It was a long and, at times, an arduous task, but on Tuesday night the Portland Sea Dogs were able to snap a four-game losing streak with a 14-8 win over the Bowie Baysox before a sellout crowd of 7,368 at Hadlock Field.
The Sea Dogs trailed by as much as 5-1 in the ballgame, they battled back to take a 6-5 lead, only to find themselves tied at 6-6 in the bottom of the sixth. But the ever-resilient Sea Dog offense put up a crooked five spot on the Baysox to take an 11-6 lead in the bottom half of the sixth.
After Che-Hsuan Lin led off the sixth with a single, Nate Spears would spark the attack with a RBI triple to give the Sea Dogs a 7-6 lead. Six batters later Chih-Hsien Chiang would cap off the onslaught with a two-out, two-run double.
Of the many Sea Dogs’ offensive stalwarts, Lin and Anthony Rizzo lead the way. Lin reached base safely in five of six appearances, with three hits and four runs scored, while Rizzo was 4-5 with three doubles and four RBI.
As a sign of the back-and-forth game that was to come, both offenses traded blows in the first inning, with each side plating a run. The Baysox struck first on Ryan Adams RBI single that scored Greg Miclat who led the game off with a double.
In the bottom of the first, Lin would take advantage of Joel Guzman’s inability to cleanly field Nate Spears’ single to right to come around to score all the way from first to tie the game at one.
The tie would be short lived, as the Baysox would respond with a pair of runs in the second and third to take a 5-1 lead. Brandon Waring would score a run and both frames, and Carlos Rojas would drive in a run in both with a pair of two out RBI hits.
Down by four runs, the Sea Dogs would score three times in the third, and twice in the fourth to grab a 6-5 lead. Anthony Rizzo picked up three RBI in those two innings with a RBI double in third and a two-out, two-run double in the fourth to bring in the tying and go ahead runs.
Rizzo would add another two out RBI double during the Sea Dogs’ three run seventh. Jorge Padron added a two-run single in the inning to finish the evening with three two-out RBI.
Each starter’s outing seemed to be as short as the night was long, and neither would factor in the decision. Fife would be chased after just three innings of work, surrendering five runs on nine hits, while striking out three and walking three. The three innings of work is the shortest outing of the season for Fife.
For the Baysox, Gamboa also lasted just 3.0 innings, allowing four runs on eight hits, he walked none and struck out four.
Blake Maxwell (2-0) picked up the win for the Sea Dogs, tossing three innings allowing one run on five hits, he struck out two and did not walk a batter. Mitch Herald came in and calmed down the Baysox offense with two scoreless innings of work. Bryce Cox worked the ninth inning and allowed two runs.
For the Baysox, Sean Gleason (1-1) picked up the loss as he threw two innings allowing four runs on five hits, he walked one and struck out one.
The Sea Dogs and Baysox will continue their three game series Wednesday night at 7:00 PM from Hadlock Field in Portland. RHP Kyle Weiland (6-3) will take the ball for Portland opposite Bowie RHP Steve Johnson (3-4).
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