PORTLAND — The Portland Sea Dogs (26-14) swept away the Trenton Thunder (23-20) with a 2-1 win in the finale of their three-game Eastern League series Sunday afternoon at Hadlock Field.
Mike Augliera made just his third home start of the season and spun a beauty, completing a career and team season-high, eight innings on the mound. He gave up a pair of hits over the first four frames before the Thunder scratched across a run in the fifth.
Tyler Austin smacked a leadoff double to left and was driven home on an single by Rob Refsnyder, which cut the Portland lead to 2-1, but that was all the righty allowed. After the two hits Augliera retired the next 10 hitters in a row before a Mason Williams single broke up the streak with two down in the eighth. He finished his outing by inducing a line out to Ben Gamel.
Portland took advantage of a couple of Trenton mistakes in the field and held a 2-0 advantage after the third inning. Blake Swihart singled with one out and moved to second on a two-out walk drawn by Heiker Meneses. Derrik Gibson followed with an infield single up the middle that scored Swihart from second, which gave Portland the 1-0 lead.
The Sea Dogs doubled up in the third on a runby Mookie Betts.
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