The Portland Sea Dogs were held to three hits Sunday afternoon, and fell 5-0 to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies at Marabito Stadium in Binghamton, New York in the finale of a six game series. Portland lost four of the six games, dropping into second place in the Double A Northeast Division.
Carlos Rincon provided the only offense Binghamton (36-46) needed with a solo homerun in the fourth inning. The Rumble Ponies went on to score three more in the sixth, and also got an RBI double in the seventh from Yoel Romero to cap off the win. Brayan Bello (0-2) took the loss on the mound for Portland allowing four runs on five hits with three walks and 11 strikeouts in 5.1 innings. Rincon had three hits to lead Binghamton to the victory, and Jose Butto (2-0) was superb on the hill allowing no runs on one hit with no walks and eight strikeouts in 6.0 innings.
The Sea Dogs (49-33), who now sit 1.5 games behind first place Somerset, now head to New Jersey to battle those first place Patriots in a huge six game series starting Tuesday night. Portland has lost 10 of their last 15 games since their 15 game win streak was snapped back on July 22.
