TUESDAY MORNING QUICK HITTERS

Argenis Diaz comes to the plate Monday night (Photo CMSB/Pierre's of Exchange St)

• The Portland Sea Dogs blasted the New Britain Rock Cats 10 - 6 Monday Night.
• The Maine Black Bears Baseball team swept a double header from Hartford 14 - 1 and 14 - 2.
• The Boston Red Sox lost to the Oakland A's 8 - 2. Nomar Garciaparra hit a HR in his 1st action against his former team since being traded in 2004. The Sox also announced they are placing Jed Lowrie on the 15 Day DL due to a wrist injury.
• Former Detroit Tiger Phenom and Massachusetts native Mark "The Bird" Fidrych died of an apparent accident while repairing a vehicle on his farm. He was just 54.
• The Boston Celtics announced that KG will not be back before the playoffs.