Hartford Yard Goats Make Official Return to Stadium After 2 Years
As baseball season begins in Connecticut, the state’s Double-A minor league team will return to its stadium for the first time since 2019, alongside two professional teams with home openers slated in late May.
The Hartford Yard Goats, a minor league affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, will make their first appearance in Dunkin Donuts Park today, May 11, followed by the New Britain Bees returning to New Britain Stadium on May 26, and the Norwich Sea Unicorns at Dodd Stadium on May 31. Tickets have been made available for the Yard Goats and the Bees on their respective websites with “details on 2021 ticket options” for the Sea Unicorns to be released “in the coming days.”
The Sea Dogs walked and walked and walked.
Portland batters drew eight walks from two wild New Hampshire relievers in the eighth inning. That, and a Jack Lopez two-run double, brought home six runs, giving the Sea Dogs a 12-6 win before a capacity crowd of 1,835.
New Hampshire won the first contest of this season-opening six-game series on Tuesday, but the Sea Dogs have been streaking since with five straight wins.
“A lot of things are going well,” Portland Manager Corey Wimberly said.
Johan Mieses was going well Sunday, hitting two home runs. Joey Meneses added one.
But walks made the difference.
Did you know that crabs live in more different places than any other sea animal? They can be found all across the world, from underwater volcano vents to under Antarctic glaciers. One type of crab even lives on land and climbs trees. Another type plays left field for the Colorado Rockies and is leading the team in hits. Crabs don’t get enough love.
The Rockies’ el cangrejo, Raimel Tapia, is having a great season. After hitting for a career high .321 BA in his last year’s short 184 at-bat season, Tapia has followed up by now hitting a similar .314 in 121 at-bats. And so far this season he’s had a team high eight multi-hit games and is currently on a nine game hitting streak. I think it’s safe to label Tapia as a professional hitter. It’s not just that he’s gotten all these hits, it’s how he’s doing it.
Squirrels sweep Saturday doubleheader, extending winning streak to four
Published Sunday, May. 9, 2021, 12:10 am
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels took both games of a doubleheader against the Hartford Yard Goats on Saturday at The Diamond, winning 2-0 and 9-5 to extend their winning streak to four games.
Game 1
Matt Frisbee.
Richmond opened the scoring in the first inning. After
Heliot Ramos doubled and later pushed to third base on a groundout,
David Villar rocketed his second double of the season to score Ramos and gave the Flying Squirrels a 1-0 lead against Hartford starter Matt Dennis.
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RICHMOND, Va. – A heap of 11 runs through the first three innings led the Richmond Flying Squirrels to a 12-6 victory against the Hartford Yard Goats at The Diamond Thursday night.
RICHMOND, Va. – A heap of 11 runs through the first three innings led the Richmond Flying Squirrels to a 12-6 victory against the Hartford Yard Goats at The Diamond Thursday night.
In the second inning,
Sean Hjelle chopped a two-run single to center field in his first professional plate appearance to open the scoring against Hartford starter Will Gaddis (Loss, 0-1).
After Hjelle’s hit,
Vince Fernandez followed with an RBI single for Richmond’s sixth run of the inning.