Garcia's homer leads Sea Dogs to 3-1 win

Portland, Maine- The Portland Sea Dogs (32-15, 68-48) are back in the win column with a 3-1 win over the Somerset Patriots (27-19, 59-56) on Thursday night.

Isaac Coffey fanned eleven over 5.0 innings to tie his career-high in strikeouts while Brendan Cellucci earned his seventh win. Jhostynxon Garcia clobbered his second Double-A homer and first at Hadlock Field in a multi-hit night.

The Sea Dogs struck first in the bottom of the third inning after a sacrifice fly to center field from Allan Castro gave Portland a 1-0 lead.

In the top of the fifth inning, Somerset scored a run on an error to even the game at one. Garcia countered by crushing his second homer at the Double-A level in the bottom of the second inning. A go-ahead two-run blast over the Maine Monster put Portland back on top, 3-1.

LHP Brendan Cellucci (7-2, 3.31 ERA) earned the win after pitching 3.2 shutout innings allowing one hit while striking out five. He did not issue a walk. RHP Danny Watson (1-5, 6.14 ERA) was issued the loss after pitching 1.1 innings allowing two runs on two hits.

The Sea Dogs return to Hadlock Field tomorrow, August 23rd for game four of a six-game series with the Somerset Patriots. Game four is slated for 6:00pm. Portland will send RHP Wikelman Gonzalez (3-2, 5.57 ERA) to the mound while Somerset will send RHP Cam Schiltter (0-2, 6.55 ERA).