'Cats fall in another close one
Published on July 2, 2008 under Eastern League (EL1)
New Hampshire Fisher Cats News Release
Norwich, CT- Jacob Butler and J.P. Arencibia launched back-to-back home runs in the top of the second inning, and Andrew Pinckney went 3-for-3 with a triple and a run scored, but the Connecticut Defenders rallied from a 3-0 deficit to edge the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, 4-3, Wednesday night at Dodd Stadium.
Butler (1-for-4, HR, RBI) hit his 11th home run and Arencibia (2-for-4, HR, RBI) followed with his third home run off winning pitcher Joey Martinez in the top of the second inning to stake New Hampshire to a 2-0 lead. The homers were the first two allowed at home by Martinez this season.
New Hampshire (32-52) upped the lead to 3-0 in the top of the fifth inning when Andrew Pinckney (3-for-3, 3B, R) lined a triple to right field and scored on a Scott Campbell (1-for-4, RBI) two-out single.
Connecticut (41-43) rallied to take the lead against Ricky Romero by scoring four runs on six singles in the bottom of the fifth inning. Antoan Richardson (1-for-4, RBI, R) looped a run-scoring single to left field, Ryan Rohlinger (1-for-4, RBI, R) hit an infield single to score Wald, and Richardson raced home on a Ryan Klosterman fielding error. Pablo Sandoval (2-for-4, 2B, RBI) broke the tie with a sharp single to left, scoring Rohlinger to give the Defenders a 4-3 lead.
Martinez (5-6) earned the victory, surrendering three runs on six hits in six innings. The right-hander, named to the Northern Division All-Star team earlier in the day, struck out two and did not allow a walk.
Dave McKae pitched two shutout innings of relief, and Kelvin Pichardo earned his fifth save with a perfect ninth to extend the Defenders' winning streak to five games.
Romero (4-5) went six innings, yielding four runs on 10 hits. He struck out five and walked one as New Hampshire suffered its sixth straight loss, with five of the six losses coming in one-run games.
The Fisher Cats and the Defenders wrap up their five-game series Thursday night at Dodd Stadium with a 6:35pm game. New Hampshire sends right-hander Julio Pinto (4-2, 6.61) to the mound against Connecticut left-hander Ben Snyder (0-1, 13.50). Radio coverage begins at 6:15pm on the WGIR Fisher Radio Network with Mike Murphy. Celebrate the Fourth of July with a "Special Edition" Atlas Fireworks Show at Merchantsauto.com Stadium as the Fisher Cats take the field as the New Hampshire Primaries on Friday night at 7:05pm to open a series with the Trenton Thunder, Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. For tickets, visit www.nhfishercats.com or call (603) 641-2005.
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