Murphy Named Northeast League Pitcher of the Week

Portland, Maine- Chris Murphy has been selected as the Double-A Northeast League Pitcher of the Week for the week of August 16-22.

Murphy made one start for the Sea Dogs this week on Tuesday, August 17th allowing just one hit over seven shutout innings in an 11-0 Sea Dogs victory over Binghamton.

Murphy allowed a single to Jake Magnum and walked Brett Baty with one out in the first inning, then retired the next 20 batters. He struck out seven tossing 89 pitches, 56 for strikes. The 23-year-old improved to 2-0 and lowered his ERA to 2.12

It was just the third Double-A start for Murphy, who was called up from High-A Greenville on July 31st. Murphy was drafted by the Red Sox in the sixth round of the 2019 draft.

Prior to joining the Sea Dogs this season, Murphy produced a 5-3 record with a 4.21 ERA in 14 games with Greenville. He recorded 81 strikeouts in 68.1 innings.

Murphy is the second Sea Dogs pitcher to earn Northeast League Pitcher of the Week honors, joining Josh Winckowski who earned the honor for the week of May 24-30. Sea Dogs’ outfielder Johan Mieses also took home Northeast League Player of the Week honors for the week of May 24-30.

The Sea Dogs begin a six-game series at Hadlock Field with the Reading Fightin Phils on Tuesday night at 6:00 PM. Tickets are available for all 12 remaining regular season Sea Dogs’ home games and can be ordered by calling the Sea Dogs ticket office at 207-879-9500 or online at seadogs.com.