Kristian Campbell and Roman Anthony both blasted home runs Friday for Double-A Portland to extend their lengthy on-base streaks. Portland lost 12-9 to Altoona.
Campbell’s solo homer to left field in the bottom of the first inning made it 1-0 Sea Dogs and extended his on-base streak to 24 consecutive games. He went 2-for-5.
Anthony blasted a three-run homer to left-center field to put Portland ahead 5-1 in the fourth inning. He went 1-for-5.
Baseball America ranks Anthony the Red Sox’ No. 2 prospect and Campbell No. 5. It also has Anthony ranked No. 18 and Campbell No. 98 on its Top 100 list.
Campbell has gone .355 (33-for-93) with one homer, 10 doubles, 14 RBIs, 16 walks, 11 strikeouts and 11 steals during his streak.
Anthony is hitting .337 (29-for-86) with five homers, four doubles, one triple, 16 RBIs, 10 walks and 24 strikeouts during his streak.
Other notes from Friday:
~ Triple-A Worcester’s game at Syracuse was postponed due to rain. The two teams will play a doubleheader starting at 4:05 p.m. Saturday. Red Sox trade deadline addition Quinn Priester will start Game 1.
~ Righty David Sandlin started out strong for Portland, allowing just one run and striking out seven in the first four innings against Altoona. But he allowed a single, double and three-run homer without recording an out in the fifth inning. The 23-year-old, who Boston acquired from Kansas City for John Schreiber in February, recorded six swinging strikeouts. He has a 4.50 ERA (12 innings, six runs) in three starts since his promotion to Portland.
~ Catcher Kyle Teel, Boston’s No. 3 prospect (and No. 31 on BA’s Top 100) also homered in Portland’s loss. He went 2-for-4 and went deep in the sixth inning.
~ Drew Ehrhard, a 25-year-old non-drafted free agent signee in 2023, went 3-for-4 with a homer, double, one walk, two RBIs and two runs for Portland.
~ Red Sox 18th round pick Cole Tolbert out of Ole Miss made his professional debut for Low-A Salem. He started and went 2 innings. He allowed one run, three hits and no walks while striking out five.
