BINGHAMTON, N.Y.
Portland (6-13) took a 3-1 lead in the fifth inning, but Binghamton (7-9) scored five times in its final four at-bats, beating the Sea Dogs 6-4 on Monday night in the Eastern League series opener at NYSEG Stadium.
Portland reliever Kevin McAvoy had a tough outing, lasting only 1 2/3 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 jumped ahead in the fifth inning off Robert Gsellman.
Tzu-Wei Lin nailed a two-run double down the left-field line and Aneury Tavarez scored on a wild pitch.
The Mets tied the game in the sixth inning on an unearned run off losing pitcher Chandler Shepherd. The Mets grabbed 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, 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. Beck Wheeler fanned Lin to notched his first save of the year.
The Sea Dogs and Binghamton Mets continue their three-game set tonight at NYSEG Stadium, with first pitch scheduled for 6:35 p.m.
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