PRESS RELEASE - Gordon Dominates, Mangum Stays Hot as Rumble Ponies Shutout Sea Dogs

 

BINGHAMTON, NY – Cole Gordon allowed one hit over seven innings with no walks and a career-high 10 strikeouts to lead the Rumble Ponies (35-45) to an 8-0 win over the Portland Sea Dogs (48-32) Friday night at Mirabito Stadium. Jake Mangum also remained red-hot going 3-4 with 4 runs scored and 3 RBI as the Ponies have taken four of the first five games in the series.

For Gordon (1-3), it’s the first Double-A win of his career. He did not allow a hit through the first 4.2 IP before Kole Cottam singled. Gordon’s only other base runner was when he hit Pedro Castellanos with a pitch in the first. After that, Gordon retired the next 11 batters he faced.

The Ponies scored first for a fifth straight game as Brett Baty drove home Mangum with an RBI single in the first. Mangum’s leadoff double to begin the frame extended his season-high hitting streak to 10 games. Carlos Rincon’s two-run single in the third increased the lead to 3-0 as he extended his hitting streak to nine games. In the fourth, it was Mangum’s two-run triple to right that made it 5-0. Nick Meyer added a sac fly to score Mangum to make it 6-0 and cap off the three-run inning.

Mangum added an infield single in the eighth to make it 7-0 and an E-7 on a Brett Baty fly ball allowed Mangum to score his fourth run of the game and make it 8-0 Ponies. It was Mangum’s third consecutive three hit game.

Andrew Politi (5-8) allowed five runs over 3.1 IP with five walks in the loss. The Ponies drew nine walks in total.

The Rumble Ponies continue their series on Saturday night against the Sea Dogs with first pitch at 6:35 PM.

POSTGAME NOTES: Mangum over his last three games is 9-12 with 9 runs scored …Rincon has reached base safely in 12 of his first 14 games with the Ponies...It's the second shutout of the series for Binghamton.