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Mills caps perfect July for Sea Dogs
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Adam Mills sets a team record with his sixth win of the month as Portland routs Harrisburg, 8-3.
From staff reports August 1, 2009

TODAY'S GAME

WHO: Sea Dogs (Felix Doubront 6-3) at Harrisburg Senators (Jeff Mandel 0-1)

WHEN: 7:05 p.m.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Adam Mills became the first pitcher in franchise history to win six starts in one month as the Portland Sea Dogs beat the Harrisburg Senators 8-3 on Friday night at Metro Bank Park.

Mills (9-5) went seven innings, yielding three runs on five hits and no walks. He went 6-0 with a 2.31 ERA in July.

Jon Still doubled leading off the second inning and scored on Lars Anderson's single to give Portland a 1-0 lead. The Sea Dogs then sent nine men to the plate in the third and opened a 4-0 advantage, as Yamico Navarro hit a two-run double and scored on a single by Jorge Jimenez.

Ryan Kalish added an RBI double in the fourth to make it 5-0.

Harrisburg struck for three runs in the fifth, including back-to-back homers by Joel Guzman and Bill Rhinehart.

The Sea Dogs got their final three runs in the ninth, on a two-run homer by Jimenez and an RBI single by Juan Apodaca.


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