Sea Dogs shut down Rumble Ponies in series finale

Sea Dogs shut down Rumble Ponies in series finale

Portland pitcher Connelly Early allows zero hits over six innings.

Red Sox’ Connelly Early named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week

For the second time in as many weeks, a Red Sox pitching prospect has been recognized as the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week. After right-hander David Sandlin took home the honor last week, left-hander Connelly Early was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 23-29 on Monday, Minor League Baseball announced. Early was stellar for Double-A Portland and was credited with the win in Sunday’s series finale on the road a…