Home runs key in Fisher Cat victory over Portland
read more…: Home runs key in Fisher Cat victory over PortlandThree home runs powered New Hampshire (39-50) to a 5-3 victory over the Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox, 44-45).
Three home runs powered New Hampshire (39-50) to a 5-3 victory over the Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox, 44-45).
An early Addison Barger home run was not enough, as 18 Portland hits cemented New Hampshire’s 8-5 loss.
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats have experienced flashes of brilliance over the last two weeks tempered by some serious head-scratching, particularly around hitting. With the All-Star break upon us this week, it’s a good time to ponder.
Luis De Los Santos homered, but the Fisher Cats (Toronto Blue Jays Double-A) fell 4-3 in the series finale at Reading (Philadelphia Phillies) Sunday.
If not for Sebastian Espino’s single and the rain, the Reading Fightin’ Phils and New Hampshire Fisher Cats might have gotten nine innings in on Saturday night. Ultimately, the Fightin’ Phils didn’t get nine innings, or what had been a no-hitter until Espino, but they still got a 2-0 victory over New Hampshire.
New Hampshire’s 1-0 victory over the Reading Fightin’ Phils came from Cam Eden’s double in the sixth.
After two straight shutout losses at the hands of the Reading Fightin Phils, New Hampshire bats showed up in a big way on Thursday night at FirstEnergy Stadium. The Fisher Cats (37-47) totaled 16 hits in their 7-5 win over Reading (38-46) to snap a three-game losing streak.
The Reading Fightin’ Phils opened up a rainbow of runs that former Reading Rainbow host Levar Burton would likely have been proud of on Wednesday night, defeating the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, 7-0.
Last week, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats Foundation announced 12 students, including two from Manchester, as recipients of this year’s Student-Athlete Scholarship.
On Wednesday, the Toronto Blue Jays announced that former New Hampshire Fisher Cats catcher and manager John Schneider will serve as interim Blue Jays manager for the remainder of the 2022 Major League Baseball season.
New Hampshire bats were sluggish in their first game at FirstEnergy Stadium this season. The Fisher Cats (5-8, 36-46) tallied six hits and were shut out for the sixth time this season, 6-0, by the Reading Fightin Phils (Philadelphia Phillies, 8-5, 37-45) on Tuesday night.
the Gatos Feroces (36-45) fell, 10-7, to Los Chivos de Hartford (49-32) in the second celebration of Copa de la Diversión at Delta Dental Stadium this season.
The tournament was started by Jim Terrero who again partnered with Deo Mwano to host the event this year at Sheridan-Emmet Park. It’s more like the old stomping ground for Terrero and Mwano, who grew up in this ethnically diverse section of the city, both sons of immigrants who found themselves together as ELL students at Beech Street School two decades ago.
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats survived a late Hartford Yard Goats rally, winning 5-4 on Saturday.
Rafael Lantigua led the charge for New Hampshire on Friday night, going 3-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a walk, enough to power the Fisher Cats (35-44) to a 6-2 win over the Hartford Yard Goats (48-31).
Fisher Cats pitching set a new season-high for strikeouts in a game on Thursday night, as Yosver Zulueta, Thomas Ruwe, Jimmy Burnette and Sean Rackoski combined for 17 punchouts. New Hampshire (3-6, 34-44) lost, 3-1, to the Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies, 5-4, 48-30) in their second defeat this week.
NAACP Night at the Ballpark is set for Friday, July 8, 2022, at Holman Stadium in Nashua, a fundraising event to celebrate the breaking of the color barrier in minor league baseball where it all began 75 years ago.
Five runs in the eighth proved to be the difference as the New Hampshire Fisher Cats earned a Wednesday night victory over the Hartford Yard Goats, 11-6.
On Thursday night, a ceremony will be held at Gill Stadium to honor local baseball and softball legend Raymond “Ray” Valliere Sr.
A five-run first inning that paved the way for a 10-5 victory for the Hartford Yard Goats over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Monday.