Binghamton Beats Portland 6-3
April 25, 2011 - Eastern League (EL1)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
Portland, Maine- The Binghamton Mets (6-8) improved to 3-0 against the Portland Sea Dogs (5-9) this season defeating Portland 6-3 Monday night at Hadlock Field.
Portland starter Stephen Fife got off to a rocky start in the first inning surrendering two hits, two walks, and hit a batter as Binghamton was able to push a run across the plate on a Brahiam Maldonado sacrifice fly to left to take a 1-0 lead.
Fife would settle down and retire ten straight Binghamton hitters until the fifth inning. Fife gave up three straight singles to load the bases when Eric Campbell was hit by a pitch forcing home Allan Dykstra and Fife from the game. Fife (2-1) lasted 4.1 allowing four runs on five hits suffering the loss. Tommy Hottovy would relieve Fife and was quickly greeted by a Michael Fisher double scoring Jordany Valdespin and Jesus Feliciano as Binghamton took a 4-1 lead.
The Portland offense scratched across single runs in the fourth and the fifth innings. In the fourth, Ryan Dent collected a bloop single to left scoring Oscar Tejeda. In the fifth inning, Jorge Padron delivered his second hit of the game, a RBI single scoring Tim Federowicz. Both runs were charged to Binghamton starter Brandon Moore (1-0) who earned the win tossing five solid innings yielding two runs on seven hits.
Binghamton extended the lead in the eighth inning to 6-2. Maldonado led-off the inning with a home run over the Maine Monster off Seth Garrison. Valdespin added a RBI single to left to complete the scoring. The runs ended a 9.1 inning scoreless streak over six games for Garrison who had not been scored upon this year.
Portland threatened in the ninth but could only add one additional run; Che-Hsuan Lin scored on a Ryan Lavarnway sacrifice fly to left.
The Sea Dogs held Eastern League Player of the Week Josh Satin hitless in Monday's contest.
The Sea Dogs and Mets will continue the series Tuesday night at Hadlock Field with 6:00 PM start. Sea Dogs righty Michael Lee (0-1, 8.10) looks to earn his first Double-A win. He will be opposed by Binghamton lefty Mark Cohoon (1-0, 0.47). Prior to the game, the Sea Dogs will host a College Fair from 3:00 to 5:00 PM.
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