The Portland Sea Dogs scored twice in the bottom of the 10th inning to beat the Erie SeaWolves 6-5 Tuesday night at Hadlock Field, matching their season-high winning streak of five games.
Portland has won five straight games twice earlier in the season.
After Erie took a 5-4 lead in the top of the 10th inning, Portland tied the game on an RBI single by Phillip Sikes, who went to third on a single by Alex Binelas. Calvin Coker was walked intentionally and Elih Marrero followed with the winning single to center field.
Sikes was 3 for 5 and Tyler McDonough was 2 for 4 with a homer.
Trei Cruz and Brady Allen each had three hits for Erie.
Theon Denlinger (1-3) pitched two scoreless innings to get his first win.
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