Yoan Moncada ignited the Portland offense with a three-run homer and the Sea Dogs (50-76) defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (62-67) 8-2 on Tuesday night at Hadlock Field.

Moncada reached base five times with a homer and four walks. The homer was his 10th in Double A while four walks were the most he’s drawn in a single game as a pro.

He’s now reached base in eight consecutive plate appearances ( 6 BB, HR, 1B).

The Fisher Cats struck first on back-to-back, two-out doubles by Rowdy Tellez and Ryan Lavarnway to give New Hampshire a 2-0 lead, but were held scoreless thereafter.

Jalen Beeks ( W, 5- 3) picked up his fourth win in his past five starts, allowing two earned runs on five hits while walking four and striking out one in five innings.

The Sea Dogs scored eight unanswered runs after trailing 2-0. Freiman had an RBI double in the first to cut the deficit to 2- 1, then Moncada gave Portland the lead for good with his homer in the second off of Fisher Cats’ starter Jeremy Gabryszwski (L, 7-11).

The Sea Dogs clubbed 11 hits and had four hitters with multi- hit games.

Jake Romanski went 3- for-5 with a double and 2 RBI, Cole Sturgeon finished 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored, Tzu- Wei Lin was 2- for- 4 with an RBI and run scored, and Aneury Tavarez went 2-for-3 to raise his league leading average to .334.

Williams Jerez worked two hitless innings in relief and struck out a season-high four. Ty Buttrey pitched a scoreless eighth and Luis Ysla closed things out with a perfect ninth.

The Sea Dogs and Fisher Cats meet for the rubber match tomorrow evening at 6: 00 p. m. RHP Kevin McAvoy (8-7, 5.64) makes the start for Portland against LHP Shane Dawson ( 9- 4, 3.86) of New Hampshire. Pre-game coverage begins on the WPEI U. S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network at 5:40 p.m.