Moncada homers as Sea Dogs avoid sweep by Fisher Cats

The Portland Sea Dogs avoided a four-game sweep at the hands of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Thursday in Manchester, winning 11-0.

All-Star Rowdy Tellez collected three hits for the Fisher Cats (39-47), who were shut out for the first time since June 25. Yoan Moncada had three hits for the Sea Dogs (31-55), including a three-run home run, while Andrew Benintendi had a hit and scored a run. Keith Couch pitched a complete-game shutout with six strikeouts for the win.

Conner Greene was tagged with the loss, giving up five runs on seven hits over 4 innings. He walked three batters and struck out two.

Derrick Loveless contributed two hits for the Fisher Cats, who host the Binghamton Mets for a three-game series starting tonight at 7:05. It’ll be the last series for both teams before the All-Star break.