READING, Pennsylvania — Portland’s Justin Haley tied a season-high with seven innings to lead the Sea Dogs to a 4-3 win over the Reading Fightin Phils in Double-A baseball action on Sunday afternoon at FirstEnergy Stadium.
Haley earned his second straight win, both against the Phils, scattering four hits, two walks and striking out five. With the victory, the Sea Dogs snapped a season-high 10-game losing streak on the road.
Portland scored four runs off losing pitcher Anthony Vasquez (5-1) in the second inning, sending all nine men to the plate. Tim Roberson and Jake Romanski led off the frame with walks. Portland’s lower third of the order: Ryan Court, Derek Miller and Tzu-Wei Lin delivered RBI singles. Henry Ramos reached on an error by third baseman Angelo Mora for Portland’s fourth run.
The Phils (19-11) scored all three runs in the eighth inning off Chandler Shepherd. With two outs, Dylan Cozens hit a two-run homer and Rhys Hoskins followed with a solo shot to right field. In the ninth, Shepherd struck out Roman Quinn and J.P. Crawford with runners at first and third to end the game.
On Saturday, the Phils swept a doubleheader from the Sea Dogs with two walk-off wins, 2-1 and 5-4 in eight innings.
In the opener, Portland couldn’t hold a 1-0 lead, as the Fightins tied the game in the sixth on a two-out RBI double by Jorge Alfaro. In the seventh, Jake Fox singled, but was lifted for pinch-runner KC Serna. Angelo Mora nailed a walk-off RBI single off Williams Jerez.
The Sea Dogs’ first run came on Wendell Rijo’s sacrifice fly in the fifth.
Keith Couch made his first Double-A start since 2014, working six innings on three hits and one run. Williams Jerez faced three batters and took the loss. Tom Windle pitched a perfect seventh to earn his first win of the season.
In game two, pinch-runner Serna scored the winning run again when Harold Martinez lined a two-out walk-off RBI single to right field in the eighth.
The Sea Dogs scored in the first three innings to take a 3-0 lead against starter Yacksel Rios. Cole Sturgeon, Jose Vinicio and Ryan Court had RBIs. Reading rallied against Mitch Atkins, scoring two in the third and fourth innings. Portland tied the game in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Ali Solis.