PORTLAND

Kevin McAvoy worked 7 1/3 innings of one-run baseball and Bobby Poyner closed things out with the tying run in scoring position in the ninth as the Portland Sea Dogs (60-68) ended a seven-game losing streak with a 2-1 Eastern League win over the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (76-52) in front of 7,128 fans at Hadlock Field on Thursday night.

McAvoy (6-7) allowed just one unearned run on six hits. He fanned five and walked four. Poyner entered the game in a critical moment with two on and one out in the eighth inning. After a fly out and a walk to load the bases, Poyner struck out Gustavo Nunez to strand all three men and preserve the one run lead.

In the ninth, Poyner allowed a leadoff double to LJ Mazzilli, but rallied to strike out the next three batters to end the game.

Binghamton stranded 10 runners and went 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position.

With the game scoreless in the bottom of the fifth, Marcos Molina (2-7) recorded two quick outs before walking Jordan Procyshen and Danny Mars. Josh Tobias hit a double to the gap in left-center field to score both runners and give the Sea Dogs a 2-0 lead.

Binghamton answered with an unearned run in the top of the sixth on a two-out throwing error by Chad De La Guerra on a play at first base that allowed Patrick Biondi to score from second.

Molina was solid in defeat for the Rumble Ponies, allowing just two runs on three hits over seven innings while striking out five and walking three.

The teams play a doubleheader tonight, beginning at 5 p.m.