Dogs Lose Matinee

The Sea Dogs lost the last game of the home stand, 7-1 to the Thunder. Alvarez had a shaky start, with his soft tosses getting hit pretty hard, but then he settled down for a pretty good outing, 6 hits, 3 runs (2 earned) and 8 K's in 5 IP. He didn't look like much out there, but was pretty effective for his last three innings. I have to remember that Abe skipped two levels in coming to Portland, he looks like he has a pretty good future in a Bill Lee-sort of way. The bullpen continues to get hit hard for the Sea Dogs.

Trenton was led by 21 year old 2B Robinson Cano, who was 4-5 with a homer and three RBI to bring his average to .356 on the young season, and LF Mitch Jones, who was 3-4 with two homers, one over the monster and one a shot of the CF score board. Jones has some power, but is a 26 year old in his third go-around at AA, so he appears to be an organizational soldier at this point. Baseball America rated Cano the #6 prospect for the Yankees, with Thunder catcher Dioner Navarro (0-5, .194 so far this season) rated as the #1 prospect.

This being school vacation week, there were a lot of annoying kids in the stands. And my worst fears about the Ford Board may be coming true, as they have started pointing the camera in the stands between innings to capture fans making idiots of themselves. Fortunately they don't do this a lot.