Sea Dogs rally past Rumble Ponies behind Rosario homer

PORTLAND, Maine (Interstat) — The Portland Sea Dogs beat the Binghamton Rumble Ponies 8-6 on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Double-A Eastern League play at Hadlock Field. Portland opened with a three-run first before Binghamton scored four in the second and added single runs in the third and fourth. The Sea Dogs moved ahead late. Ronald Rosario hit a two-run homer in the eighth, and Will Turner also homered with two RBIs. Johanfran Garcia went 2 for 4 with two RBIs. Henry Godbout had two hits and an RBI. Joe Vogatsky struck out five over 2 1/3 hitless innings. Steven Brooks worked a scoreless inning for his seventh save. Jeremy Wu-Yelland earned the win, improving to 4-0. Cristofer Gomez took the loss, falling to 3-4. Dalton Rogers allowed two runs over four innings with six strikeouts. Portland had 11 hits to Binghamton’s five. Attendance was 4,688, and the game took 2 hours, 55 minutes. Binghamton fell to 59-71. Portland improved to 68-62.