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.
Deuces wild: After 18 home games in June for the Fisher Cats, divide by two and nine home games is the number for July, though there is a four-day break for the All-Star game. The Cats were back in town July 4th to start a six-game series with the Hartford Yard Goats.
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats won’t have much time to dwell on their Sunday night collapse, falling 4-2 at the hands of the Portland Sea Dogs.
Cam Eden hit a two-run homer and winning pitcher Andrew Bash (4-3) tossed four hitless innings in relief to help lead the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto Blue Jays Double-A affiliate, 2-3, 33-41) to a 4-2 win over the Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox, 3-2, 33-41).
The Portland Sea Dogs probably wish Chris Sale could have pitched again on Friday.
The Portland Sea Dogs had plenty of offense on Thursday night but didn’t particularly need it as seven-time Major League All-Star Chris Sale shined in his rehab assignment against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, winning 15-4.
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats dropped the first game of their series against the Portland Sea Dogs on Tuesday and they dropped the second game of the series too, falling 6-5 on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats sent things to extra innings after a pair of runs in the ninth, but fell 5-4 in the tenth to the Portland Sea Dogs.
On a scorching Sunday at Delta Dental Stadium, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (31-38) fell 9-6, to the Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates, 33-36) in the finale of the first half of the 2022 season.