Cam Gibson Leads Tigers to Fourth Straight Win

July 1, 2015 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Norwich Sea Unicorns News Release

NORWICH, CT-The Connecticut Tigers (6-6) defeated first place Lowell (10-3) by a score of 5-2 on Wednesday night.

Leading 2-0 in the bottom of the fifth Connecticut put the game away with a three-run inning. In the inning the first three batters reached and all three would end up scoring. Second basemen Brett Pirtle (2-5, RBI, R) and third basemen Josh Lester (1-4, RBI) both singled in runs. The final run of the inning scored on a sacrifice fly by right fielder Joey Havrilak to make it 5-0 Connecticut.

The Tigers received strong pitching for much of the night. Trey Teakell made his season debut working four shut out innings allowing two hits. Dominic Moreno (1-0) pitched scoreless relief and Nate Fury pitched the ninth to pick up his first save. Fury struck out the side in the inning.

It didn't take long for Connecticut to get on the board on Wednesday night. On a full count pitch leading off the bottom of the first Cam Gibson (2-4, HR, 2 R) hit a towering fly ball to right for a leadoff home run and a 1-0 Tigers lead.

Connecticut added a second run in the bottom of the second inning. Shortstop Keaton Jones started the inning with a single and after singles by catcher Will Allen and first basemen Tanner Donnels the bases were loaded with nobody out. However, Connecticut only tallied a single run on a sacrifice fly by the designated hitter Jacob Kapstein.

Connecticut will travel to Lowell, MA tomorrow for the middle game of the three game series before returning home to wrap up the series on Friday. First pitch tomorrow night is set for 7:05.

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