PORTLAND, Maine — The Harrisburg Senators scored three runs in the first two innings en route to a 3-2 Eastern League win over the Portland Sea Dogs Saturday night at Hadlock Field in front of a sellout crowd of 7,368 fans.
Danny Rosenbaum (0-3) walked a career-high six batters, suffering the loss for Portland. Harrisburg put two runs on the board in the first and one in the second off Rosenbaum.
The Sea Dogs struck for a run in the first inning off winning pitcher John Simms (1-1). With two outs, Sam Travis walked and scored on a double by Tim Roberson.
In the fourth, Portland’s Keury De La Cruz tripled and scored on a groundout by Luis Martinez.
Portland’s bullpen worked six scoreless innings on just one hit. Mike Augliera retired all 12 batters and struck out four. Williams Jerez pitched 1 ⅓ innings and John Cornely got two outs in the ninth.
Simms yielded two runs over six innings for Harrisburg and its bullpen tossed three scoreless innings. Paul Demny secured a hold with two innings of work and Erik Davis fired a perfect ninth for his third save of the year.