Ball Sinks Goats

Hartford- Boston Red Sox first round draft pick Trey Ball pitched six scoreless innings and held Hartford to four hits, as the Portland Sea Dogs sunk the Yard Goats Monday night at Dunkin' Donuts Park, 7-0, before a crowd of 2,564. For Ball - the 7th overall pick in the country in 2013 - it was his first Double A victory. He tied a season-high with six strike outs and walked two. The defeat was Hartford's third straight.

Ball Sinks Goats
Portland 7-8-0
Hartford 0-4-1
WP- Trey Ball (1-1)
LP- Ryan Castellani (1-3)
T- 2:52
A-2,564
Hartford- Boston Red Sox first round draft pick Trey Ball pitched six scoreless innings and held Hartford to four hits, as the Portland Sea Dogs sunk the Yard Goats Monday night at Dunkin' Donuts Park, 7-0, before a crowd of 2,564. For Ball - the 7th overall pick in the country in 2013 - it was his first Double A victory. He tied a season-high with six strike outs and walked two. The defeat was Hartford's third straight.
Portland broke the game open, by scoring five runs in the sixth inning. The big blow came off the bat of Joseph Monge, who greeted reliever Steve Ascher with a three-run double to right field. Ascher had relieved starter Ryan Carpenter who had allowed a two-run double to Nick Longhi earlier in the inning.
The Sea Dogs scored the only run they needed in the fourth inning, when the Red Sox number two ranked prospect Rafael Devers homered off the top of the center field wall.
The Yard Goats managed just four hits by Max White, Collin Ferguson, Luis Jean and Josh Fuentes.
Game two of the series is Tuesday night at 7:05 p.m. LH Jack Wynkoop will pitch for the Yard Goats against RH Jacob Dahlstrand for Portland. The game can be heard on AM 1410 and iHeartradio.