New Hampshire Fisher Cats Defeat Portland Sea Dogs 10-2 - AA, Eastern League

MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Portland, ME – The New Hampshire Fisher Cats (35-57) tagged Portland starter Dave Gassner (1-5) for 16 hits and 10 runs to beat the Portland Sea Dogs (50-40) 10-2 in the series finale on Thursday night at Hadlock Field in front of a sellout crowd of 7,368. Portland dropped two of three to New Hampshire and finished their 7-game homestand at 4-3.
New Hampshire starter Brett Cecil (4-2) retired the first 13 batters and worked six scoreless frames on one hit (Aaron Bates single) to earn the win. Cecil, who is rated by Baseball America as the Toronto Blue Jays #1 Pitching Prospect, issued just one walk and fanned six.

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Gassner lasted only 4.1 innings and allowed home runs to Eric Nielson and Jacob Butler. The runs and hits allowed were season-highs for a Portland pitcher this season and the most earned runs allowed since Matt Goodson yielded seven on June 11 at Erie.
Portland scored both runs in the bottom of the ninth inning on RBI's by Zach Daeges (single) and Sandy Madera (fielder's choice).
Former Sea Dog Andrew Pinckney went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI and 2 doubles. Pinckney finished the 3-game series 7-for-12 (.583) and knocked in the game's first run with an infield RBI single in the second.
In the third, the Fisher Cats scored twice on David Smith's run-scoring double and a sacrifice fly by Travis Snider. The visitors added three runs in the fourth on Pinckney's RBI double and a 2-run homer by Eric Nielson over the Maine Monster.
The fifth inning wasn't kind to Portland as New Hampshire scored their final four runs on five hits. Jacob Butler blasted a 3-run homer over the Maine Monster and Ryan Klosterman added a run-scoring double.
The Sea Dogs' bullpen worked 4.2 scoreless innings on one hit, four walks and six strikeouts. Daniel Bard pitched 1.2 IP and fanned three. Miguel Ascensio was assigned to Portland earlier in the day and hurled two scoreless frames. T.J. Large worked a perfect ninth.

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