The Sea Dogs return to Hadlock Field tonight against the Altoona Curve at 7:00 PM after recording a 6-0 road trip. Portland has won six straight and 20 of their 27 games and now sit just four games behind the Trenton Thunder (Yankees) and 4.5 games ahead of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Blue Jays) for the final playoff spot in the Eastern League’s Northern Division. Tonight Christopher appears at Hadlock Field.

News & Notes:
Sea Dogs right-handed pitcher Justin Msterson was selected the Eastern League Player of the Month for July. The 22 year-old, Masterson, made five starts for the Sea Dogs in July posting a 4-0 record with a 1.36 ERA. Masterson was promoted to the Sea Dogs from Single-A Lancaster on July 7th. He made his Double-A debut on July 9th at New Hampshire tossing 6.2 innings of no-hit ball with nine strikeouts. He captured Eastern League Pitcher of the Week honors for the week of July 9th through July 15th, his first week in the Eastern League.

Former Sea Dog Brandon Moss made his Major League debut Monday night in Anaheim, California for the Red Sox. Moss is the 145th Sea Dog player to appear in the Major Leagues. Moss replaced Manny ramirez in left field after he was ejected. Moss was 0-2. Moss was the Eastern League MVP for the 2006 playoffs.

The Sea Dogs recorded the 1,000th win in franchise histroy on Sunday, August 5th in Harrisburg, PA.

Cory Keylor became the second Sea Dog in franchise history to hit for the cycle on Saturday night in Harrisburg. Cesar Crespo accomplished the feat on June 16, 2000. Ross Gload also hit for the cycle for the Portland Sea Dogs in an exhibition game with the Florida Marlins on June 29, 2000.

Also on Saturday in Harrisburg, Chad Spann tied a franchise record with 7 RBI's and Dusty Brown hit a grand slam.

The Sea Dogs will play at Fenway Park on Saturday, August 11th as part of the “Futures at Fenway” event. Please contact the Red Sox at (617) 482-4SOX or www.redsox.com for ticket information.

PLAYOFF TICKETS
Individual Game Playoff Tickets will go on sale to the General Public on August 23rd at 9:00 AM. Stay tuned for further information regarding playoff tickets. Eastern League playoffs are set to begin on Wednesday, September 5th. The top two teams in each division qualify for post season play.

Monday's Sea Dogs Lineup:
Bubba Bell, CF
Jay Johnson, LF
Jeff Natale, 1B
Chad Spann, DH
Cory Keylor, RF
Dusty Brown, C
Andrew Pinckney, 3B
Iggy Suarez, SS
Zach Borowiak, 2B
Felix Diaz, P

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