Lars Anderson came back from an 0-2 count to walk with the bases-loaded in the bottom of the ninth, to give the Portland Sea Dogs a 3-2 win over Connecticut Friday night.

Anderson went 2-for-4 in the game.

But the big bat was held by Josh Reddick. He was 4-for-5 with a game-tying home run in the eighth.

On the mound, starter Adam Mills was his usual control maestro (56 pitches, 44 striikes). He gave up 7 hits and 2 runs over 5 innings.

Richie Lentz won't last long in Portland if he has performances like Friday's. He retired all six batters he faced, striking out the last five. He used 21 pitches, 18 for strikes. His fastball hit 96 m.p.h.

Chris Province (1-0) got the win with two innings of scoreless relief.

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