BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Portland Sea Dogs starting pitcher Luis Diaz, who was winless in his last 24 starts, picked up his first win on Monday in a 5-4 Eastern League victory over Binghamton.

Diaz (1-7) last won on July 5, 2014 at New Britain. But, against the Mets her went six-plus innings, allowing 10 hits and striking out four. Robby Scott relieved and pitched two innings for the hold, and John Cornely tossed a scoreless ninth for the save, his first of the season.

Mets righty Robert Gsellman (2-5) took the loss, giving up five runs on nine hits over six innings.

The Sea Dogs scored first for the third straight game in the series, taking a 1-0 lead in the first. Marco Hernandez led off the game with a triple and scored on a ground out by Reed Gragnani.

Binghamton tied the game with an unearned run in the second inning. Brock Peterson reached on an error by third baseman Carlos Asuaje to start the frame and scored on a single by Josh Rodriguez.

Portland snapped the deadlock in the fourth inning, scoring three times to take a 4-1 lead. Manuel Margot and Jake Romanski had RBI singles, and Cole Sturgeon provided a sacrifice fly.

Binghamton responded in its half of the fourth, receiving a two-run homer by Dustin Lawley to cut Portland’s advantage to 4-3.

But, Romanski stroked a long home run in the sixth to give the Sea Dogs a 5-3 lead.

The Mets had a chance to get closer in the seventh. Consecutive singles knocked Diaz out of the game, but Scott came on to retire three straight batters to maintain the two-run lead.

Lawley drew Binghamton to within a run in the eighth with an RBI double.

The Sea Dogs took two-ofthree in the series and head to Reading to face the Fightin’ Phils. Game one of the three-game series is tonight at 7 p.m.