Caleb Clay ( 2- 2, 4.82) earned the win after relieving Sea Dog starter Chris Hernandez (4-6, 2.87), and Brock Huntzinger picked up his second save of the season.
Michael Dubee (2-3, 4.32) took the loss for the Thunder.
Trenton got on the scoreboard in the first inning, putting up three runs in the frame, capped by a two-run home run by Melky Mesa, his 10th of the season. Zoilo Almonte added a RBI single.
The Sea Dogs scored four unanswered runs stretching from the second inning to the sixth inning. In the second, Matt Spring doubled home two runs to get the Sea Dogs within a run, 3-2.
Portland evened the score at 3-3 in the top half of the fourth without the benefit of a hit. Byrce Brentz reached first to start the inning after being hit by a pitch and came around to score on a wild pitch.
Derrik Gibson put the Dogs in front, 4-3, with an RBI single in the sixth inning. Butler went 1-for-1 on the afternoon and drew three walks, half of all the walks earned by Sea Dogs batters.
Jackie Bradley Jr. gathered two hits in five at-bats for Portland and has hit safely in all four starts with the team.
Dent’s home run followed a lead-off triple by Gibson.
Trenton Thunder starter Mikey O’Brien went five innings, giving up three runs on four hits. O’Brien also walked four and struck out three.
Hernandez made a Sea Dog team-leading 15th start of the season Sunday. After the rough start, Hernandez settled down and tossed five scoreless innings. Hernandez was lifted in the seventh in favor of Clay after allowing an unearned run.
Jeffrey Farnham scored on an Abraham Almonte force out, closing the book on Hernandez.
Hernandez allowed five runs, four earned, on seven hits over six innings of work throwing 90 pitches.
The Sea Dogs will complete the four-game series against the Thunder tonight at 7:05 p.m. at Waterfront Park in Trenton.
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