PORTLAND

The Binghamton Rumble Ponies (78-54) held the Portland Sea Dogs (62-70) to five hits and won the Eastern League series finale, 7-1 in front of a sellout crowd on Sunday afternoon at Hadlock Field.

The Sea Dogs took the weekend series 3-2, Binghamton won the season series over Portland, 12-8.

Corey Oswalt (W, 11-5) worked his 18th quality start of the season for the Rumble Ponies. Oswalt allowed one run on just three hits over six innings. He walked three and tied a career-high with nine strikeouts.

The Rumble Ponies took the lead in the fourth inning thanks to a leadoff double by Peter Alonso off of Trey Ball (L, 6-12). Two batters later Kevin Taylor reached on an error by Josh Ockimey, sending Alonso to third. LJ Mazzilli singled to put Binghamton on the board, Tyler Moore grounded out to score Taylor and make it 2-0, then Gustavo Nunez doubled to extend the lead to 3-0.

Ball allowed three runs (one earned) on six hits in six innings for his seventh quality start. He walked two and fanned four.

The Sea Dogs scored their lone run in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI groundout by Ockimey to score Michael Chavis, who singled and walked twice.

Portland stranded eight runners and finished 0- for-10 with runners in scoring position. Binghamton pitchers combined to strike out 13 Sea Dogs.

Binghamton padded the lead in the ninth off of Ty Buttrey, who allowed two singles then walked four batters in a row to plate three more runs. Jacob Dahlstrand entered in relief and allowed a sacrifice fly to Kevin Kaczmarski.

Portland opens up a four-game series with the Hartford Yard Goats tonight at Dunkin Donuts Park, with first pitch scheduled for 7:05 p.m.