'Cats Scratch Back But Come Up Short In Slugfest
PORTLAND, ME - The New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Blue Jays) lost a slugfest against the Portland Sea Dogs (Red Sox) Wednesday night at Hadlock Field, a 10-9 defeat that featured a combined 29 hits. With the loss and a Trenton Thunder (Yankees) win in Altoona earlier tonight, the 'Cats and
PORTLAND, ME - The New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Blue Jays) lost a slugfest against the Portland Sea Dogs (Red Sox) Wednesday night at Hadlock Field, a 10-9 defeat that featured a combined 29 hits. With the loss and a Trenton Thunder (Yankees) win in Altoona earlier tonight, the 'Cats and the Thunder are tied for first in the Eastern Division with five games to play, but Trenton owns the tiebreaker.
Trailing 8-3 after four, New Hampshire used a four-run fifth to make it close.
After a scoreless sixth, Portland got two runs (one earned) in the seventh to go up 10-7.
In the eighth,
Down 10-9 in the ninth, Espinal worked a walk to start the stanza and moved to second on a passed ball during the next at-bat. Despite having the tying run in scoring position with no outs, New Hampshire failed to bring him in and lost 10-9.
Espinal led the way on offense with three hits, three runs scored and two RBI. Bichette, Pentecost, Wall and
New Hampshire concludes the regular season road schedule tomorrow night in Portland. RHP