July 1, 2009 - Eastern League (EL) Portland Sea Dogs (Portland, ME) - The New Britain Rock Cats (41-36) swept a doubleheader from the Portland Sea Dogs (36-41) by 3-1 scores on Wednesday night at Hadlock Field. New Britain clinches the series victory by taking the first three games - Portland has dropped eight straight games at Hadlock Field. In the opener, the Rocks scored two unearned runs in the fourth inning off RHP Junichi Tazawa (7-5) to beat Portland 3-1. Tazawa took the loss, yielding six hits, three runs (one earned), no walks and six strikeouts over 5 IP. RHP Frank Mata made his second professional start in 224 outings and allowed two hits and one run over 3.2 IP. LHP Jose Lugo (4-2) tossed 2.1 scoreless frames to earn the win in relief. RHP Anthony Slama pitched a scoreless seventh inning to earn his 16th save of... [read full story]
