ERIE, Pa. — Erie scored three runs on five consecutive singles with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning to rally for a 5-2 win over the Portland Sea Dogs in the rubber game of their three-game series at Jerry Uht Park on Thursday night.

Portland (45-71) jumped to an early lead when Mauricio Dubon homered to left field with one out in the top of the first inning.

Dubon went 2 for 4 to extend his hitting streak to six games. He has collected at least one hit in 26 of his last 29 games

The SeaWolves (48-69) came back to tie the game on a homer by Wynton Bernard with two outs in the third inning.

The Sea Dogs regained the lead on a leadoff homer by Yoan Moncada in the sixth inning, his ninth as a member of the Sea Dogs. Moncada was playing for the first time since suffering an ankle injury Aug. 5.

In the bottom of the seventh, Gustavo Nunez, Anthony Gose and Christin Stewart hit consecutive RBI singles off Portland reliever Williams Jerez to give the SeaWolves a 4-2 lead.

Nate Freiman had a pair of singles for the Sea Dogs, and Cody Decker and Jake Romanski each had one single.

Portland starter Kevin McAvoy struck out six and walked one while giving up one run and scattering eight hits over six innings.


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