The Portland Sea Dogs return to Hadlock Field in Portland this evening ready to break out of their recent win one, lose one pattern.
After going 4-4 on its most recent homestand, the team split six games on the road. The Sea Dogs play their next six games at home and hope to improve their record at Hadlock from a currently disappointing 10-17. Away from home, the Sea Dogs are doing much better at 12-12.
The Richmond Flying Squirrels (Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants) are in Portland for a three-game series which begins this evening at 7 p.m. The two teams play at the same time Wednesday and at 11 a.m. Thursday.
The Flying Squirrels occupy third place in the Eastern League’s Western Division with a record of 23-25, and trail second-place Bowie by two games. Portland (22-29) is still in the cellar of the six-team Eastern Division, but has moved to within 5 1/2 games of second-place Reading.
Jantzen Witte leads the Sea Dogs in batting at .326. The first baseman also tops his teammates with 16 doubles and 35 RBIs.
Infielder/outfielder Oscar Tejeda is second on the team with a .310 average. The only other Sea Dog hitting over .300 is 22-year-old Double-A rookie shortstop Marco Hernandez.
Infielder Carlos Asuaje leads the team with 29 runs scored and 26 walks (against only 29 strikeouts). The only Sea Dog with more walks than strikeouts is outfielder Jonathan Roof (19 walks against 16 strikeouts).
After the Sea Dogs’ series with Richmond, the Bowie Baysox (Double-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles) will visit Portland for games on Friday (7 p.m.), Saturday (6 p.m.) and Sunday at 1 p.m. Portland then goes on a six-game road trip before returning home on Tuesday, June 16.
— Freelancer K.Z. Levinsky can be contacted at sports@journaltribune.com.
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