MANCHESTER, N.H.
New Hampshire’s Richard Urena snapped a 9-9 tie with a two-out, two-run single in the eighth inning, leading the Fisher Cats (42-60) to an 11-10 Eastern League win over the Portland Sea Dogs (46-54) on Tuesday night at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.
Portland rallied for a run in the ninth inning on a sacrifice fly by Cole Sturgeon, but Carlos Ramirez (2-0) fanned Mike Olt to end the game.
New Hampshire built a 5-0 lead after one inning against Elih Villanueva. Tim Lopes and Harold Ramirez highlighted the frame with tworun hits.
Portland fought back, scoring the next six runs off Shane Dawson. In the second, Josh Tobias and Jordan Procyshen put the ’Dogs on the board with consecutive two-out RBI hits. In the third, Michael Chavis hit a two-run homer, cutting the deficit to 5-4.
Chavis reached base five times with a homer, double and three walks. Later in the inning, Jake Romanski gave Portland its first lead with an RBI double.
Ramirez led off the third with a homer to tie the game at 6, but Jeremy Barfield gave the Sea Dogs an 8-6 lead in the fourth, blasting a tworun homer.
Portland’s Ty Buttrey (1-3) took the loss, allowing two runs over two innings pitched.
Olt and Procyshen each went 2-for-5 for Portland.
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