PORTLAND,ME – The Portland Sea Dogs pounded out nine hits and took advantage of sevenwalks issued by four Binghamton pitchers in a 5-3 win over the B-Mets today atHadlock Field.
Threeof Binghamton’s seven walks were issued in the decisive sixth inning in whichthe Sea Dogs scored three runs and broke up a tie game.
Today’scontest started calmly with B-Mets starter Darin Groski cruising through hisfirst three innings. However, the lefty ran into trouble in the fourth. Followinga leadoff walk to Juan Carlos Linares and a wild pitch, Bryce Brentz laced anRBI double to right centerfield. The Sea Dog was quickly brought home on OscarTejeda’s double to left field, giving Portland a 2-0 lead.
Binghamtonhad a quick rebuttal against Portland starter Billy Buckner in the fifth. Theright-hander walked Josh Rodriguez and Juan Centeno grounded a single throughthe hole to right to put two runners board. Sean Kazmar brought both home bylining a double off the left-centerfield wall.
TheB-Mets nearly cracked in the fifth. After Heiker Meneses was hit by Gorski tostart the inning, Derrik Gibson pushed a bunt up the third base line. TheB-Mets pitcher fielded the roller cleanly, but his throw to first tailedtowards the runner. Gibson ran into Allan Dykstra’s left arm and the ballrolled down the first base line. When the dust settled, Portland had runners atsecond and third, Dykstra was pulled from the game and Gorski’s day was done.The southpaw took a no-decision and struck out five while allowing two runsover four innings.
KevinMulvey entered in relief and escaped unscathed. After recording a strikeout, hewalked Juan Carlos Linares intentionally to load the bases. The gamble paid offwhen Bryce Brentz flied out to center and Reynaldo Rodriguez grounded out toend the inning.
Binghamtonthreatened in the top of the sixth, but failed to come through against relieverWill Latimer. The lefty allowed the first two batters to reach and move tosecond and third, but battled back to strand both to post a scoreless frame.
Mulvey’sgood fortune did not carry over to the sixth. He walked the first three battershe faced on 14 pitches to load the bases. Edgar Ramirez entered in relief andallowed a two-run double to Derrik Gibson to break the tie game. Vitek suppliedan RBI single one batter later to kick the Portland lead to three.
AfterLatimer posted a scoreless seventh, Josh Fields took over in the eighth. JuanLagares greeted him with a double to right and scored on Oswaldo Navarro’ssingle to cut Portland’s lead to two.
Thatwas as close as Binghamton could get as their rally fell short in the ninth. TheB-Mets loaded the bases with two outs on a fielder’s choice and two singles.With the tying run at second, Field caught Eric Campbell looking to end theball game.
Thewin went to Latimer, while Mulvey suffered his first loss. Fields picked up hisfirst save of the season.
TheB-Mets (3-5) look for the series split tomorrow afternoon with first pitchscheduled for 1:00 PM. RHP Greg Peavey gets the nod for Binghamton against RHPChris Balcom-Miller for Portland. The Horizons Federal Credit Union pre-game showbegins at 12:45 PM on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.
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