Portland 6 New Hampshire 2
(Portland ME) They came to see Trevor Story.
You could tell the crowd awareness when Trevor’s name was announced.
And they saw six innings of him.
He looked good.
Trevor is rehabbing his right wrist. That wrist got mixed up with a pitched ball late in the 2022 season. It didn’t appear to be healing right so surgery was performed on the wrist in January of this year.
The rehabbing process is underway. This coming week Trevor will be in AAA Worcester.
Trevor made a play today that would suggest that the wrist is coming along fine. A New Hampshire batter hit the ball to deep short to Trevor’s right. Trevor got there and then elevated and made an accurate, in time, throw to first. Great play for any shortstop but for one on a rehab assignment it must have felt especially good.
I was near the Portland dugout, so I was able to see Trevor in the dugout as well. For his six innings there he was seldom in the same place.
Something important (I think) happened in the sixth inning. In that inning, Trevor had walked and eventually gotten to third base. At third, he was replaced, and you knew that his day was done and that he would probably be heading for the exits. Not so fast.
Once in the dugout, Trevor picked up his glove and went over and sat down beside Marcelo Mayer. Marcelo is Boston’s #1 prospect and a 20-year-old shortstop. Trevor sat with Marcelo during what turned out to be a long inning and engaged in a lengthy conversation.
Marcelo, wisely, did a lot of listening to someone who already is a major league shortstop and one who will likely have that position with the Red Sox when his rehab is over.
I thought it was a neat gesture by Trevor and certainly helpful to Marcelo.
Today’s game started out to be all about Trevor but when it ended it was also about the no-hitter that three Sea Dogs’ pitchers (Wikelman Gonzalez, Brendan Cellucci, Luis Guerrero) had put together.
It was a little hard to realize that today’s pitching would be eventful because Portland’s pitchers allowed seven walks and two runs were scored by the Fisher Cats.
But it ended up a no-hitter.
Interesting, to me, was that pitcher CJ Liu was the player signing pregame. CJ pitched a seven-inning no-hitter in Akron on May fifth for Portland.
Trevor’s play from deep short saved a hit but it was third baseman Blaze Jordan’s snare of a line drive that was the defensive play of the game in my opinion. Blaze’s grab saved a run and turned into a double play as he finished the play picking off the NH baserunner at second base.
Speaking of finishing, Slugger continues not to be able to finish. He gets around first base with a win in sight and just runs dry. Granted he’s big but he does have long legs. He always puts on a good show but it’s never on the bases!
Plenty of sun on this afternoon.
I chose to bring only my Sigma F2.8 – 70-200 today. Last time I went strictly with the 600. I was hoping for some Trevor Story closeups with the 200 which I couldn’t get with the 600 because of its length and high F-Stop. The 200 was a good choice. That F2.8 was good for raising the speed to 1/2000 on some action shots. I could also adjust it to get some nice closeups.
I have been collecting 8×10 pictures when CVS offers free ones. One of the Trevor Story pictures will certainly be the next one I get done.
The sun at Hadlock is in the “targets” faces but it is what it is. Close shots take care of that issue.
Thanks, as always, to Chris Cameron for giving me the opportunity to “get close” at Hadlock Field.
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