The author reflects on the loss of their dog Cassie while also recapping minor league baseball performances. They highlighted Richard Fitts's impressive pitching, where he had five scoreless innings and reached 97 MPH but was pulled early, leaving the bullpen exposed. The article mentions a hawk incident during the game and discusses Portland's struggles, revealing they've scored just one run in 22 innings, despite strong individual performances from players like Ronald Rosario and Connelly Early.
Richard Fitts looked pretty amazing on the mound in his five scoreless innings of work, reaching 97 MPH on that fastball, and manager Chad Tracy opted to pull him perhaps a little earlier than his pitch count of 77 may have called for. It ended up biting him a little, as the bullpen got scorched.
For a bonus stud of the game: how about there being a slight game delay as a hawk attacked some fans? As a regular at Polar, usually the hawks are just there for decoration.
Everyone got in on the action in that frame: a rehabbing Wilyer Abreu, whose return is imminent, Vaughn Grissom, and Nick Sogard, who opened up the game's scoring in the third with a solo shot.
Portland has now scored one run in 22 innings, and an unlikely candidate got the only hit of the night: catcher Ronald Rosario, who improved his batting average to .166 with that knock.
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