Where did Randy Ruiz come from? Anyway the

Defs lose to the SeaDogs up in Portland tonight 7-3 and Shane Turner' 3 game win streak and the fourth for the team overall ends. Garrett takes the "L" and Matos got smacked around in his 1.1 IP of work.

John Bowker goes deep with his 15th HR of the season, a solo shot. TVS gets a pair of hits and a RBI.

SeaDog pitching stuck out 14 Defenders....14. Yesterday they stuck out 11 times.

Randy Ruiz, I guess, is the replacement for Alex Requena. Connecticut is his fourth team this year with other stops in Reading, and Altoona in the EL and Ottawa in Triple A. 30 years old, from the Bronx.
This is usually the time in the minor league season for strange stuff to start happening to the roster. Last year it was Quincy Foster, Jon Armitage, Osiris Matos, and the one start wonder Frolian Ramirez that popped up toward the end of the season. Hondo that was the guy; he lasted just an inning in his only start.