Peter Hissey came through with Portland’s first hit, a single with two outs in the sixth. Heiker Meneses had a two-out single in the eighth and Travis Shaw singled with two gone in the ninth.
Walden induced 13 groundball outs, walked two and fanned six to earn his first win since April 26th at Reading. Stilson made his first appearance of the year and earned the save by striking out Michael Almanzar to end the night.
Lefty Drake Britton (3-3) was saddled with the loss. Britton yielded six hits, two runs, four walks and fanned five over five innings. He threw 95 pitches, but only 53 for strikes.
New Hampshire scored the first two runs in the third inning. Kevin Pillar led off with a double and scored on a single by Brian Van Kirk. Two batters later, Brad Glenn lined a run-scoring single to center field.
The Fisher Cats added the final run in the sixth inning off Jeremy Kehrt. With one out, Kevin Ahrens drew a walk, advanced to second base on a wild pitch and to third on a ground out. Pillar beat out an infield single for his third hit and 20th RBI of the season.
Pete Ruiz worked a scoreless eighth for Portland, allowing two hits, but recorded two strikeouts. Ruiz has 29 strikeouts in 15 innings.
The Sea Dogs and Fisher Cats continue their three-game series tonight at 6:35 p.m. Knuckleballer Charlie Haeger (1-0, 3.38) makes his third start of the season for Portland.
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