PORTLAND

The Portland Sea Dogs (16- 11) rallied for three runs on four singles in the eighth inning and came back to beat the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (17-11), 6-5 on Tuesday night at Hadlock Field in Eastern League action.

Josh Tobias hit a bloop two-run single with two outs off of Corey Taylor (L, 2-3) to give Portland the lead. Deiner Lopez had singled earlier in the inning to score Joseph Monge to cut the deficit to one.

Jamie Callahan (W, 4-1) earned the victory in relief for Portland. Callahan threw two perfect innings to close out the game and struck out three.

Binghamton broke a 3-3 tie with five hits in the sixth to score two runs off of Teddy Stankiewicz. Both runs scored on an RBI single by Jio Mier.

Rumble Ponies starter Casey Delgado allowed three runs (two earned) in five innings.

Stankiewicz went five-plus innings and allowed five runs on seven hits. Williams Jerez allowed Mier’s two-run single.

Portland opened the scoring in the first inning on an RBI single by Rafael Devers, who later scored on an error by Mier.

Kevin Taylor tied it with a solo homer off Stankiewicz in the fourth. The Rumble Ponies took their first lead in the fifth on a sacrifice fly ball by Tomas Nido. Portland tied the game at three in the fifth on an RBI single by Nick Longhi.

The rubber match of the three-game series is slated to begin at 6 p.m. tonight. RHP Jacob Dahlstrand (1-1, 8.80) takes the mound for Portland, while RHP Mickey Jannis (3-1, 2.86) makes the start for Binghamton.