Lavarnway goes 2-for-3 in 5-4 loss Wed.

Harrisburg, PA - The Fisher Cats overcame a pair of deficits, but could not hold on as they fell to the Harrisburg Senators 5-4 on Wednesday afternoon. Ryan Lavarnway went 2-for-3 with a game-tying RBI double in the top of the 8th inning. Still, it wasn't enough as the Senators offense had an answer for the Fisher Cats at every turn.

Stephen Perez continued his heroics from last night as he drove a Shane Dawson pitch into the left-field bleachers to give the Senators a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning. It was the second straight at-bat that resulted in a home run for Perez. It was the only blemish for Dawson who went six innings and struck out six.

New Hampshire got him off the hook in the top of the seventh inning as Shane Opitz lined a bases loaded single through the right side off Phillips Valdez to score Lavarnway and Ryan McBroom and give the Fisher Cats a 3-2 lead. Harrisburg would answer right back though as Kevin Keyes smacked his sixth home run of the year off Murphy Smith to give the Senators a 4-3 edge.

After Lavarnway's double tied it in the 8th, Harrisburg put runners on the corners with one out. Isaac Ballou then beat out a potential double play ball, scoring Khayyan Norfork from third, and giving the Senators a one-run advantage once again. The Fisher Cats would put the tying run on third with one out in the 9th, but Andrew Robinson got Opitz and Christian Lopes to pop out and end the threat.

The week-long road trip continues tomorrow night as the Fisher Cats travel to Richmond for the start of a four-game series with the Flying Squirrels. Wilmer Font is set to make his first appearance with the team after being assigned to New Hampshire on Monday. He was 1-2 with a 4.19 ERA in four appearances with Triple-A Buffalo. Sam Coonrod (2-2, 3.68) is slated to start the first game of the series for Richmond with first pitch at 7:05 PM.