Sea Dogs Score Four in the Ninth and Walk-Off Again

Tzu-Wei Lin Delivers the Game-Winning Hit for Portland

Portland, Maine - The Sea Dogs (36-63) scored four runs after trailing 3-0 in the bottom of the ninth to stun the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (50-45) with a walk-off win in front of a sellout crowd at Hadlock Field on Thursday night.  Tzu-Wei Lin delivered the game-winning RBI single with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth to give the 'Dogs their sixth straight home win via walk-off.

With one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, Colt Hynes (L, 2-1) walked Reed Gragnani and allowed a single to Aneury Tavarez to bring the tying run to the plate.  Manuel Margot then lined a base hit to center field that skipped over the head of Roemon Fields and rolled all the way to the wall in center field, allowing two runs to score and Margot to wind up at third base with a triple.  Carlos Asuaje followed-up with a bloop double down the line to tie the game at three.  Danny Barnes entered the game and walked two before allowing the game-winning hit to Lin.

Jorge Marban (2-0) was the winning pitcher for Portland, pitching a scoreless, hitless ninth while issuing one walk.

New Hampshire got on the board in the third inning when Martin Medina hit a solo home run to lead off the frame.  The homer was the first for Medina since 2013. New Hampshire added two more runs off of Luis Diaz in the fifth inning on a sac fly by Medina and a balk by Diaz that scored Emilio Guerrero.

Diaz worked his fifth straight quality start and sixth in his last seven outings, going 6.1 innings and allowing three earned runs on five hits, walking one and striking out one.

Jeff Hoffman, making his second career Double-A start, threw  5.1 scoreless innings for New Hampshire.  Hoffman walked two and struck out five.

The series continues tonight at Hadlock Field, first pitch is scheduled for 7:00 PM.  Mike McCarthy (5-4, 3.68) will make the start for the Sea Dogs against John Anderson (5-4, 4.09) for New Hampshire.  Tickets are still available and can be purchased by phone at 207-879-9500 or online at seadogs.com.