Walk-Off Walk in 10th Pushes Portland Past Baysox, 5-4
PORTLAND, Maine - A walk-off walk issued to Deiner Lopez with one out in the bottom of the 10th lifted the Portland Sea Dogs (53-58) to a 5-4 win over the Bowie Baysox (59-54) in the series finale on Sunday afternoon at Hadlock Field in Portland.
PORTLAND, Maine - A walk-off walk issued to
In the bottom of the 10th,
McGough (0.1 IP, 2 H, R, 0 ER, BB, K) was tagged with the loss for Bowie and falls to 1-2 on the year.
RHP Josh Smith (1.0 IP, H, 2 K) tossed a scoreless 10th to earn the win for Portland and improve to 5-1.
The Baysox had runners at the corners with nobody out in the top of the ninth, but RHP
Bowie also had runners at the corners with two outs in the 10th, but Smith fanned
A pair of runs in the top of the third put the Baysox on the board as
In the top of the fourth,
Owens (n/d) gave up three runs on five hits while walking six and fanning seven in five innings of work.
Mike Olt's solo shot off of Baysox starter
Flaherty singled with two outs in the sixth and scored from first on Hays' RBI double to extend the Baysox lead to 4-2.
The Sea Dogs tied the game at four apiece in the bottom of the sixth with a pair of solo shots from
Means (n/d) allowed the four runs on eight hits to go along with a walk and three strikeouts in 6.0 IP.
Flaherty (4-4, 2 BB, 3 R) and Hays (2-4, 2B, RBI) had multi-hit games for manager Gary Kendall's squad, while RHP
The Baysox return home to open a three-game set with the Harrisburg Senators on Tuesday night at Prince George's Stadium. First pitch of the series opener is set for 7:05 p.m. with RHP