Sea Dogs Fall in Hartford on Friday Night
Hartford, Connecticut – Nick Sogard crushed a two-run blast for his first homer of the season, as the Portland Sea Dogs (14-17) dropped the fourth game of a six-game series, 10-3 to the Hartford Yard Goats (18-13) on Friday at Dunkin’ Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut. The first run of
Hartford, Connecticut – Nick Sogard crushed a two-run blast for his first homer of the season, as the Portland Sea Dogs (14-17) dropped the fourth game of a six-game series, 10-3 to the Hartford Yard Goats (18-13) on Friday at Dunkin’ Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
The first run of the game scored for the Sea Dogs in the top of the fourth against Yard Goats starter Noah Gotsis. Pedro Castellanos led off the inning with a double and Kole Cottam followed with a base hit, moving Castellanos to third. Tyler Dearden lifted a sacrifice fly to right, plating Castellanos, and giving the Sea Dogs a 1-0 lead.
Portland added to their lead in the top of the fifth with Gotsis still on the mound. Tyreque Reed led off with a double. Two outs later, Sogard stepped in and launched a two-run long ball to right-center, expanding the Sea Dogs' lead to 3-0.
Hartford was able to score their first runs of the game in the bottom of the fifth. Hunter Stovall reached on an error by Christian Koss with two outs. Max George kept the inning going, getting hit by a pitch, and putting runners on first and second. Isaac Collins doubled to center, driving in both, chipping into the Portland lead 3-2.
The bottom of the sixth inning also contained runs for Hartford. Daniel Cope doubled, driving in two, giving the Yard Goats the lead 4-3. Hunter Stovall kept things moving with a double of his own, scoring two more, making the lead 6-3. Hartford continued to score, adding three more runs in the seventh and continued to lead, 10-3.
In the top of the ninth inning, Kole Cottam led off with a double then scored on an RBI single by Christian Koss, and Portland fell, 10-4.
Jared Biddy (1-1) pitched 2.0 perfect innings, striking out three, earning his first win of the season. Zach Bryant (0-2) tossed 0.1 innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on one hit while walking two in his second loss of the year.
The Sea Dogs and Yard Goats play the penultimate game of the six-game series on Saturday with a 6:05 PM first pitch. Portland sends RHP Victor Santos (2-3, 4.36 ERA) to the mound against a pitcher to be announced for Hartford.