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Sea Dogs Game Notes: May 22nd vs. Hartford

Hart takes the mound in the homestand opener
May 22, 2018

NICE TO BE BACK HOME: The Portland Sea Dogs open up a seven-day, eight-game homestand, taking on the Hartford Yard Goats (Rockies affiliate) on Tuesday night at Hadlock Field...Portland returns home after a 4-4 road trip but won four of seven games as the road team...The 'Dogs were the home

NICE TO BE BACK HOME: The Portland Sea Dogs open up a seven-day, eight-game homestand, taking on the Hartford Yard Goats (Rockies affiliate) on Tuesday night at Hadlock Field...Portland returns home after a 4-4 road trip but won four of seven games as the road team...The 'Dogs were the home team in Game 2 of May 15th's doubleheader at Reading...Lefty Kyle Hart seeks his second straight win, he beat Hartford on April 17th in Maine.

Tuesday's Game Notes
RIVERA HOMERS IN TRIP FINALE: Altoona set a season-high with 12 runs and 17 hits, defeating the Sea Dogs, 12-3 on Sunday afternoon at Peoples Natural Gas Field...Portland took a 1-0 lead in the first on a run-scoring double by Josh Ockimey...Jeremy Rivera finished 2-for-4 with a two-out homer in the seventh...Will Craig led Altoona's offense, going 3-for-4, HR and 4 RBI...Pirates Top Prospect Mitch Keller (5-2) earned the win and Dedgar Jimenez took the loss.
BATS ARE SIZZLING: On May 8th, the Sea Dogs were ninth in the Eastern League in team batting average at .231...They enter tonight's game hitting .260 (T-2nd in the E.L.) and rank fifth in the league in runs scored at 191...Portland is hitting .313 (151-for-482) with 14 homers and 90 runs scored over their last 14 games - at least eight runs in five of their last seven games and at least seven scored in 10 of their previous 14. 
UP TO A LUCKY 13: Chad De La Guerra has hit safely in all 13 games since joining Portland on May 9th from Triple-A Pawtucket...De La Guerra hit 3 homers and knocked in 11 runs on the trip, including a career-high 5 RBI on May 15th in Reading, connecting on his first career grand slam.
NOW, THAT'S A WEEK: Jantzen Witte hit .452 (14-for-31) with 2 HR and 10 RBI...His 14 hits was tied with Binghamton's Jeff McNeil for the second most...New Hampshire's Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had 16 hits.
AGAINST THE OPPONENT: Portland dropped 12 of 21 to the Yard Goats in 2017, including seven of 10 in Maine...The two clubs will meet 23 times this season, and play a five-game series on July 4-8 at Hartford...Portland has lost seven straight games to the Yard Goats.
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