MANCHESTER — Chad Jenkins was groovin' — on a Sunday afternoon.

The 1960s lyric made popular by the Young Rascals certainly applied to the 6-foot 4-inch, 235-pound righthander. He notched his third consecutive quality start for the Fisher Cats, 5-3 winners against the Harrisburg Senators at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.

“Everything's clicking for me. My sinker's coming back. (Fishers manager Sal Fasano) worked with me on that,” said Jenkins, who improved to 4-6 in front of 5,482 fans. “Overall, I've just got to keep the momentum going.”

Jenkins worked a 10-pitch, 1-2-3 opening frame for the Fishers (28-45). He only needed eight tosses to survive the second. Tagged for single runs in the third and fifth innings, he went six-strong and exited with a 5-2 lead.

The 24-year-old has allowed just three runs in his last 19 innings.

Reliever Matt Wright ensured Jenkins earned his second win in those last three outings. Wright worked three innings for the save.

“When he's got his sinker working, he's going to be tough to hit. That's what it is right now,” Fasano said of Jenkins. “He's got his hands in a little better position. He's working it downhill and the ball's moving. It's nice to see.”

Mark Sobolewski scored the game's first run. He scorched a second-inning liner to third that handcuffed Jose Lozada and resulted in a two-base error. New Hampshire's No. 4 hitter later scored on a wild pitch.

The Senators (37-37) answered immediately.

Eury Perez connected for a one-out chopper over Sobolewski's head. The slow bouncer went for a triple. Kris Watts scored from first.

But Harrisburg's Danny Rosenbaum (7-4) struggled to find his rhythm. Some tough luck didn't help the lefty's cause, either.

John Tolisano in the home third lifted a rainmaker pop-up behind second base with runners at the corners. Second baseman Jeff Kobernus lost the ball in the sun. The play resulted in a fielder's choice for Tolisano, but also enabled Brian Bocock to snap the 1-all deadlock.

Toronto's Ben Francisco, on a major league rehab assignment with the Fishers, ripped an opposite-field RBI liner to right. The single was Francisco's first of the series.

Bocock's fourth-inning fielder's choice scored Kenen Bailli for a 4-1 lead. Kobernus cut into the lead with a fifth-inning single.

Sobolewski struck his 12th home run in the sixth with a towering fly to left. Zach Walters matched the feat for Harrisburg in the ninth, the lone blemish in Wright's strong appearance.

“It was a team effort today,” Jenkins said. “Great team win.”

Game notes: Fasano, who typically coaches third base, remained in the dugout Sunday.

“I didn't really want to go out there. I wanted (hitting coach) Jon (Nunnally) to go out there,” he said when asked about his decision. “I could deal with the umpires from the dugout.” Fasano declined to elaborate. But, Sunday's third-base umpire was Travis Hatch, who ejected Fasano while calling balls and strikes Saturday night.

mthaler@unionleader.com