Binghamton Beats Portland 5-1 on Friday Night
Published on May 11, 2018 under Eastern League (EL1)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
Portland, Maine - The Binghamton Rumble Ponies (15-17) ended the Sea Dogs' (11-20) four-game win streak with a 5-1 win on Friday night at Hadlock Field. The win for Binghamton ended their four-game losing streak as well.
Andrew Church (W, 1-4) gave the Rumble Ponies 6.1 scoreless innings in his start, he walked one and struck out six.
Binghamton scored the game's first run after loading the bases with nobody out in the fifth inning off of Kyle Hart (L, 1-3). Hart walked Patrick Mazeika to force in a run, but then struck out Matt Oberste and induced a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.
The Ponies added a run off of Trey Ball in the seventh on an RBI single by Mazeika to score Levi Michael. Binghamton iced it in the eighth with a three-run double by Jeff McNeil off of Trey Ball.
Hart posted a quality start despite getting the loss. The lefty allowed just one run on five hits over six innings. He walked five and struck out five.
The Sea Dogs' lone run was scored on an RBI triple by Chad De La Guerra in the bottom of the eighth off of Joshua Torres.
The Sea Dogs and Binghamton Rumble Ponies (Mets affiliate) continue their five-game series on Saturday afternoon with a 1:00 PM first pitch at Hadlock Field. Righty Kevin McAvoy (0-1, 6.26) makes his sixth start of the season against Binghamton's Nabil Crismatt (3-1, 2.12).
Radio coverage on the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network begins at 12:45 PM. MiLBTV coverage starts at 12:55 PM. Tickets can be purchased at seadogs.com or 207-879-9500.
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