Fisher Cats walked off in 10 innings by Hartford on Fourth of July
HARTFORD, C.T — The New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, were defeated in 10 innings to the Hartford Yard Goats on the Fourth of July, losing 7-6 in the series opener on Tuesday night. The Fisher Cats are now 1-7 in extra-inning games this
HARTFORD, C.T — The New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, were defeated in 10 innings to the Hartford Yard Goats on the Fourth of July, losing 7-6 in the series opener on Tuesday night. The Fisher Cats are now 1-7 in extra-inning games this season.
New Hampshire (1-6, 36-39) failed to score in the top of the 10th and Hartford (4-2, 33-40) managed to load the bases with no outs and left-hander Mason Fluharty (2-3) on the mound in the bottom of the 10th.
Hartford’s Kyle Datres grounded a ball underneath the backhanded glove of third baseman Orelvis Martinez, giving the Yard Goats the walk-off win in front of a home crowd of 6,739.
The Fisher Cats outhit the Yard Goats 14 to 12 and scored first with a pair of runs in the first inning but fell behind by as many as three runs, trailing 6-3 heading into the sixth.
Miguel Hiraldo drove in a run with a base-hit in the sixth, part of a 3-for-5 night at the plate for the Fisher Cats second baseman. It was Hiraldo’s first three-hit game of the season.
In the seventh, Rainer Nunez grounded an RBI single into left to make it a 6-5 game before Will Robertson drove in the tying run with a double down the left-field line to even the score 6-6.
Nunez and Robertson both collected three hits each on the night with Robertson tallying a pair of RBIs, his 31st and 32nd of the season. For Nunez, it was his first three-hit game at the Double-A level.
On the mound, right-hander Chad Dallas received the start for the Fisher Cats. The 23-year-old pitched four innings, giving up six runs on seven hits and five walks while striking out eight in a no-decision. The six runs allowed is a new Double-A season high while the eight strikeouts were one off of his Double-A season high.
Right-hander Juan Nunez pitched a season-long three innings of shutout relief with two strikeouts and right-hander Connor Cooke threw 1.2 shutout innings despite giving up three hits.
The Fisher Cats continue their road trip against Hartford tomorrow night at 7:10 pm. RHP Andrew Bash (1-0, 2.17 ERA) will get the start for New Hampshire against RHP Case Williams (1-7, 7.11 ERA) for Hartford.
The next homestand for the Fisher Cats will begin on Friday, July 14 against the Altoona Curve. Promotions for the weekend include Marvel’s Defenders of the Diamond night Friday with a special Marvel-themed jersey auction, Copa de la Diversion night Saturday with postgame Atlas fireworks, presented by Corona Hard Seltzer, and a Flag Giveaway Sunday, presented by Delta Dental.
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