Baysox blank Binghamton, extend winning streak to five games

Luis De León gave Bowie another reason to lean into the Baysox on a summer night, allowing one hit over 5 2/3 innings and striking out a career-high nine as Chesapeake beat the Binghamton Rumble Ponies 2-0 for its fifth straight victory. The shutout was the club’s third of the season, and it came in a stretch that has turned the Orioles’ Double-A affiliate into one of Prince George’s County’s most visible warm-weather gathering points.

De León was in control from the start. He worked the first three innings without allowing a hit, then kept Binghamton off balance long enough for Chesapeake to scratch out the only runs it needed. The Baysox, who identified De León as the No. 3 prospect in the Orioles system, did not need a power display to keep the streak alive. They won with walks, a bunt and a sacrifice fly.

That first run came in the fourth inning after Ethan Anderson and Thomas Sosa drew consecutive walks. Griff O’Ferrall followed with a sacrifice bunt, and Chesapeake scored when a wild pitch brought Anderson home. In the sixth, Frederick Bencosme and Anderson opened with back-to-back singles, and Sosa lifted a sacrifice fly to score Anderson for a 2-0 lead.

The bullpen did the rest. Alex Pham, Richard Guasch and Gerald Ogando combined for three scoreless innings, and Ogando finished the save. The formula matched the way Chesapeake has been winning through the first part of this surge: pitching, defense and enough timely offense to keep pressure on opponents. The Baysox are 36-43 overall, but the recent run has been more about how they are winning than the record itself.

That matters in Bowie, where Prince George’s Stadium has anchored the club since 1994 and lists a baseball capacity of 10,000. The park’s 2026 calendar includes 15 postgame fireworks shows and a July 4 Star Spangled Spectacular, reminders that the Baysox are more than a line score for many county residents. A road win like this one, built on clean innings and small-ball execution, helps keep that summer rhythm going. Chesapeake’s streak reached six games the next day with an extra-inning win at Akron, extending a run that began with an 8-4 comeback over Binghamton on July 2 and a 5-3 series-clinching win on July 4.