Fisher Cats shut out Portland on Saturday night

MANCHESTER, N.H — The New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, shut out the Portland Sea Dogs on Saturday night, winning 3-0 from Delta Dental Stadium. It’s the fifth shutout thrown by the Fisher Cats this season.

Despite committing three more errors, New Hampshire (1-3, 36-36) out hit Portland (3-1, 43-30) 11 to two and scored two of their three runs in the third inning.

Orelvis Martinez lined an RBI double down the left-field line off Portland starting right-hander Hunter Dobbins (1-1), his team-leading 46^th RBI of the year, before Damiano Palmegiani followed up with an RBI single up the middle, driving in Martinez.

Martinez and Palmegiani both collected three hits each, their third three-hit games of the season.

The Fisher Cats tacked on another run in the sixth inning on a Sebastian Espino sac fly to the right-field, his 17^th RBI of the year.

Starting right-hander Sem Robberse (1-5) threw five shutout innings, allowing just two hits and two walks while striking out three, receiving his first win at the Double-A level. The 21-year-old Netherlands native now has a 2.35 ERA at home in 42.1 innings pitched. The Blue Jays No. 7 prospect is tied for third in the Eastern League in innings pitched (73).

Right-hander Andrew Bash dealt 2.1 hitless and shutout frames with three strikeouts while right-hander Connor Cooke picked up his second Double-A save with a 1-2-3 ninth and two strikeouts.

The Fisher Cats continue their homestand against the Sea Dogs tomorrow at 7:05 pm. RHP Alek Manoah (0-0, -.-- ERA) will get the start for New Hampshire against RHP Brian Van Belle (6-3, 2.61 ERA) for Portland.

Promotions for this weekend include two more Mega Blast Atlas Fireworks postgame shows on Sunday and Monday.

Tickets are available at NHFisherCats.com, via email at [email protected], over the phone at (603) 641-2005, or in-person at the Fisher Cats box office at 1 Line Drive in Manchester.