The Dogs picked up the 13 runs on a season-high 20 hits in the win.
The game headed to the late innings tied at 3-3, but the Sea Dogs blasted Adrian Salcedo and the bullpen for six runs in the seventh and never looked back. The rally began when Shannon Wilkerson singled to lead off the inning and scored on a tworun blast to center by Mookie Betts. The home run, Betts’ sixth of the season, put the Sea Dogs in front for good at 5-3 and the wheels continued to turn.
Deven Marrero, Travis Shaw and Carlos Rivero followed with three straight singles, which produced another run and made it 6-3.
Henry Ramos doubled home Shaw off of Salcedo (0- 5) for the fourth run of the inning and ended the righty’s day. Cole Johnson was next from the pen and didn’t fair much better. He got the first man he faced, but gave up a run-scoring double to Heiker Meneses. Wilkerson singled for the second time in the inning and capped off the scoring as Meneses scored and made it 9-3 in favor of Portland.
The Rock Cats responded with two runs in the bottom of the seventh against Matty Ott.
Matt Spring and Derrick Gibson came around to score on a Wilkerson single that made it 11-5 for Portland in the ninth. Deven Marrero drove home a pair with a double.
Ott earned the win in relief. He went two innings and gave up two earned runs on four hits, one walk and one strikeout. Mike McCarthy finished up for Portland with two scoreless frames.
The Sea Dogs return home today for a seven-game homestand, beginning tonight with the Trenton Thunder at 6 p.m.
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