No Hitter In 1st Game For Seadogs
Portland Seadogs young lefty pitcher Henry Owens started his Double-A season with a no hitter against the Reading Phillies - a six inning rain shortened 5-0 win. Owens threw 86 pitches, struck out 9 and walked 2.
The 21-year-old Owens is the Sox top pitching performance.
Highly touted second baseman Mookie Betts had four hits in his Seadogs debut. Catcher Blake Swihart had two hits.
| Portland Sea Dogs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Mookie Betts | 2B | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Deven Marrero | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Travis Shaw | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Carlos Rivero | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Henry Ramos | RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Blake Swihart | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Sean Coyle | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Stefan Welch | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Shannon Wilkerson | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 28 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .393 | |
2B: Rivero, C (1, Biddle), Marrero 2 (2, Biddle, Knigge).
3B: Swihart (1, Biddle).
HR: Betts (1, 1st inning off Biddle, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Marrero 4; Rivero, C 2; Swihart 4; Ramos, H 2; Betts 7.
RBI: Betts (1), Ramos, H (1), Swihart (1), Marrero 2 (2).
2-out RBI: Ramos, H; Swihart; Marrero.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Coyle; Welch; Shaw, T.
GIDP: Rivero, C.
Team RISP: 1-for-5.
Team LOB: 7.
| Reading Fightin Phils | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Albert Cartwright | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Zach Collier | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Cam Perkins | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Kelly Dugan | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Tommy Joseph | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Anthony Hewitt | DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Carlos Alonso | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Brock Stassi | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Edgar Duran | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .000 | |
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Joseph, T.
Team RISP: 0-for-1.
Team LOB: 2.FIELDING
DP: (Alonso-Cartwright-Stassi).
| Portland Sea Dogs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Henry Owens (W, 1-0) | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Totals | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Reading Fightin Phils | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Jesse Biddle (L, 0-1) | 3.1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10.80 | |||
| Tyler Knigge | 2.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | |||
| Totals | 6.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7.50 | |||
Pitches-strikes: Owens 86-59, Biddle 88-54, Knigge 30-22.
Groundouts-flyouts: Owens 4-0, Biddle 2-2, Knigge 2-4.
Batters faced: Owens 20, Biddle 21, Knigge 9.
Inherited runners-scored: Knigge 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Billy Cunha. 1B: Roberto Moreno. 3B: Alex Tosi.
Weather: 60 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, Varies.
T: 1:58 (:34 delay).
Att: 6,860.
Venue: FirstEnergy Stadium.
April 3, 2014
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