Epperson led Portland to its first playoff berth since 2014 last season.

Industry analysts and even fans in other cities do not expect significant changes at Hadlock Field under the ownership of Diamond Baseball Holdings.

The team is being sold to Diamond Baseball Holdings, which in just 12 months has become the nation’s largest operator of minor league baseball franchises.

Somerset was down to its last out but scored twice in the ninth before winning it in the 10th, 6-5, to secure a spot in the Eastern League finals against Erie.

Somerset scores eight unearned runs in a sloppy fourth inning by the Sea Dogs, who will need to win twice in New Jersey to win the series.

Portland, the hottest team in the Eastern League late in the regular season, opens a best-of-three divisional series with Somerset.

Portland gives up four home runs in a 6-3 loss to its first-round playoff opponent.

Somerset scores in the bottom of the eighth to beat Portland, 2-1.

Portland continues its late-season surge with another victory against Somerset – its opponent in the first round of the Eastern League playoffs.