HARTFORD, Conn.
Luke Tendler’s pinch two-run home run with two outs in the top of the ninth inning lifted the Portland Sea Dogs to a 7-5 Eastern League victory over the Hartford Yard Goats in the opener of a five-game series on Wednesday.
After Jantzen Witte drew a one-out walk, Tendler hit a drive to center off Logan Cozart (6-3) to snap a 5-5 tie.
Jordan Weems (2-2) got the final two outs of the eighth and then worked out of a two-out, two-on jam to seal it for Portland (32-51).
Danny Mars gave the Sea Dogs a 5-4 lead with an RBI single in the sixth.
Sam Hilliard pulled Hartford
(41-42) even with a homer in the eighth.
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