PORTLAND, Maine (Interstat) — The Binghamton Rumble Ponies will send Will Watson to the mound Wednesday night against the Portland Sea Dogs at Hadlock Field.

Watson is 0-7 this season. He is seeking his first win. Portland is expected to counter with Hayden Mullins, who is 3-5. The forecast calls for clear skies and a temperature of 72 degrees.

Binghamton enters 60-74. Portland is 68-63.

The Sea Dogs are coming off an 8-6 win over Binghamton on Tuesday. Joe Vogatsky struck out five over 2 1/3 hitless relief innings in that victory. Vogatsky, Portland’s player to watch, has been sharp lately. He has allowed one earned run over his past four appearances, striking out 12 over 10 1/3 innings. He threw two scoreless innings at Chesapeake on Sept. 4 and four scoreless innings at Richmond on Aug. 27. He also allowed one earned run over two innings against Reading on Aug. 22. On Tuesday, he retired all seven batters he faced.

Binghamton’s player to watch is Brendan Girton. The pitcher tossed a scoreless inning with two strikeouts Tuesday against Portland. He has been mostly effective over his recent outings, allowing no earned runs in eight of his past nine appearances. His lone rough outing in that stretch came Sept. 3 against New Hampshire, when he yielded four earned runs over one inning. Girton also threw a scoreless inning with one strikeout against Portland on Aug. 15. Girton has struck out seven batters over his past nine innings and has not allowed a hit in his past two appearances.

Binghamton has won seven of the past 10 meetings between the teams, including five of six at Hadlock Field from Aug. 11-16. The Rumble Ponies won 8-6 on Aug. 16, 14-2 on Aug. 15 and 6-2 on Aug. 13. Portland won 10-3 on Aug. 14. Earlier in July, Binghamton won 8-4 and 5-0 after Portland won 8-1 on July 24.

Portland has won three of its past four games, including a series victory at Chesapeake Baysox over the weekend. The Sea Dogs won 9-7 on Sept. 6 and 6-4 on Sept. 5 before losing 3-1 on Sept. 4. Portland has won four of its past six games. Binghamton had won four of six before Tuesday’s loss. The Rumble Ponies beat New Hampshire 3-1 on Sept. 5 and 2-0 on Sept. 4, but lost 7-6 on Sept. 6.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Portland 6, Binghamton 5. The ELO system gives Binghamton a 50.60% probability to win.

The teams are scheduled to play four more games in the series after Wednesday, continuing through Sunday.