PORTLAND- The Portland Sea Dogs erased a 5-0 deficit to defeat the Hartford Yard Goats 7-5 Sunday afternoon at Hadlock Field. The Sea Dogs swept the six game series and now has a season high seven game winning streak.
Ryan Fitzgerald hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning to tie the game 5-5, and Triston Casas delivered a two-run single in the same inning to complete the sweep.
Portland (34-23) fell behind early in the game as Sea Dogs starter Josh Winckowski lasted just 2/3 of an inning allowing three runs on three hits and a walk to start the game. Hartford (18-41) extended the lead to 5-0 in the third inning on a two-run homer by Willie Abreu, who was 2-for-4 with four RBI.
Denyi Reyes pitched four innings of outstanding relief to keep the Sea Dogs in the contest. His only blemish was the two-run homer to Abreu. Reyes allowed two runs on three hits and struck out eight. Portland scored their first run in the third on a sacrifice fly to centerfield off the bat of Tanner Nishioka scoring Fitzgerald. Nishioka drove home Fitzgerald again in the fifth inning with an RBI single. Jeisson Rosario added a sac fly scoring Devlin Granberg bringing the score to 5-3 and setting the stage for Fitzgerald’s game tying home run and Casas’ go-ahead single both in the seventh inning. Durbin Feltman (5-0) earned the win for the Sea Dogs with a perfect seventh inning. Seth Blair picked up his second save of the season with a scoreless ninth.
Portland has Monday off and will start a six game series on Tuesday against the Reading Fightin Phils in Reading, Pennsylvania. Starters for the series have not yet been announced. The Sea Dogs return home on July 20th for 12 games in 13 days at Hadlock Field.
