BROCKTON, Mass. (June 12, 2025) – A back-and-forth battle turned south for the Down East Bird Dawgs as Brockton used a late offensive surge to pull away for an 11-6 win and complete the series sweep at Campanelli Stadium on Thursday.

The Bird Dawgs jumped ahead in the first when Yassel Pino smacked a homer to left to take a 1-0 lead.

Brockton responded in the home half as Jack Thomas Wold hit an RBI ground-rule double and Hemmanuel Rosario hit a sacrifice fly to push the score to 2-1.

Two runs came across for the Bird Dawgs to take the lead back in the top of the second when Tyler Blaum ripped an RBI single and Stephen DiTomaso hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-2.

The Rox found two more runs in the bottom of the second as JR DiSarcina tripled to drive in a run, and Keagan Calero hit an RBI groundout to take a 4-3 lead.

The Bird Dawgs tied it in the third when Cameron Masterman hit a solo shot to left field to make it 4-4.

In the fourth, the Bird Dawgs jumped in front with back-to-back RBI doubles from Blaum and Pino to take a 6-4 lead.

Brockton exploded for seven unanswered runs from the fifth to the seventh innings. Hemmanuel Rosario smacked a go-ahead three-run homer in the fifth. Wold tripled, and Rosario doubled to bring in a run each in the sixth, and Derek Bender smacked a two-RBI single to take an 11-6 lead.

The Bird Dawgs left the bases loaded in the eighth and two on in the ninth, falling to Brockton 11-6.

Heisell Baro (3-2) secured the win for the Rox, allowing six runs on 10 hits over 6 1/3 innings with four strikeouts

Nate Lamb (1-3) suffered the loss for the Bird Dawgs as he went 4 2/3 while giving up seven runs on eight hits.

The Bird Dawgs drop to 8-20, now on an 11-game losing streak as Brockton takes the three-game sweep. Next up the Bird Dawgs travel to Paterson, N.J., to take on the Jackals for a three-game series over the weekend. The first game is set for 6:35 p.m. on June 13 at Hinchliffe Stadium.