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PORTLAND, Maine -- So much for backing into the playoffs. The Portland Sea Dogs took the front door in. Last year, the Sea Dogs took until the final day of the regular season, before clinching an Eastern League playoff spot, then rolling to their first ever EL championship. This year, the Dogs went one day longer before securing a chance to defend that crown, but were nonetheless successful, pushing past the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, 7-4, in a one-game play in game, before 4,042 at Hadlock Field. Portland will hit the road for an overnight bus trip to Trenton, where they'll commence their best of five Northern Division playoff series wit the Thunder. This will be the third straight year those teams have met in the first round, with Portland having taken the past two. "This is the loosest I felt all year," said Portland third baseman Andrew Pinckney, who clobbered two home runs to help the cause. "But (it was like) if we win, we win. If we don't, we go home. We got it done. I'm happy about that."


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