (win #2) Retired 19 straight batters from April 6-14, earning his first Double- A win on April 14 th vs. Binghamton Made his Double- A debut on April 6 at Reading (2 scoreless). Last season: Spent the entire season with High- A Salem, going 4-4, 2.79 ERA (21 ER/67.2 IP) in 31 games with 2 saves Went 2-1, 0.57 ERA (2 ER/31.1 IP) over his final 13 regular season appearances Tossed 2 scoreless frames during Salem s Mills Cup Championship run. Acquired/Misc: Signed by Boston as a non- drafted free agent on August 9, 2011 Attended Florida State University - mother played volleyball at Florida State and is in the Hall of Fame...uncle Joe Wessel starred on special teams for the FSU football team (1981-84) FIRST YEAR IN PORTLAND.
SEA DOGS BATTING NOTES & BULLPEN CONT. #35 JOSE VALDEZ RH 0-0, 1.35, 2 SV, 0 HLD 8 games VS LHB: 2-15 (.133), 1 HR VS RHB: 11-36 (.306), 0 HR OVERALL: 13-51 (.255), 1 HR W/RISP: 6-18 (.333), 1 HR 2014: First earned runs allowed on May 7 at Reading Season- high 3 IP on April 27 th vs. Trenton One game with Pawtucket on April 18 th at Buffalo (2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 3 SO) Perfect inning, earning a save on April 4 th at Reading Scoreless in first 5 outings (2- for- 2 in saves) First year in the Red Sox system and his 13 th in professional baseball (missed 2005 due to injury). Last season: Spent the entire year with Triple- A Oklahoma City, going 3-3, 5.72 ERA (25 ER/39.1 IP) in 35 games Converted 13 of 18 saves. Acquired/Misc: Signed by Boston as a minor league free agent on January 10, 2014 FIRST YEAR IN PORTLAND but 3 rd in Eastern League (2008-09 w/trenton: 2-1, 2.73 ERA in 51 games) Originally signed by the Yankees as a non- drafted free agent on October 5, 2000 Appeared in 24 games with the Houston Astros in 2011-12 (0-0, 5.89 ERA, 26 IP, 25 SO). #7 MOOKIE BETTS 2B/DH @mookiebetts.399 5 HR 21 RBI TUE: 2-4, RBI, 2B, BB, 2 SB VS LHP: 22-44 (.500), 2 HR LAST SERIES: 4-12 (.333), 2 RBI, 3 BB STREAK: 10 (15-41) SERIES: 2-4, RBI, 2B, BB, 2 SB VS RHP: 33-94 (.351), 3 HR W/RISP: 13-33 (.394), 1 HR LONGEST: 17 (April 9-30) 2014: 10- game hitting streak: 15- for- 41 (.366), HR, 8 RBI 17- game hitting streak (longest Sea Dogs streak since 2004): 32- for- 74 (.432), 3 HR, 13 RBI, 3B, 6 2B from April 9-30 Has reached base in all 33 games Hit safely in 31 of 33 games w/18 multi- hit Has reached base safely in 63 straight regular season games (68 including Carolina League playoffs) dating back August 2, 2013) Has reached base 73 times in 33 games Scored a run 13 straight from April 9-26 and 25 of 33 Tied April franchise records for hits (40), doubles (10) and stolen bases (10) Hit.430, 4 HR, 13 RBI in April First Hadlock Field homer on April 26 th vs. Trenton 2 nd 4- hit game on April 19 th at New Britain (4- for- 5, HR) Led off the season (April 3 at Reading) with a homer, finishing 4- for- 4 in his Double- A debut Named Eastern League Player of the Week (April 3-13) Ranked #7 (No.75 overall) Prospect and Best Athlete in the Red Sox system according to Baseball America. Last season: Named Red Sox Minor League Player of the Year and Baseball America s Minor League All- Star 2 nd team, hitting a combined.314 (145- for- 462) with 36 doubles, 4 triples, 15 homers, 65 RBI and 81 walks in 127 games between Low- A Greenville (.296) and High- A Salem (.341) Led Red Sox minor leaguers in total bases (234), doubles (tied, 36), stolen bases (38) and SLG (.506)...Closed out regular season with a 30- game on- base streak Hit.271 for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League. Acquired/Misc: 5 th round pick by Boston in the 2011 draft out of John Overton (TN) HS Uncle is former Major Leaguer Terry Shumpert FIRST YEAR IN PORTLAND. #15 DERRIK GIBSON LF/SS/3B.276 0 HR 5 RBI TUE: 0-4 VS LHP: 7-25 (.280), 0 HR LAST SERIES: 3-9 (.333), RBI, 2 BB STREAK: - 1 (0-4) SERIES: 0-4 VS RHP: 9-33 (.273), 0 HR W/RISP: 2-15 (.133), 0 HR LONGEST: 5 (April 27- May 3) 2014Has hit safely in 8 of his last 11: 10- for- 37 (.270) Has reached in 16 of 18 games 5- game hitting streak: 5- for- 17 (.294) from April 27- May 3 2 BB on May 3 rd at Binghamton First 2 RBI on April 27 th vs. Trenton in his first professional start in LF First multi- hit game on April 13 th vs. New Britain (3- for- 3, 2B) 1- for- 4 in his season debut on April 5 at Reading. Last season: Hit.250 (65- for- 260) with 2 homers, 22 RBI, 16 doubles and 12 stolen bases in 88 games Appeared in 56 games at 2B, 26 at SS, 1 at 3B, 1 in LF, 1 in RF and 3 at DH Played for Arizona Fall League Champion Surprise Saguaros after the season. Acquired/Misc: 2 nd round pick (77 th overall) by Boston in the 2008 draft Two- time Delaware High School Player of the Year & 3- time All- State at Seaford HS YEARS W/PORTLAND (2012-14). #16 PETER HISSEY LF/RF @PHissey.210 0 HR 5 RBI TUE: 0-4, 4 K VS LHP: 6-27 (.222), 0 HR LAST SERIES: 2-4 (.500), 3B STREAK: - 1 (0-4) SERIES: 0-4, 4 K VS RHP: 7-35 (.200), 0 HR W/RISP: 2-15 (.133), 0 HR LONGEST: 4 (April 14-21) 2014: Last 8 games: 4- for- 30 (.133) First triple on May 9 th vs. New Hampshire Earned a win in his first professional appearance pitching on April 26 th vs. Trenton (IP, 2 H, R, ER, WP) Season- high 3 walks on April 22 nd and Binghamton With Pawtucket (April 3-9), going 0- for- 2, RBI in his Triple- A debut. Last season: Hit.260 (68- for- 262) with 3 homers, 24 RBI, 15 doubles, 2 triples and 17 stolen bases in 68 games Was one of 3 Sea Dogs with more than 15 doubles and 15 steals 3 stints on the disabled list: May 21- June 6 (hand), July 23- August 12 (groin) and August 25 for the rest of the season. Acquired/Misc: 4 th round pick by the Red Sox in the 2008 draft out of Unionville (PA) High School Hit over.500 during his final 3 seasons Spent time this off- season in Central Ecuador, filling in as an English teacher at a school run by missionaries YEARS W/PORTLAND (2012-14). #18 DEVEN MARRERO SS @Dmarrero17.280 2 HR 17 RBI TUE: 1-4, HBP VS LHP: 8-27 (.296), 0 HR LAST SERIES: 4-16 (.250), 2B, 4 BB STREAK: 4 (5-13) SERIES: 1-4, HBP VS RHP: 22-80 (.275), 2 HR W/RISP: 7-31 (.226), 0 HR LONGEST: 7 (April 3-12) 2014: Last 16 games: 14- for- 59 (.237), 2 HR, 8 RBI, 4 2B, 12 BB...Reached base 5 times on May 11 th vs. New Hamsphire Walk in 6 straight games from May 3-9 Has reached safely in 25 of 27 Career- high 4 RBI on May 5 th at Reading (2 nd Double- A homer) First Double- A homer on May 3 rd at Binghamton (off Matt Bowman) Back- to- back multi- RBI games on April 22 & 24 Season- high 3 hits on April 11 th vs. New Britain According to Baseball America, ranked best defensive infielder and best infield arm among Red Sox minor leaguers, and ranked #15 prospect in the system. Last season: Named Red Sox Minor League Base Runner of the Year in his first full season between High- A Salem and Portland...Hit a combined.252 (102- for- 404) with 2 homers, 20 RBI, 20 doubles and 27 stolen bases (t- 4 th in the system) in 104 games Combined for a.988 fielding percentage (6 E/509 TC), committing only 1 error in his first 56 games. Acquired/Misc: 1 st round pick (24 th overall) by the Red Sox in the 2012 draft out of Arizona State University, hitting.325 with 12 HR and 95 RBI in 3 seasons Cape League All- Star with Cotuit in 2011 Attended American Heritage (FL) HS with KC 1B Eric Hosmer Is the cousin of Christian and Chris Marrero YEARS W/PORTLAND (2013-14). #34 HEIKER MENESES 3B/SS/DH @HeikerM1.250 0 HR 4 RBI TUE: 0-2, 2 BB VS LHP: 4-15 (.267), 0 HR LAST SERIES: 4-15 (.267), 3 RBI, 3B, 2 BB STREAK: - 1 (0-2) SERIES: 0-2, 2 BB VS RHP: 8-33 (.242), 0 HR W/RISP: 4-13 (.308), 0 HR LONGEST: 3 (May 2-4) 2014: Has hit safely in 9 of 13 starts Walk- off RBI single on May 11 th vs. New Hampshire (13-12 win) First triple on May 10 th vs. New Hampshire First multi- RBI game on May 8 th vs. New Hampshire First RBI on May 4 th at Binghamton 2 hits in his Sea Dogs debut on April 26 th vs. Trenton with Triple- A Pawtucket from April 3-24:.241 (14- for- 58), 0 HR, 3 RBI in 16 games Season- high 3 hits on April 13 & 16 Non- Roster Invitee to Major League Spring Training. Last season: Hit a combined.253 (95- for- 376) with 3 homers, 36, RBI, 15 doubles, 5 triples, 46 runs and 13 stolen bases in 110 games with Portland and Pawtucket...Hit an inside- the- park home run on April 16 th at Binghamton Hit.255 in 92 games with Portland and was promoted to Pawtucket on August 13 th (.241, 5 RBI). Acquired/Misc: Signed by the Red Sox as an international free agent on October 23, 2007 YEARS W/PORTLAND (2013-14). #19 HENRY RAMOS RF/CF.331 2 HR 22 RBI TUE: DNP VS LHP: 18-50 (.360), 1 HR LAST SERIES: 6-17 (.353), 3 RBI, BB STREAK: 2 (4-10) SERIES: VS RHP: 25-80 (.313), 1 HR W/RISP: 18-43 (.419), 0 HR LONGEST: 9 (April 18-27) 2014: Has hit safely in 20 of his last 23 games: 35- for- 91 (.385), 2 HR, 18 RBI, 3B, 5 2B Has reached base safely in 29 of 33 games First 2 stolen bases on May 10 th vs. New Hampshire Multi- homer game on May 7 th at Reading (2 nd of his career) First triple on April 29 th vs. Reading Season- high 9- game hitting streak from April 18-27: 14- for- 37 (.378), 7 RBI, 2 2B...Tied a career- high with 4 hits (4- for- 5) on April 25 th vs. Trenton and May 4 th at Binghamton (4- for- 4) First 5- game hitting streak from April 6-12 First multi- RBI game on April 11 th vs. New Britain Went 2- for- 3 with an RBI on Opening Night. Last season: Hit.252 (118- for- 469) with 12 homers, 55 RBI, 27 doubles, 7 triples and 11 stolen bases in 129 games with High- A Salem Led the team in runs (69), t- 1 st in triples, 2 nd in homers, hits and games played After the season, appeared in 40 games with Leones de Ponce of the Puerto Rican Winter League. Acquired/Misc: 5 th round pick by the Red Sox in the 2010 draft out of Alfonso Casta Martinez (PR) HS FIRST YEAR W/PORTLAND
SEA DOGS BATTING NOTES #17 CARLOS RIVERO LF/DH/3B @Carlos_Rivero3.225 2 HR 15 RBI TUE: 1-5 VS LHP: 7-34 (.206), 0 HR LAST SERIES: 7-13 (.538), 4 RBI, 2B STREAK: 5 (9-22) SERIES: 1-5 VS RHP: 16-68 (.235), 2 HR W/RISP: 7-35 (.200), 0 HR LONGEST: 5 (May 7- current) 2014: Season- high 5- game hitting streak: 9- for- 22 (.409), 4 RBI, 2B Tied season highs in hits and RBI, going 3- for- 5, 3 RBI on May 11 th vs. New Hampshire Both homers on the road (May 3 rd at Binghamton & April 18 th at New Britain) With Triple- A Pawtucket April 19-21 (1- for- 4, K) Previously appeared in 422 Eastern League games with Akron (2009-10), Reading ( 11) and last year in Harrisburg 196 games in Triple- A with Lehigh Valley and Syracuse. Last season: Combined to hit.242 (96- for- 396) with 5 homers, 38 RBI and 19 doubles between Double- A Harrisburg and Triple- A Syracuse (Nationals) Played 54 games in the Venezuelan Winter League after the season with Leones del Caracas and Bravos de Margarita. Acquired/Misc: Signed by Boston as a minor league free agent on December 4, 2013 Claimed off waivers from the Phillies by the Washington Nationals on December 21, 2011...Claimed by waivers from the Indians by Philadelphia on November 3, 2010 Originally signed by Cleveland as an International free agent on May 30, 2005 FIRST YEAR IN PORTLAND, 5 th in the Eastern League: Akron 2009-10, Reading 2011, Harrisburg, 2013. #21 TRAVIS SHAW 1B/DH/3B @travis_shaw21.294 6 HR 29 RBI TUE: 1-4, BB VS LHP: 14-54 (.259), 2 HR LAST SERIES: 4-15 (.267), HR, 7 RBI, 2B, 3 BB STREAK: 2 (3-8) SERIES: 1-4, BB VS RHP: 23-72 (.319), 4 HR W/RISP: 14-45 (.311), 0 HR LONGEST: 6, 2x (May 2-6) 2014: Last 22 games: 33- for- 91 (.363), 6 HR, 26 RBI RBI in 16 of his last 23 games GW- 3- run double on May 8 th vs. New Hampshire Homers at Hadlock Field on April 26 th vs. Trenton, 29 th vs. Reading and May 11 th vs. New Hampshire (reached base 4 times) Season- high 4- for- 4 with a homer and 4 RBI on April 18 th at New Britain and season- high 3 walks on April 22 nd at Binghamton Invited to first Major League Spring Training Enters the season as Boston s top 1B Prospect. Last season: Spent the entire season with the Sea Dogs, hitting.221 (98- for- 444) with a team- leading 16 homers, 50 RBI, 21 doubles and 4 triples Finished 5 th in the Eastern League in walks, reaching base safely in 97 of 127 games Notched a pair of four- hit games on May 16 th at New Hampshire and August 13 th at Altoona 3- for- 4 with a solo homer as Portland beat Harrisburg at Fenway Park on July 27 th Named to the AFL s Top Prospect team, hitting.361 with 5 homers and 19 RBI with Surprise. Acquired/Misc: 9 th round pick by the Red Sox in the 2011 draft out of Kent State University Named to the All- MAC 1 st in team in 2011 and 2 nd - team in 2010 Father, Jeff, pitched parts of 12 MLB seasons (1990-01) 32 nd round pick by Boston in 2008 but did not sign No. 26 prospect in the system according to Baseball America YEARS W/PORTLAND (2012-14). #47 MATT SPRING C/DH.189 2 HR 11 RBI TUE: DNP VS LHP: 3-14 (.214), 1 HR LAST SERIES: 1-6 (.167), 3 RBI, BB STREAK: 1 (1-3) SERIES: VS RHP: 4-23 (.174), 1 HR W/RISP: 3-11 (.273), 0 HR LONGEST: 2, 2x: (April 22-25) 2014: Has hit safely in six of 10 starts, with four multi- RBI games Season- high 3 RBI on May 11 th vs. New Hampshire First Hadlock homer on April 25 th vs. Trenton (2- run) Game- winning 2- run homer on April 22 nd at Binghamton (11 th inning) 1- for- 3, 2 RBI, 2B in his season debut on April 6 at Reading Has spent parts of four seasons in Portland and 10 th in professional baseball Has 81 career homers, including 23 in Portland. Last season: Hit.222 (41- for- 185) with 10 homers, 34 RBI and 12 doubles in 52 games with Portland Two multi- homer games: July 22 nd at New Britain (Game 2) and May 18 th vs. Binghamton, picking up career- high 6 RBI, hitting a walk- off grand slam Hit.354 (17- for- 48), 5 HR, 18 RBI in May. Acquired/Misc: Signed by the Red Sox as a minor league free agent on March 13, 2011 Originally a 4 th round pick by Tampa Bay in the 2004 draft YEARS W/PORTLAND (2011-14) and spent four seasons in Double- A with Montgomery (2007-10) First year of professional baseball was 2004 with Hudson Valley. #5 BLAKE SWIHART C/DH @BLAKESWIHART_1.300 3 HR 17 RBI TUE: 2-3, HR, RBI, BB VS LHP: 14-37 (.378), 2 HR LAST SERIES: 3-12 (.250), RBI, 2 2B STREAK: 7 (8-28) SERIES: 2-3, HR, RBI, BB VS RHP: 19-73 (.260), 0 HR W/RISP: 12-33 (.364), 1 HR LONGEST: 8 (April 11-22) 2014: Has hit safely in 18 of 21 games: 33- for- 91 (.363), 3 HR, 13 RBI, 3B, 2 2B Leads the team with 2 triples 8- game hitting streak: 11- for- 33 (.333), HR, 6 RBI from April 11-22 3 straight multi- hit games from April 18-21 Hit safely in 23 of 27 games Reached base safely in his first 13 games and 25 of 27 First Double- A homer on April 18 th at New Britain (3- run off Ryan O Rourke) Hit the team s first triple on April 3 rd at Reading Invited to his first Major League Spring Training Ranked #5 prospect (73 overall) in the Red Sox system according to Baseball America. Last season: Spent the entire season with High- A Salem, hitting.298 (112- for- 376) with 2 homers, 42 RBI, 29 doubles, 7 triples and 7 stolen bases in 103 games Named the Red Sox Minor League Defensive Player of the Year Led Carolina League catchers in caught stealing percentage (44- of- 106, 41%)...3 rd in the system in average and 5 th in the Carolina League Switch- hitter, batted.379 (29- for- 79) vs. RHP and.279 (83- for- 297) vs. LHP Hit safely in 25 of his final 28 games Named Carolina League All- Star. Last season: Split his first season in the Sox organization between Salem, Portland and Triple- A Pawtucket, hitting.250 (43- for- 172) with 11 homers and 36 RBI in 42 games Acquired/Misc: 1 st round pick (26 th overall) by the Red Sox in the 2011 draft out of V. Sue Cleveland HS (4.0 GPA) in Rio Rancho, N.M (compensation pick for the Red Sox losing Adrian Beltre) Natural right- handed hitter and caught for the first time at the 2010 Perfect Game National Showcase at Tropicana Field FIRST YEAR IN PORTLAND. #20 STEFAN WELCH DH/1B/3B.247 1 HR 16 RBI TUE: DNP VS LHP: 8-30 (.267), 0 HR LAST SERIES: 0-3 (.000), BB STREAK: - 3 (0-10) SERIES: VS RHP: 12-51 (.235), 1 HR W/RISP: 8-23 (.348), 0 HR LONGEST: 8 (April 18-29) 2014: 1- for- 17 since an 8- game hitting streak: 9- for- 33 (.273), HR, 7 RBI, 2 2B from April 18-29 RBI in 6 of last 11 games First Hadlock Field homer on April 29 th vs. Reading First 5 RBI game in Double- A on April 11 th vs. New Britain Reached base five times on April 12 th vs. New Britain (3- for- 3, BB, HB) First 2 hits on April 6 at Reading, including a double Spent 2012-13 with Altoona. Last season: Split last season between Altoona and High- A Salem, hitting a combined.261 (89- for- 341) with 11 homers, 52 RBI and 21 doubles in 104 games Hit.292 in 75 games with Salem with 10 homers and 46 RBI Went 3- for- 10, 2 doubles and a homer for Team Australia in the World Baseball Classic. Acquired/Misc: From Pittsburgh on June 5, 2013 for cash considerations Originally a signed by the NY Mets as a non- drafted free agent on January 19, 2005 at age 16 Attended Norwood Morialta High School in Australia Played cricket, football, and basketball for local Adelaide clubs and school teams Father, Darren, pitched for Team Australia in the 1988 Olympics FIRST YEAR IN PORTLAND, 3 rd in the Eastern League: Altoona 2012-13 Has played in the WBC for Team Australia in 2009 & 2013. #11 SHANNON WILKERSON CF/RF @shanwilkerson.273 1 HR 14 RBI TUE: 1-4, 2B VS LHP: 15-40 (.375), 0 HR LAST SERIES: 2-15 (.133), RBI, 2 BB STREAK: 2 (2-9) SERIES: 1-4, 2B VS RHP: 18-81 (.222), 1 HR W/RISP: 9-27 (.333), 1 HR LONGEST: 9 (April 4-14) 2014: Last 12 games: 9- for- 42 (.214), 3 RBI, 3B, 2B Reached base safely in 23 straight games from April 4- May 3 (.329, HR, 13 RBI) Hit safely in 26 of 33 games and reached in 30 of 33 First triple on May 3 rd at Binghamton First homer on April 21 st at Binghamton Season- high 9- game hitting streak from April 4-14: 13- for- 37 (.352) 2 doubles on April 12 th vs. New Britain First 2 RBI on April 9 at Trenton. Last season: Spent the entire season in Portland, hitting.237 (110- for- 465) with 4 homers, 37 RBI, 23 doubles, 6 triples and 23 stolen bases in 124 games Led the team in runs scored (76) and stolen bases Last 32 games of the season: 38- for- 128 (.297) Hit.304, 2 HR, 7 RBI in May Season- high 3 RBI in back- to- back games on April 27 th & 28 th at Trenton first homer on April 7 vs. Trenton Tied a career- high with 4 hits on August 2 nd at Bowie. Acquired/Misc: 8 th round pick by the Red Sox in the 2009 draft Named 2009 Division II Player of the Year after leading Peach Belt Conference in batting (.441), slugging (.891), runs (82), hits (101), homers (24) and triples (7) as a junior for Augusta State (GA) University...Set school records in batting, RBI (82), hits, runs and total bases (204) YEARS W/PORTLAND (2012-14)
2014 PORTLAND SEA DOGS HOME RUNS Player NO. Solo 2- run 3- run vs.lhp vs.rhp GA GW GT Record Last Betts 5 4 1 2 3 2 1 1 4-1 5/7 @ REA Coyle 2 1 1 2 2 2-0 4/14 vs. BNG Gibson Hissey Marrero 2 2 1 2 2-0 5/5 @ REA Meneses Ramos 2 2 1 1 0-1 5/7 @ REA Rivero 2 2 2 2-0 5/3 @ BNG 2 Shaw 6 3 3 2 4 2 1 6-0 5/11 vs. NHF Spring 2 2 1 1 1 1 1-1 4/25 vs. TRE Swihart 3 2 1 3 1 1 2-1 5/13 @ NBR Welch 1 1 1 1 1-0 4/29 vs. REA Wilkerson 1 1 1 1-0 4/21 @ BNG HOME RUN NOTABLES GRAND SLAMS (0): BACK- TO- BACK (1): Marrero & Shaw (May 5 at Reading) WALK- OFF (0): MULTI (1): Ramos, May 7 at Reading FIRST INNING LEADOFF GAME (2): Betts (2), April 3 & May 7 at Reading FINAL AT- BAT/ROAD (3): Betts (April 19 at New Britain), Ramos (May 7 at Reading), Spring (April 22 at Binghamton) RECORD BY HR: 0 (9-10), 1 (7-2), 2 (4-0), 3 (2-1), 4 (0-0), 5 (0-0) HADLOCK FIELD HOME RUN & MISCELLANEOUS MAINE MONSTER HOMERS (3): Betts, Coyle, Swihart OFF THE MAINE MONSTER (NOT HR S) (7): Swihart (3), Betts, Marrero, Rivero, Spring INTO US CELLULAR PAVILION (1): Shaw OVER THE DUNKIN DONUTS VIDEO BOARD (0): STARTS BY BATTING ORDER 1st: Betts (33), Wilkerson (2) 2nd: Marrero (27), Wilkerson (6), Gibson, Meneses 3rd: Shaw (33), Welch (2) 4th: Rivero (19), Welch (14), Ramos, Spring 5th: Swihart (18), Ramos (12), Coyle (2), Welch (2), Rivero 6th: Ramos (10), Swihart (9), Rivero (6), Coyle (4), Spring (4), Meneses, Welch 7th: Coyle (11), Meneses (8), Ramos (8), Spring (4), Gibson (2), Brenly, Wilkerson 8th: Hissey (13), Gibson (8), Greenwell (3), Meneses (3), Welch (3), Brenly (2), Ramos (2), Spring 9th: Wilkerson (24), Gibson (7), Hissey (4) STARTS BY POSITION C: Swihart (25), Spring (9), Brenly 1B: Shaw (24), Welch (10), Brenly 2B: Betts (32), Coyle (2), Meneses 3B: Coyle (10), Meneses (9), Rivero (9), Shaw (4), Welch (2), Gibson SS: Marrero (25), Gibson (9), Meneses LF: Hissey (13), Rivero (10), Gibson (9), Greenwell (3) CF: Wilkerson (28), Ramos (7) RF: Ramos (26), Wilkerson (5), Hissey (4) DH: Welch (10), Rivero (7), Coyle (5), Shaw (5), Meneses (2), Swihart (2), Betts, Brenly, Marrero, Spring CATCHING BREAKDOWN CS SBA CS% PB PICKOFFS Brenly 0 1 0% 0 0 Spring 2 14 14% 1 0 Swihart 8 18 44% 0 1 PITCHING BREAKDOWN W- L- S ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR STARTERS 16-8- 0 3.90 194.0 200 97 84 52 149 9 RELIEVERS 6-5- 8 3.56 111.1 115 46 44 42 106 6
MULTI-HIT GAMES PLAYER 2 3 4 5+ TOTAL SEASON HIGH Betts 14 2 2 0 18 4, April 19 at NBR Coyle 4 1 0 0 5 3, April 14 vs. BNG Gibson 2 1 0 0 3 3, April 13 vs. NBR Hissey 4 0 0 0 4 2, May 9 vs. NHF Marrero 6 2 0 0 8 3, May 11 vs. NHF Meneses 3 0 0 0 3 2, May 11 vs. NHF Ramos 5 3 2 0 10 4, May 4 at BNG Rivero 4 2 0 0 6 3, May 11 vs. NHF Shaw 8 2 1 0 11 4, April 18 at NBR 1 Spring 1 0 0 0 1 2, April 25 vs. TRE Swihart 7 0 1 0 8 4, April 25 vs. TRE Welch 3 1 0 0 4 3, April 12 vs. NBR Wilkerson 6 1 0 0 7 3, April 9 at Trenton MULTI-RBI GAMES PLAYER 2 3 4 5+ TOTAL SEASON HIGH Betts 2 1 0 0 3 3, April 29 vs. REA Coyle 2 1 0 0 3 3, April 14 vs. BNG Gibson 2 0 0 0 2 2, May 10 vs. NHF Hissey 0 0 0 0 0 Marrero 3 0 1 0 4 4, May 5 @ REA Meneses 1 0 0 0 1 2, May 8 vs. NHF Ramos 3 1 0 0 4 3, April 26 vs. TRE Rivero 3 2 0 0 5 3, May 11 vs. NHF Shaw 4 2 1 0 7 4, April 18 at NBR 1 Spring 3 1 0 0 4 3, May 11 vs. NHF Swihart 2 1 0 0 3 3, April 18 at NBR 2 Welch 2 0 0 1 3 5, April 11 vs. NBR Wilkerson 4 0 0 0 4 2, May 3 @ BNG 2 RBI BREAKDOWN PLAYER GAME TYING GO AHEAD 2- OUT GWRBI Betts 1 2 11 2 Coyle 0 2 3 0 Gibson 1 0 3 0 Hissey 0 3 1 1 Marrero 1 3 8 1 Meneses 0 1 1 2 Ramos 3 2 10 3 Rivero 0 0 6 2 Shaw 2 8 16 4 Spring 2 2 1 1 Swihart 1 3 8 4 Welch 2 2 6 1 Wilkerson 0 2 6 0 WALK- OFF WINS: Sea Dogs (2): April 27 vs. Trenton (Ramos 2- run single in the 15 th inning), May 11 vs. New Hampshire (Meneses RBI single in 9 th inning) Opponents (0): BATTING AROUND: Sea Dogs (4), Opponents (0) OUTFIELD ASSISTS (6): Wilkerson (4, 3 CF & RF), Ramos (2, RF & CF) TRIPLE PLAY: April 21 at Binghamton 5-4- 3 (Coyle- Betts- Shaw) first in franchise history. PICKOFF BY PITCHERS (2): McCarthy, Scott EJECTIONS (1): McMillon (April 22 at Binghamton) Runs By Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X TOT Portland 30 28 27 21 25 29 20 11 8 6 205 Opponents 18 15 21 12 14 22 16 12 9 4 143 Runs Per Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Portland 51 30 7 8 3 2 1 Opponents 46 21 8 7 1 1 Runs Per Out 0 1 2 Portland 38 76 101 Opponents 28 53 62
2014 SEA DOGS INDIVIDUAL HIGHS AND LOWS Individual Batting At- Bats, Game 7 5x, last: Henry Ramos, April 26 vs. Trenton Runs, Game 3 9x, last: Shaw, May 11 vs. New Hampshire Hits, Game 4 6x, last: Henry Ramos, May 4 at Binghamton Singles, Game 3 6x, last: Henry Ramos, May 4 at Binghamton Doubles, Game 3 4x, last: Blake Swihart, April 26 vs. Trenton Triples, Game 1 7x, last: Meneses, May 10 vs. New Hampshire Home Runs, Game 2 Henry Ramos, May 7 at Reading RBI, Game 5 Stefan Welch, April 11 vs. New Britain Extra- Base Hits, Game 3 Blake Swihart, April 26 vs. Trenton Total Bases, Game 9 Blake Swihart, April 26 vs. Trenton Base on Balls, Game 3 4x, last: Mookie Betts, April 28 vs. Reading Strikeouts, Game 4 2x, last: Peter Hissey, May 13 at New Britain Stolen Bases, Game 2 5x, last: Mookie Betts, May 13 at New Britain Longest Hitting Streak 17 Mookie Betts, April 9-30 Longest On- Base Streak 33 Mookie Betts, April 4- current Individual Pitching Strikeouts, Game 11 Mickey Pena, April 18 at New Britain #2 Walks, Game 4 Henry Owens, April 21 at Binghamton Runs Allowed, Game 8 Mickey Pena, April 25 vs. Trenton Earned Runs Allowed, Game 8 Mickey Pena, April 25 vs. Trenton Most Hits Allowed, Game 11 Mike McCarthy, April 8 at Trenton Most Innings Pitched, Starter 7.2 Henry Owens, May 8 vs. New Hampshire Fewest Innings Pitched, Starter 3.0 Mickey Pena, April 5 at Reading Consecutive Scoreless Innings 15.1 Henry Owens, April 3-14 Consecutive Wins, Season 3 Keith Couch, April 4-18 Consecutive Losses, Season 3 Mike Augliera, May 2- current Team Miscellaneous Longest Winning Streak 6 April 14-22 Longest Losing Streak 3 2x, last: April 30- May 3 Longest Home Winning Streak 3 April 10-12 Longest Road Winning Streak 6 April 9-22 Longest Home Losing Streak 1 5x, last: May 10 Longest Road Losing Streak 3 2x, last: April 24- May 3 Longest Nine- Inning Game, Time 3:36 May 11 vs. New Hampshire Longest Extra- Inning Game, Time 4:19 April 26 vs. Trenton Shortest Nine- Inning Game, Time 2:15 May 7 at Reading Largest Margin of Victory 9 April 11 vs. New Britain Largest Margin of Defeat 9 April 8 at Trenton Largest Crowd, Hadlock Field 6,022 April 10 vs. New Britain Largest Crowd, Road 6,860 April 3 at Reading Largest Deficit Overcome in Win 3 3x, last: May 11 vs. New Hampshire Largest Lead Surrendered in Loss 2 4x, last: May 13 at New Britain Comeback Wins 5 Last: May 11 vs. New Hampshire * - Team Record T Ties Team Record L League Record
2014 SEA DOGS TEAM HIGHS AND LOWS Team Batting Runs, Game, Sea Dogs 13 May 11 vs. New Hampshire Runs, Game, Opponent 14 April 25 vs. Trenton Runs, Inning, Sea Dogs 7 4 th, April 29 vs. Reading Runs, Inning, Opponent 6 6 th, May 7 at Reading Hits, Game, Sea Dogs 19 May 11 vs. New Hampshire Hits, Game, Opponent 19 May 11 vs. New Hampshire Extra- Base Hits, Game, Sea Dogs 8 April 26 vs. Trenton (15- innings) Extra- Base Hits, Game, Opponent 9 May 11 vs. New Hampshire Home Runs, Game, Sea Dogs 3 2x, last: May 7 at Reading Home Runs, Game, Opponent 3 April 25 vs. Trenton Singles, Game, Sea Dogs 15 May 11 vs. New Hampshire Singles, Game, Opponent 16 April 26 vs. Trenton (15- innings) Doubles, Game, Sea Dogs 6 April 12 vs. New Britain Doubles, Game, Opponent 7 May 11 vs. New Hampshire Triples, Game, Sea Dogs 2 April 29 vs. Reading Triples, Game, Opponent 1 3x, last: May 11 vs. New Hampshire Total Bases, Game, Sea Dogs 30 April 26 vs. Trenton (15- innings) Total Bases, Game, Opponent 31 May 11 vs. New Hampshire Left on Base, Game, Sea Dogs 14 May 11 vs. New Hampshire Left on Base, Game, Opponent 15 April 5 at Reading Stolen Bases, Game, Sea Dogs 5 April 28 vs. Reading Stolen Bases, Game, Opponent 3 3x, last: April 26 vs. Trenton (15- innings) Caught Stealing, Game, Sea Dogs 2 4x, last: April 30 vs. Reading Caught Stealing, Game, Opponent 2 April 4 at Reading Sacrifice Flies, Game, Sea Dogs 2 May 11 vs. New Hampshire Sacrifice Flies, Game, Opponent 1 5x, last: May 11 vs. New Hampshire Team Fielding Double Plays Turned, Game, Dogs 3 2x, last: April 27 vs. Trenton Double Plays Turned, Game, Opp. 3 May 7 at Reading Errors, Game, Sea Dogs 3 2x, last: May 3 at Binghamton #2 Errors, Game, Opponent 4 2x, last: April 28 vs. Reading Errors, Game, Individual 2 Carlos Rivero, May 3 at Binghamton #2 Team Pitching Strikeouts (9- innings), Sea Dogs 16 April 18 at New Britain (7- innings) Strikeouts (Extra- innings), Sea Dogs 12 April 22 at Binghamton (11 innings) Strikeouts (9- innings), Opponent 14 May 13 at New Britain Strikeouts (Extra- innings), Opponent 13 April 22 at Binghamton (11 innings) Base on Balls, Game, Sea Dogs 7 April 5 at Reading Base on Balls, Game, Opponent 10 May 5 at Reading Fewest Hits Allowed, Game, Dogs 0 April 3 at Reading (6 innings) Fewest Hits Allowed, Game, Opp. 5 4x, last: April 10 vs. New Britain Pitchers Used, Game, Sea Dogs 5 April 26 vs. Trenton (15- innings) Pitchers Used, Game, Opponents 5 7x, last: May 11 vs. New Hampshire Total Quality Starts, Sea Dogs 12 Last: Johnson, May 9 vs. N. Hampshire * - Team Record T Ties Team Record L League Record
2014 SEA DOGS GAME-BY-GAME DATE OPP. RESULT RECORD GB WIN LOSS SAVE TIME ATT. DOGS R/H/E 4-3 @ REA W, 5-0 (6) 1-0 - - /T- 1 st Owens (1-0) Biddle (0-1) 1:58 6,860 5/11/0 0/0/0 4-4 @ REA W, 4-1 2-0 - - /T- 1 st Couch (1-0) O Sullivan (0-1) Valdez (1) 2:33 2,245 4/9/2 1/7/2 4-5 @ REA L, 2-3 2-1 - - /T- 1 st Ogando (1-0) Reed (0-1) Giles (1) 3:14 4,612 2/8/1 3/9/1 4-6 @ REA L, 3-4 2-2 - - /T- 1 st Garner (1-0) Augliera (0-1) Giles (2) 2:21 6,385 3/7/2 4/9/1 4-7 @ TRN PPD. RAIN MAKE UP 5-31 4-8 @ TRN L, 1-10 2-3 - 1.0/T- 4 th Tracy (1-0) McCarthy (0-1) 2:37 3,710 1/5/0 10/17/0 4-9 @ TRN W, 9-2 3-3 - 1.0/T- 3 rd Owens (2-0) Mitchell (0-2) 3:13 3,509 9/14/0 2/8/4 4-10 vs. NBR W, 6-4 4-3 - 1.0/T- 3 rd Couch (2-0) Baxendale (0-1) Valdez (2) 2:54 6,022 6/10/1 4/11/1 4-11 vs. NBR W, 11-2 5-3 - 1.0/3 rd Pena (1-0) Rogers (0-2) 2:45 2,817 11/14/0 2/6/0 4-12 vs. NBR W, 10-4 6-3 - 1.0/T- 2 nd Augliera (1-1) Salcedo (0-1) 2:46 4,022 10/15/1 4/8/0 4-13 vs. NBR L, 3-6 6-4 - 1.0/3 rd Gilmartin (1-1) McCarthy (0-2) Oliveros (2) 2:50 4,847 3/5/0 6/12/1 4-14 vs. BIN W, 9-4 7-4 - 1.0/T- 2 nd Scott (1-0) Peavey (0-1) 2:44 3,344 9/9/0 4/8/0 4-15 vs. BIN PPD. RAIN - 1.0/T- 2 nd MAKE UP 5-21 4-16 vs. BIN PPD. RAIN - 0.5/T- 2 nd MAKE UP 5-19 4-17 @ NBR PPD. FIELD - 0.5/3 rd MAKE UP 4-18 4-18 @ NBR 1 W, 6-4 (7) 8-4 - /T- 1 st Couch (3-0) Baxendale (0-2) Ramirez (1) 2:07 6/12/0 4/9/1 4-18 @ NBR 2 W, 6-0 (7) 9-4 - /T- 1 st Olmsted (1-0) Rogers (0-3) 2:37 2,779 6/10/1 0/3/0 4-19 @ NBR W, 6-1 10-4 +1.0/1 st Augliera (2-1) Gilmartin (1-2) 2:47 2,505 6/13/1 1/6/1 4-20 OFF DAY +1.0/1 st 4-21 @ BIN W, 7-4 11-4 +1.0/1 st Owens (3-0) Pill (0-3) Celestino (1) 2:34 1,651 7/11/1 4/5/0 4-22 @ BIN W, 5-3 (11) 12-4 +2.0/1 st Scott (2-0) Velasquez (0-2) 3:40 1,116 5/7/0 3/11/1 4-23 @ BIN PPD. WEA +1.5/1 st MAKE UP 5-3 4-24 @ BIN L, 4-5 (10) 12-5 +1.0/1 st Bradford (1-0) Celestino (0-1) 3:02 1,679 4/10/1 5/12/2 4-25 vs. TRN L, 10-14 12-6 +0.5/1 st Pinder (2-0) Kurcz (0-1) 3:27 5,037 10/16/0 14/13/1 4-26 vs. TRN W, 9-8 (15) 13-6 +1.5/1 st Hissey (1-0) Short (0-2) 4:19 4,924 9/16/2 8/18/0 4-27 vs. TRN L, 5-6 13-7 +0.5/1 st Barreda (1-0) Owens (3-1) Pinder (1) 2:45 4,809 5/9/0 6/10/0 4-28 vs. REA W, 8-6 14-7 +0.5/1 st McCarthy (1-2) Biddle (2-3) Kurcz (1) 3:03 2,645 8/7/0 6/12/4 4-29 vs. REA W, 10-2 15-7 +0.5/1 st Couch (4-0) Nesseth (0-1) 2:29 3,376 10/10/0 2/6/3 4-30 vs. REA L, 2-3 15-8 - - /T- 1 st Gonzalez (3-1) Scott (2-1) Giles (7) 2:43 3,019 2/6/3 3/11/0 5-1 vs. REA PPD. RAIN - - /T- 1 st MAKE UP 7-29 5-2 @ BIN L, 1-5 15-9 - 1.0/2 nd Peavey (1-1) Augliera (2-2) 2:25 2,886 1/8/2 5/7/0 5-3 @ BIN 1 L, 2-3 (7) 15-10 - 1.5/2 nd Gorski (2-1) Owens (3-2) Bradford (5) 1:44 2/8/0 3/6/0 5-3 @ BIN 2 W, 9-3 (7) 16-10 - 1.5/2 nd Johnson (1-0) Bowman (3-1) 2:24 1,978 9/13/3 3/7/0 5-4 @ BIN W, 4-1 17-10 - 0.5/2 nd McCarthy (2-2) Lara (2-1) Celestino (2) 2:35 1,749 4/11/1 1/10/1 5-5 @ REA W, 8-1 18-10 +0.5/1 st Scott (3-1) Nesseth (0-2) Olmsted (1) 3:23 2,487 8/8/1 1/9/0 5-6 @ REA W, 4-0 19-10 +1.5/1 st Pena (2-0) Gonzalez (3-2) 2:34 3,104 4/7/0 0/7/0 5-7 @ REA L, 3-8 19-11 +0.5/1 st Milner (1-2) Augliera (2-3) 2:15 5,732 3/9/0 8/14/0 5-8 vs. NH W, 8-2 20-11 +0.5/1 st Owens (4-2) Sanchez (1-2) 2:35 3,261 8/8/0 2/2/1 5-9 vs. NH W, 5-2 21-11 +0.5/1 st Johnson (2-0) McGuire (3-4) Ramirez (1) 2:35 6,810 5/7/1 2/6/2 5-10 vs. NH L, 5-6 21-12 +0.5/1 st Ybarra (1-0) Ott (0-1) Gracey (3) 2:53 4,576 5/5/1 6/10/3 5-11 vs. NH W, 13-12 22-12 +0.5/1 st Scott (4-1) Antolin (0-1) 3:36 4,262 13/19/2 12/19/0 5-12 OFF DAY 5-13 @ NBR L, 2-4 22-13 +0.5/1 st Rogers (3-3) Augliera (2-4) Oliveros (5) 2:35 2,520 2/8/0 4/7/3 5-14 @ NBR 5-15 @ NBR 5-16 vs. TRN 5-17 vs. TRN 5-18 vs. TRN 5-19 vs. BIN 1 5-19 vs. BIN 2 5-20 vs. BIN 5-21 vs. BIN 1 5-21 vs. BIN 2 5-22 vs. BIN OPP. R/H/E