PORTLAND — Antoan Richardson nailed a two-run double in the eighth inning with two outs, leading the New Britain Rock Cats (15-15) past the Portland Sea Dogs (18-10), 6-5 in Eastern League action on Sunday afternoon at Hadlock Field in front of 5,048 fans.
The loss snapped Portland’s seven-game winning streak.
Blake Martin (2-1) tossed two scoreless frames. Aaron Thompson hurled a perfect ninth for his first save of the season.
Portland led 5-4 after seven innings, but the Rock Cats scored two runs off of Sea Dogs reliever Pete Ruiz (0-1). Ruiz allowed a single to Mark Sobolewski and a walk to Danny Santana to begin the frame. Chris Martin relieved and yielded the game-winning hit to Richardson.
Portland trailed 3-0 early in the game. Derrik Gibson put the ’Dogs on the board with a runscoring single. J.C. Linares nailed a two-run single, and an error allowed the go-ahead run to score. Tony Thomas followed with an RBI double.
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