Portland take 2 of 3 over Weekend.

The Sea Dogs took two of three from the New Hampshire Fisher Cats at Hadlock Field over the weekend. After letting Friday night's game slip away, 3-2, the Dogs bats took over in a 14-6 victory Saturday, while Chris Smith continued his team-leading strikeout ways in a 7-2 victory Sunday. The Sea Dogs got good starting pitching in all three games. Jerome Gamble allowed just one run on six hits in 6 2/3 IP on Friday night, Abe Alvarez gave up just three runs on six hits in 6 IP Saturday (after being staked to an early 12 run lead), and Smith matched Gamble's line in Sunday's game. Bret Ronenberg led the offense by homering in all three games.

The Sea Dogs crawled out of the EL East basement with the win. At 26-29, Portland is now 1/2 game ahead of Norwich for fifth place, but more importantly (and more amazingly), the Sea Dogs are just two games behind the Fisher Cats for second place in the division.