Ryan Lavarnway waits for his pitch and doesn’t miss it, hitting a home run that helps Portland to a win.
Portland Sea Dogs
So close to closing – until close call
Portland comes within a pitch of snuffing New Hampshire’s eighth-inning rally before taking a loss.
Dogs go down fighting again
A four-run deficit is just too much as Portland bounces back gamely before losing 5-3 to Harrisburg.
Portland Sea Dogs run into hot arm of Harrisburg’s Tom Milone
Harrisburg’s ace gets help from his offense and holds Portland in check for a 6-3 victory.
Record night does the trick for Sea Dogs
Nate Spears drives in six runs and Anthony Rizzo sets a mark for RBI in a month in a 10-5 win.
Dogs walk off wagging
Matt Sheely races home after a ball is bobbled in the outfield, capping a thriller in the 11th.
Sea Dogs Notebook: Reynoso no stranger to summer in Maine
PORTLAND – Odds and ends as the Sea Dogs go on the road one more time before returning home for the last eight games of the season. RYNE REYNOSO, one of the newest Sea Dogs relievers, is pitching for his second team in Maine. Reynoso, 25, played for the Sanford Mainers of the New […]
On Baseball: The catcher from Yale is a lock to improve
PORTLAND – He has tried to read Immanuel Kant in the clubhouse, but Ryan Lavarnway “decided that wasn’t the best atmosphere to seep through that.” So Lavarnway might read a Clive Cussler novel and save the philosophy for later. But he will return to philosophy, which was his major at Yale. And Lavarnway doesn’t glance […]
Trenton pitching duo puts the Dogs out
Alfredo Aceves, a Yankees reliever on rehab duty, gets things rolling for the Thunder.
Short on big hits
The Sea Dogs have opportunities but fail to repeat their previous game’s comeback, losing to division-leading Trenton.