BINGHAMTON, New York — The Portland Sea Dogs made it five straight Eastern League road wins, defeating the Binghamton Mets 3-2 on Wednesday night at NYSEG Stadium.
Jorge Marban worked around a leadoff double in the ninth inning, fanning Jared King to end the game. Binghamton (24-22) had two runners on base in the final inning, but Marban notched his second save of the season.
William Cuevas (6-2) was outstanding for Portland (21-26), becoming the third 6-game winner in the Eastern League. Cuevas allowed one run on one hit, 4 walks and fanned 3. The young righty retired the final 10 batters he faced.
Dillon Gee took the loss in a Major League Rehab Assignment for Binghamton. Gee worked 6.1 innings on 5 hits, 3 runs (2 earned), 2 walks and 4 strikeouts.
The Sea Dogs have won nine of their last 13.
Binghamton took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Eudy Perez. The inning could have been a lot worse for Cuevas, who issued 3 walks and a hit batter.
The Sea Dogs responded, tying the game against Gee. Marco Hernandez nailed a run-scoring single to left-center, scoring Jonathan Roof.
Portland used some two-out magic to take a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning. Luis Martinez doubled down the right-field line. Aneury Tavarez followed with a ground-rule double, picking up his first Double-A RBI.
In the seventh, Portland made it 3-1 on a two-out RBI single by Jantzen Witte. Witte leads the team with 34 RBI, including 16 with two out.
The Mets responded with a run off Madison Younginer and Gilbert Gomez’s run-scoring single to left.
The Sea Dogs and Binghamton Mets conclude their three-game series on Thursday at 10:35 a.m.