PORTLAND – Chris Baker threw a complete game and Gabe Gross homered as the New Haven Ravens defeated the Portland Sea Dogs 8-3 Friday in the Eastern League.

John-Ford Griffin and Guillermo Quiroz doubled and Simon Pond scored twice for the Ravens. Andy Dominique went 3-for-4 with an RBI for the Sea Dogs.

Portland (6-7) took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on two singles, an error and a hit batsman.

Gross’ homer and Griffin’s RBI double were the key hits as the Ravens (9-7) rallied for three in the fourth. New Haven added one run in the fifth, two in the sixth, one in the seventh and one in the ninth.

Justin Headley doubled and scored for Portland in the ninth.

Baker (2-0) threw 104 pitches as he struck out four, walked one and allowed only one earned run over nine innings. Portland starter Josh Stevens (2-1) gave up six runs, four of them four earned, over 5 2/3 innings in the loss.