Trenton , N.J. — Tim Roberson cleared the bases with a two-out double in the 10th inning, as the Portland Sea Dogs (3-3) beat the Trenton Thunder (3-2), 6-3 in extra innings on Tuesday night at Arm & Hammer Park. Portland snapped a two-game losing streak and evened the series at a game apiece.
Portland reliever Chandler Shepherd extended his perfect innings streak to four in Double-A, earning the win for Portland. The righty fanned three over two innings. The Sea Dogs’ pitching staff fanned 16 batters and allowed one runner to reach scoring position.
The rally in the 10th began with back-toback walks to Jantzen Witte and Rainel Rosario. Henry Ramos laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt. Alex Smith was removed for Mark Montgomery, who issued a free pass to Jake Romanski. After a Jordan Weems strikeout, Roberson’s three-run double was crushed to right-center field.
Mitch Atkins worked around a one-out single, fanning three in the 10th to earn his first save in the Red Sox system.
Portland starter Aaron Wilkerson fanned six batters over five innings pitched. Wilkerson had a streak of 129.2 innings without allowing a homer, yielding a solo-shot to Jake Cave in the second. Portland took a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning against starter Jordan Montgomery. Tzu- Wei blooped an RBI single and Mike Miller had a sacrifice fly. Rosario scored the third run in the fifth on a wild pitch.
Trenton tied the game in the seventh off Simon Mercedes. Cave single and Dante Bichette Jr. hit a two-run homer to right field.
Lin, Roberson and Romanski led Portland’s 10-hit attack with two hits each.
The Sea Dogs and Thunder (Yankees affiliate) play the rubber game of their three-game set on Wednesday night at Arm & Hammer Park.
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