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[Barbara]

June 10
Sea Dogs vs. Erie Wolves
Dogs complete Erie sweep with pitching, defense

http://www.presshera...2010-06-11.html
Eammon Portice and Jason Rice combined for three scoreless innings to complete Kehrt's first win with the Sea Dogs.

For the season:
W-3
L-4
IP - 43
H - 52
R - 34
ER - 27
HR - 4
BB - 13
SO - 37

[Barbara]

June 13
Sea Dogs vs. Akron Aeros
Sea Dogs Blank Aeros, Securing Winning Road Trip

For the second time on their road trip, the Portland Sea Dogs completed a series with a phenomenal effort from their pitching. On Sunday afternoon, Stephen Fife, Eammon Portice, and Jason Rice combined to blank the Akron Aeros, 3-0 at Canal Park. Portice allowed one hit in two innings for his fourth hold of the season,

For the season:
W-3
L-4
ERA 5.40
IP - 45
H - 53
R - 34
ER - 27
HR - 4
BB - 13
SO - 38

[Barbara]

June 18
Sea Dogs vs Akron Aeros
Chang Delivers Walk-Off Win for Portland

Eammon Portice came on in relief of Kelly. He was able to retire 10 of 11 batters in 3.1 innings pitched.

For the season:
W-3
L-4
ERA 5.03
IP - 48.1
H - 54
R - 34
ER - 27
HR - 4
BB - 13
SO - 43

[Barbara]

June 21
Sea Dogs vs. Altoona
Altoona spoils strong Portland pitching by coming up with a late run for a 2-1 victory

With two outs in the sixth,Wilson walked Hague and the next batter, Jordy Mercer, singled on a dribbler to right. Wilson followed by walking Hector Gimenez to load the bases.

Beyeler then pulled Wilson in favor of right-hander Eammon Portice, who forced Alex Presley to foul out to left fielder Ryan Khoury.

Luis Exposito homered off Altoona left-hander Rudy Owens in the top of the seventh to make it 1-1.

After walking Miles Durham to open the bottom of the seventh, Portice retired the next three batters....Portice (3-5) took the loss, allowing three hits and a run in relief of Wilson, striking out one and walking another.

For the season:
W-3
L-5
ERA 5.03
IP - 49.2
H - 57
R - 35
ER - 28
HR - 4
BB - 14
SO - 44

[JohnnyTheBone]

For the season:
W-3
L-5
ERA 5.03
IP - 49.2
H - 57
R - 35
ER - 28
HR - 4
BB - 14
SO - 44

Thanks, Barb. You're a real Porticehead. Unfortunately, Eammon seems to be experiencing some sour times.

[Barbara]

Thanks, Barb. You're a real Porticehead. Unfortunately, Eammon seems to be experiencing some sour times.

Hey thanks! Nice to listen to whilst I post.

[Barbara]

Interview with Portice in the Examiner.
Cape Leaguer on the Red Sox farm: a word with Eammon Portice (Bourne ’06)

June 22, 9:29 AM · Steve Weissman - Boston Baseball Examiner

Pitcher Eammon Portice possesses one of the many lively arms on the Portland Sea Dogs, the Double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. A Bourne Brave in the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2006, he was picked by the Sox in the 12th round of the 2007 draft, and he now sits just two steps away from realizing his big league dream.

Yet another shining example of the MLB/Cape League connection, Portice’s story is a little different than those of such other former Cape players as Buster Posey, Gordon Beckham, and Tim Lincecum. Specifically, Portice wasn’t a star. In fact, he was 0-5 with a 6.30 ERA with Bourne, poor stats that were mitigated and even negated by the fact that he also fanned 46 while walking only nine in his 30 innings of work.

It is in this dichotomy that his appeal lies, for his career trajectory is more akin to most others in the Sox minor league system than to those of the aforementioned luminaries – which is to say, a steady rise rather than a sudden vertical acceleration. He shows tremendous promise (last year with High-A Salem he led the Carolina League and all Red Sox minor leaguers with 141 strikeouts and just 36 walks in 128+ innings), but he still is a work in progress (going 8-8, 4.35 for that Salem club), and his career still could go either way.

This year, Portice has been moved to the bullpen, no doubt to leverage his high K/BB ratio and to put him on the conveyor to back Daniel Bard when the latter becomes the Sox closer after Jonathan Papelbon leaves as a free agent. (You heard it here first!)

So what does he think of all this? Have a listen to our exclusive interview (see link below) with the intriguing right hander and find out. (Many thanks to Portand Sea Dogs Examiner Ken Main and his Fenway Dreams for the inside access.)

Linky to audio at end of link above.

[Barbara]

June 25
Sea Dogs vs. Rock Cats

Weiland (3-5) left with two out in the seventh after issuing his only two walks of the game. He permitted only four hits, walked two and struck out seven. Reliever Eammon Portice walked Ortiz on four pitches but struck out Lehmann to end the threat.

The Rock Cats put the first two on against Portice in the eighth but he kept the deficit at one by neutralizing the middle of the order. New Britain’s third, fourth and fifth hitters — Erik Lis, Chris Parmelee and Joe Benson — went 0-for-12 with five strikeouts.

[Barbara]

June 29
Sea Dogs vs. Harrisburg Senators
'Dogs drop to .500

Sea Dogs reliever Eammon Portice pitched three innings, none more impressive than his last.

He needed only nine pitches to strike out the side in the eighth, after striking out the last two batters he faced in the seventh.

"He's got that kind of ability," Beyeler said.

For the season:
W-3
L-5
ERA 5.00
IP - 54
H - 62
R - 37
ER - 30
HR - 5
BB - 15
SO - 51

Edited by Barbara, 30 June 2010 - 10:01 PM.

[Barbara]

July 3
Sea Dogs vs. Binghamton Mets

Big inning sinks Sea Dogs

The Binghamton Mets came up with a different variation of hitting for the cycle Saturday night.

The Mets used a homer, triple, double and two singles to build a six-run fifth inning that carried them to a 9-3 victory against the Portland Sea Dogs.

Raul Reyes tripled in two runs, and Mike Nikeas followed with a two-run homer to greet reliever Eammon Portice.

For the season:
W-3
L-5
IP - 56.1
H - 65
R - 39
ER - 31
HR - 6
BB - 15
SO - 55

[Barbara]

July 6
Sea Dogs vs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats.

Portice pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings.

July 10
Sea Dogs vs. New Britain Rock Cats
Sea Dogs upend Rock Cats, 7-3

Eammon Portice, who took the loss, relieved Weiland in the sixth and allowed two hits before Ortiz's home run, and struck out five.

July 16
Sea Dogs vs. New Britain Rock Cats

The Rock Cats battled back in the sixth when Benson’s line shot cleared the right field wall for his 14th homer of the year. They tied it against Eammon Portice in the seventh on a double by Dolenc, a hit batsman and RBI hits by Portes (2-for-2) and Lis.

For the season:
W-3
L-6
ERA 4.95
IP - 53.2
H - 75
R - 43
ER - 35
HR - 7
BB - 17
SO - 63

[Barbara]

Portice is getting so few innings, he's not making the write ups.

Five appearances since July 16.

For the season:
W-3
L-6
ERA 5.21
IP - 77.2
H - 90
R - 54
ER - 45
HR - 9
BB - 24
SO - 76

[Barbara]

Great Pawtucket, Sea Dogs, Spinners pics over at sittingstill's website.

Portice in Action




At the Sea Dogs picnic. Doesn't look too thrilled.

Edited by Barbara, 12 August 2010 - 08:15 PM.

[Barbara]

One inning pitched in a Aug 15 game against the Richmond Flying Squirrels. Portice allowed 2 hits.

August 19
Sea Dogs vs Altoona Braves

Portice (3-7) suffers the loss surrendering the lone run of the game on three hits in two innings of work.

For the season:
W-3
L-7
ERA 4.75
IP - 83.2
H - 95
R - 55
ER - 46
HR - 9
BB - 24
SO - 81

Edit: Editing.

Edited by Barbara, 26 August 2010 - 09:25 PM.

[Barbara]

August 25
Sea Dogs vs. Harrisburg Senators

Portland trailed 2-0 after an inning and 5-1 after three before starter Jeremy Kehrt and reliever Eammon Portice held the Senators scoreless over the next five innings.

For the season:
W-3
L-7
ERA 4.72
IP - 87.2
H - 97
R - 55
ER - 46
HR - 9
BB - 24
SO - 88

[jsinger121]

Portice was released by the organization yesterday.

[mabrowndog]

Bummer, but it was bound to happen. He just didn't make any substantive progress after nearly 5 years in the system. I got to know him a bit when he played in the Cape League, and he seemed like a really great kid. I'm sure he'll land on his feet.