Biggio's Second HR Walks It Off for NH
Manchester, NH - Cavan Biggio hit his second homer of the game with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto Blue Jays) a 7-6 win over the Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates) on Thursday night at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.Biggio's first home
Manchester, NH - Cavan Biggio hit his second homer of the game with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto Blue Jays) a 7-6 win over the Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates) on Thursday night at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.
Biggio's first home run was a two-run shot in the bottom of the third inning. His second home run, his Eastern League-leading 26th, came off
Altoona took a 3-0 lead in the top of the second inning. Jin-De Jhang walked and
The Fisher Cats were able to cut the lead in half in the bottom of the inning.
Altoona came right back with a run in the top of the fifth inning.
Biggio started the bottom of the sixth inning with his second extra-base hit, a double. He moved to third on a fly out by
Altoona's Cole Tucker tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Brian Reynolds in the top of the seventh to make it 6-3.
The Fisher Cats rallied to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth inning. Back-to-back walks to
The Fisher Cats open a key four-game series at second-place Trenton (New York Yankees) on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. Coverage begins at 6:45 p.m. on the WGIR Fisher Cats Radio Network.
New Hampshire returns to Northeast Delta Dental Stadium on Wednesday, August 22 to play a twi-night doubleheader with the Portland Sea Dogs at 5:35 p.m. The Fisher Cats are closing in on a milestone five million in total attendance. The lucky fan will be rewarded with a spectacular prize package. It will also be Comic Con night and we're giving away FREE t-shirts to the first 1,000 fans presented by Consolidated Communications. For more information, and for tickets, visit www.nhfishercats.com.