The Portland Sea Dogs and Hartford Yard Goats split an Eastern League baseball doubleheader on Tuesday, with the Sea Dogs capturing the opener, 8-2, and Hartford earning a 6-3 victory in the nightcap.

In the first game, Kyle Hart (1-1) fired six scoreless on just five hits to earn his first Double-A win for Portland.

Cole Sturgeon continued his hot hitting for the Sea Dogs, going 4-for-4 with a homer, two RBIs and three runs scored.

In the first, Esteban Quiroz blasted his fourth homer of the year, a three-run shot into the U.S. Cellular Pavilion. Quiroz has hit safely in all nine starts with Portland.

Josh Ockimey was activated from the disabled list before the game and finished 1-for-2 with an RBI single. Jeremy Rivera pitched in with a run-scoring single in the sixth.

The Sea Dogs darted out to a 1-0 lead in the second inning of the second game, but Hartford rallied late, scoring four runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth en route to the win.

Luke Tendler hit an RBI single to score Tate Matheny and put Portland ahead 1-0 in the second.

Matt Kent was excellent in a spot start, hurling four scoreless innings and allowing just one hit.

The Yard Goats rallied off of Trey Ball (L, 0-1) in the fifth. Ball walked two, but recorded two outs before Yonathan Daza tied the game with an RBI double, then Sam Hilliard hit a three-run homer to give the ’Goats the 4-1 lead.

The Sea Dogs answered with two runs in the fifth on a two-run single with two outs by Isaias Lucena, who was making his Double-A debut. But the rally fell short as the ’Dogs left nine runners on base.

Jason Garcia (W, 1-1) earned the victory for Hartford with 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief.

Game 3 of the series is tonight at 6 p.m. Kevin McAvoy (0-0, 3.38) makes his second start of the year for Portland. Hartford counters with lefty Jack Wynkoop (0- 1, 4.50).

The Sea Dogs celebrate their 25th season tonight. Tickets can be purchased by visiting SeaDogs.com, or by calling 879-9500.