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The Portland Sea Dogs (46-74) and Altoona Curve (67-54) split a doubleheader on Hadlock Field on Wednesday night.

Portland won game one 4-3, while Altoona captured game two, 7-4.

Sea Dog pitchers issued 10 walks in the opener, but Altoona stranded 12 runners and went 4-for-13 with runners in scoring position.

Trailing 1-0 in the third, Portland tied the game on an RBI single by Mauricio Dubon to score Tzu- Wei Lin. The Sea Dogs took the lead when Aneury Tavarez scored on a passed ball. Tavarez combined to go 4- for-6 in the doubleheader, raising his league- high average to .340.

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Nate Freiman hit a solo homer over the Maine Monster in the fourth inning off of Clay Holmes to put Portland ahead 3-1. Holmes (10-8) allowed four runs (three earned) on six hits in five innings, walking two and striking out four.

Making a spot start, Mike McCarthy allowed one run on four hits in three innings with three walks and one strikeout.

Altoona tied the game in the fifth on two doubles off of Brandon Workman, who joined the Sea Dogs yesterday on rehab assignment by the Boston Red Sox. Workman allowed two runs on three hits in 1 2/3 innings with five walks.

Portland took the lead for good on an RBI groundout by Dubon in the fifth to score Rainel Rosario.

Ty Buttrey (1-9) earned his first Double-A victory with 1 1/ 3 innings of scoreless relief. Ben Taylor closed out game one with a perfect seventh for his fourth save.

In game two, Portland jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the third inning on Dubon’s third homer of the season. But, Altoona scored three times in the fourth to pull ahead 3-2.

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The Sea Dogs responded in the fourth on a two-run homer by Cole Sturgeon to make it 4-3 in favor of the hosts.

Once again Altoona responded, using three singles and a grand-slam home run by Jonathan Schwind for the win.

Action begins today at 5 p.m. with the completion of Tuesday’s game that was suspended in the fourth inning with Altoona leading 2- 0. A seven inning game will follow at 7 p. m. to close out the series.


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