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Monday, April 25, 2016

'Dogs can't hold, fall in Binghamton 6-4

Mitch Atkins 5 strikeouts in 3.1 IP of relief
Binghamton, NY - The Portland Sea Dogs (6-13) took a 3-1 lead in the fifth inning, but the Binghamton Mets (7-9) scored five times in their final four at-bats, beating the Sea Dogs 6-4 on Monday night in the series opener at NYSEG Stadium.

Portland RHP Kevin McAvoy had a tough outing, lasting only 1.2 innings on six walks, no hits and one run. Binghamton took a 1-0 lead on a bases-loaded walk to Kyle Johnson.

The Sea Dogs took the lead in the fifth inning off Robert Gsellman (ND). Tzu-Wei Lin nailed a two-run double down the left-field line and Aneury Tavarez scored on a wild pitch.

Binghamton tied the game in the sixth inning on an unearned run off losing pitcher Chandler Shepherd. The Mets took the lead for good in seventh on a two-run homer by Victor Cruzado.
Logan Taylor (2-0) worked two scoreless to earn the win for Binghamton.

Trailing 6-3 with two outs in the ninth, 3B Jordan Betts launched a solo-homer to left field, his first Double-A homer. The homer by Betts snapped a homerless streak of 483 at-bats by Portland. Their previous homer came on April 10th at Reading by Wendell Rijo.

Beck Wheeler fanned Lin to notched his first save of the year. 

The Sea Dogs and Binghamton Mets continue their three-game set on Tuesday night at NYSEG Stadium, first pitch is scheduled for 6:35 PM. RHP Teddy Stankiewicz (0-0, 1.00) makes his 4th start of the season for Portland against LHP Andrew Barbosa (0-0, 5.40) for the Mets. Pregame coverage begins on the WPEI U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network at 6:15 PM. Portland's next homestand begins Friday, April 29th, and runs through May 5th.

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