Nathan Hickey hit an RBI double and Drew Ehrhard a two-run triple in the top of the ninth inning to lift the Portland Sea Dogs to a 5-2 win over the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in the first game of a doubleheader on Tuesday in Binghamton, New York.
Portland won the second game, 4-2.
Ehrhard hit a solo home run in the top of the seventh inning to tie the game at 2-2 and send it to extra innings.
Connelly Early pitched five innings, allowing two runs on three hits, while striking out five and walking two for Portland.
Kristian Campbell went 0 for 4 and had his 26-game on-base streak snapped.
Campbell lead off the second game with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jhostynxon Garcia. Corey Rosier added an RBI double in the second and an RBI single in the seventh. Luis Ravelo also drove in a run.
Binghamton scored twice in the seventh, but couldn’t finish the comeback.
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