×
×
homepage logo
LOGIN
SUBSCRIBE

Lopez grand slam leads Portland past Fisher Cats, 9-4

By Fisher Cats Media Relations - | May 8, 2021

PORTLAND, Me. – A sixth-inning grand slam from Jack Lopez turned a 4-3 nail-biter into a 9-4 defeat for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats at the hands of the Portland Sea Dogs on Friday night at Hadlock Field.

The ‘Cats hung with Portland for most of the night thanks to RBIs from Kevin Vicuña, Chavez Young, and Otto Lopez, but a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch put the Sea Dogs up 4-3 in the sixth inning, and Portland’s Lopez put the game out of reach with a blast over the left field wall one batter later.

In his first start of the season at shortstop, Blue Jays top offensive prospect Austin Martin made a spectacular jump throw to rob Roldani Baldwin of a hit in the fifth inning, and later plated the Fisher Cats’ fourth run with an RBI triple to right field in the eighth.

James Dykstra was a bright spot in New Hampshire’s bullpen, allowing just one hit in two relief innings with three strikeouts in his Fisher Cats debut.

Gabriel Moreno and Demi Orimoloye each collected two hits, but Jordan Groshans saw his team-high three-game hitting streak come to an end.

New Hampshire continues the season-opening road trip at Hadlock Field through Sunday, with a 1 p.m. first pitch scheduled for Saturday’s game.

Newsletter

Join thousands already receiving our daily newsletter.

Interests
Are you a paying subscriber to the newspaper? *