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Toglia Homers Late but Yard Goats Comeback Falls Short

May 15, 2022

Final: Portland 5, Hartford 4 WP: Victor Santos (3-3) LP: Mitch Kilkenny (1-5) SV: Andrew Politi (4) T- 2:51 A- 6,850 Michael Toglia's home run in the bottom of the ninth inning brought the Hartford Yard Goats within a run, but the Portland Sea Dogs held on to beat Hartford

Final: Portland 5, Hartford 4

WP: Victor Santos (3-3)

LP: Mitch Kilkenny (1-5)

SV: Andrew Politi (4)

T- 2:51

A- 6,850

Michael Toglia's home run in the bottom of the ninth inning brought the Hartford Yard Goats within a run, but the Portland Sea Dogs held on to beat Hartford 5-4 in front of a sellout crowd at Dunkin' Donuts Park on Saturday night. Isaac Collins tallied his fourth multi-hit game of the season and Niko Decolati reached base three times for the Yard Goats as Portland denied Hartford its third straight win. The Yard Goats wrap up their homestand against the Sea Dogs tomorrow afternoon.

Portland grabbed the lead in the top of the first on a two-run single by Pedro Castellanos. An RBI double by Tyreque Reed extended the Sea Dogs lead to 3-0.

Hartford responded quickly by scoring two runs in the bottom of the first. Michael Toglia's RBI groundout scored Isaac Collins, who led off the inning with a double. After a two-out double by Jimmy Herron, Willie MacIver kept the rally going with a double of his own in the left center gap, scoring Herron and cutting Portland's lead to 3-2.

The Sea Dogs added one run in the second on a David Hamilton home run and another on Nick Sogard's RBI walk, extending their lead 5-2. The Yard Goats got a run back in the bottom of the sixth on a double by Aaron Schunk scoring Kyle Datres. Michael Toglia cracked a solo home run into the right field upper-deck in the bottom of the ninth, his fifth of the season to make the score 5-4.

First pitch for the series finale between the Hartford Yard Goats and the Red Sox affiliate, the Portland Sea Dogs, is set for 1:05. LHP Nick Bush will start for the Yard Goats and LHP Brandon Walter will start for the Sea Dogs.