Two Leads Slip Away as Thunder Skid Reaches Seven
Despite an early 3-0 lead and a middle-innings comeback, the Thunder dropped their seventh straight game with a 7-6 loss to the Hartford Yard Goats on Saturday night at ARM & HAMMER Park.The defeat handed the Thunder (7-12, 45-39) a second straight series loss and gave the team its first
Despite an early 3-0 lead and a middle-innings comeback, the Thunder dropped their seventh straight game with a 7-6 loss to the Hartford Yard Goats on Saturday night at ARM & HAMMER Park.
The defeat handed the Thunder (7-12, 45-39) a second straight series loss and gave the team its first seven-game losing streak since August 2012. The Thunder left 12 runners stranded in the contest, matching a season-high.
But after both teams scored one run in the third, making the score 4-1, the floodgates opened in the top of the fourth. After a walk and a double put runners on second and third to open the inning, Hartford's
The Thunder retook the lead in the fifth, as
Yard Goats relievers
Gittens and Alvarez provided bright spots for the Thunder offensively, as Gittens finished a triple shy of the cycle and Alvarez recorded two hits to extend his on-base streak to 15 games. Deglan contributed three hits, including a leadoff single in the ninth that put the tying run on base.
Your Thunder conclude their homestand on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. against the Yard Goats. RHP
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