MANCHESTER, N.H. — The New Hampshire Fisher Cats (67-69) scored two runs in the late innings and beat the Portland Sea Dogs (66-70) 8-6 in Eastern League action on Wednesday night at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.

The win puts New Hampshire back in third place by a game over the Sea Dogs, who drop to 4-3 on their 8-game trip.

After Portland tied the game with five runs in the seventh, the Fisher Cats answered with a run off losing pitcher Eric Niesen (1-3). Ryan Schimpf (3-for-4, HR, RBI) doubled and scored on a double by Kevin Ahrens (2- for-2, 2 RBI).

New Hampshire added a run off Matt Maloney in the eighth on a run-scoring single by Andy Burns.

Alan Farina (1-1) blew his third save, but earned his first win of the season. Ryan Tepera yielded two hits in the ninth, but notched his first save. Niesen gave up six hits and four runs over one inning pitched.

Both teams scored in the second inning. The ’Dogs took a 1-0 lead on a run-scoring double by Ryan Dent, but Schimpf tied the game with a solo-homer to right, his league-leading 23rd of the season.

The Fisher Cats scored five runs in the sixth inning to take 6-1 lead. Jeremy Kehrt left the game after 5.1 strong innings with two on and one out.

Portland responded with a five-spot in the seventh inning off New Hampshire’s bullpen. Garin Cecchini cleared the bases with a triple off Farina.

Christian Vazquez added a run-scoring ground out, but J.C. Linares tied the game with a solo-homer to left.

Cecchini improved his team-leading on-base streak to 37 straight games, the fourth longest streak in team history.