YANTIC, Connecticut (Ticker) -- Abraham Nunez triggered a five-run eighth inning with a two-run double as the Portland Sea Dogs defeated the Norwich Navigators, 8-3. With the score tied at 3-3, Nunez drove in Jaime Jones and Ross Gload with his fourth double of the season. John Pachot and Cesar Crespo both had an RBI single in the frame for Portland, which improved its road record to 7-5. Gload hit a leadoff double and eventually scored on a balk in the sixth inning to supply the Sea Dogs with a 3-2 lead. Paul McCurtain (3-0) struck out a pair and yielded a hit and a walk over two innings to pick up the win. Marcus Thames tied the score at 3-3 with an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth for Norwich. Erick Almonte contributed an two-run double in the second inning for the Navigators, who lost for just the third time in their last eight games. Oswaldo Mairena (0-2), who had not allowed an earned run in his previous nine appearances, gave up four runs -- three earned -- and three hits while failing to record an out to suffer the loss.