PORTLAND — The Portland Sea Dogs (69-40) opened an Eastern League series on Monday against the Reading Fightin’ Phils with a 2-0 victory at Hadlock Field.

The teams meet tonight in a doubleheader, with the firstgameslatedfora6p.m. start. Henry Owens (13-4) is slated to pitch the first game for the Sea Dogs against Reading’s Ryan O’Sullivan (5-5). The game two starters have yet to be announced.

In Monday’s opener, Mike Augliera pitched a two-hitter through eight innings for Portland for the win, with Robby Scott throwing a perfect ninth for the save. The duo faced the minimum, with Augliera picking up two double-play grounders along the way.

Augliera retired the side in order over the first three innings and dismissed the first 10 in a row before Albert Cartwright broke up the stretch with a single to center field. Along with the single came the rain, as Mother Nature stepped in and delayed the game for over an hour.

Once play resumed, Augliera returned and needed two pitches to get Kelly Dugan to ground into an inning-ending double play. The starter retired the side in order in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings before Jake Fox ended that streak with a single to left field in the eighth. Augliera again rolled up a 4-3 twin killing and Brock Stassi lined out to center to close out the inning.

Offensively, the Sea Dogs wasted no time and jumped out to an early 2-0 lead courtesy of some power in the first two innings. Blake Swihart crushed a 1-0 pitch from Severino Gonzalez into the Portland bullpen to give the Sea Dogs the 1-0 lead. Dave Chester followed suit in the second and drove an opposite field solo shot into the bullpen and doubled the lead to 2-0.

Gonzalez (6-12) took the loss and didn’t return after the rain delay. He gave up the two runs over three innings on five hits and struck out four. Mike Nesseth and Seth Rosin combined to throw five scoreless frames after the pause in play.