BINGHAMTON,
NY – Rumble Ponies RHP Oscar De La Cruz had a no-hitter through five and a
third innings, but Binghamton fell short to the Portland Sea Dogs 4-1 on Friday
night at Mirabito Stadium. It is Binghamton’s sixth straight loss.
De
La Cruz (0-2) went six and two third innings allowing two runs on four hits
with one walk and five strikeouts taking the loss. Binghamton (11-28) took a
1-0 lead against Portland RHP Brayan Bello in the third as Will Toffey homered
off the batter's eye in center field.
The
Sea Dogs (24-16) would finally break through with their first hit of the game
against De La Cruz in the sixth with a home run from Tanner Nishioka to tie the
game at 1. They took a 2-1 lead in the seventh with an RBI double from Johnny
Pereda to end De La Cruz outing.
Reliever
Ryley Gilliam replaced De La Cruz and in the eighth, Triston Casas had an RBI
single followed by an RBI double from Joey Meneses to double the Sea Dogs lead
to 4-1. The Ponies would bring the tying run to the plate in the ninth before
Quinn Brodey grounded out to first to end the game.
Bello
ended up with the no-decision but allowed just two hits and one run over five
and a third innings with one walk and ten strikeouts.
The
series continues Saturday night as the Ponies look for their first win of the
series. First pitch is at 6:35 PM with pregame coverage at 6:20 PM on milb.com. It is both Bark at the Park and Jeff McNeil Bobblehead night.
POSTGAME
NOTES: Toffey’s homer is his fourth of the season…Nishioka
finished 2-3 with 2 runs scored and an RBI.
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