Sea Dogs are Rolling

The Sea Dogs completed a sweep of the New Britain Rock Cats over the weekend, and now have won nine of their last 10 games to pull into first place in the EL North, 1/2 game ahead of the Connecticut Defenders. Due to two nights of rain, I was unable to catch the Defenders when they were in town, but Portland took two of three in between their sweeps of New Britain and Bowie. Dr. Jekyll has had two terrific starts in the past week, allowing one run on just two hits with seven strikeouts over seven innings yesterday, following a six-inning, two-hit, 10 K stint on Monday night. Gabbard is now 4-1 with a 3.13 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, and 32 K's in 31.2 innings pitched on the season.

Portland's bats have started to come around as well, as the team scored 23 runs in the three games at New Britain. The entire starting lineup is now batting over .200, and new left fielder Jay Johnson has been a sparkplug, batting 333-2-9 in his first eight games at AA.

The Sea Dogs return home for a three-game stint vs. the rival Trenton Thunder before heading back out on the road at the end of the week. Unfortunately, travels will keep me from this series, and will also keep me from previewing the Thunder this week.