Sea Dogs Drop Third Straight to Rumble Ponies
Published on May 9, 2024 under Eastern League (EL)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
Portland, Maine - The Portland Sea Dogs (16-12) rallied in the ninth scoring two runs but came up short in 5-3 loss to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (16-12) on Thursday night. It was Binghamton's sixth straight win, third against Portland. The Sea Dogs and Rumble Ponies are now tied for first place in the Eastern League's Northeast Division.
Marcelo Mayer smoked three doubles while going 3-for-4 at the plate with an RBI. Kyle Teel and Nick Yorke both tallied multi-hit days going 2-for-4 and 2-for-3, respectively, while Blaze Jordan extended his hit streak to a league-best 17 games. Angel Bastardo fanned a season-high ten batters.
Portland would take a 1-0 lead in the first inning after a one-out double from Mayer (10) would put one aboard. Yorke drove him in with an RBI single to put Portland on the board first.
The scoring was silent on both sides until the top of the sixth when a bases-loaded walk from Brandon McIlwain would tie the game at one. Drake Osborn reached on a throwing error issued to the shortstop, McDonough, to allow a pair of runs to score and give Binghamton their first lead of the day, 3-1.
Binghamton plated a pair of runs in the top of the ninth after an RBI single from Matt Rudick along with another bases-loaded walk generated by Alex Ramirez would give the Rumble Ponies a 5-1 lead.
Portland rallied in the bottom of the ninth after a leadoff single put McDonough aboard. A walk from Nick Decker would put a pair on before Mayer hit his third double of the day to bring in McDonough to score. The double to the opposite field represented his 12th of the season and put Portland within three. Teel grounded out to the first base side allowing enough time for Decker to score but with the tying run at the plate, the Rumble Ponies held on to defeat Portland, 5-3.
RHP Cam Robinson (1-1, 5.40 ERA) earned the win after pitching 1.1 scoreless innings allowing one hit while striking out one. He did not issue a walk. Andre Scrubb (1) earned the hold after 2.0 scoreless innings allowing one hit while striking out two. He did not issue a walk. RHP Angel Bastardo (0-3, 4.00 ERA) was issued the loss after pitching 5.0 innings with three runs (1 ER) on three hits while walking three and striking out ten.
The Sea Dogs are back in action at Hadlock Field on Friday night for game four of a six-game series with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. First pitch for game four is slated for 6:00pm. RHP Wikelman Gonzalez (2-1, 5.74 ERA) will get the ball for Portland while Binghamton will give the ball to RHP Blade Tidwell (2-3, 1.23 ERA).
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