PORTLAND, Maine — Nate Freiman lined an infield single off Derrik Gibson’s glove in the bottom of the seventh and the Portland Sea Dogs walked off with a 1-0 win over the Binghamton Mets in Eastern League baseball action Friday night at Hadlock Field.
The two teams were scheduled to play a doubleheader, but game two was postponed due to rain and will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 1 p.m.
Justin Haley (W, 3-2) worked a complete game one-hitter for Portland, just the fourth complete game one-hitter in Sea Dogs history and the first complete game shutout for a Sea Dogs starter since Henry Owens on June 20, 2014 vs. Altoona (also seven innings).
Haley walked three and struck out five. He has now worked 18 consecutive scoreless innings for the Sea Dogs.
After back-to-back singles to lead off the Portland seventh, Ryan Court laid down a sacrifice bunt to move both runners over. Freiman followed with a hot shot to third from a Beck Wheeler pitch that Gibson made a diving stab at, but couldn’t corral, and Henry Ramos came in to score the game-winning run.
The Sea Dogs converted five sacrifice bunts in the game, including three by Jose Vinicio — the first time either has occurred in franchise history.
Andrew Barbosa worked 4 ⅓ scoreless innings in the start for Binghamton and allowed two hits while walking three and striking out five.