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EL1 New Hampshire Fisher Cats

Diaz Draws Bases-Loaded Walk in 9-2 Loss to Thunder

July 21, 2009 - Eastern League (EL1)
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Manchester, NH- Adrian Martin worked four solid innings of relief, retiring the final 11 batters he faced, and David Cooper added three hits, but the Trenton Thunder topped the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, 9-2, on Tuesday night at Merchantsauto.com Stadium.

Trenton (48-47) took advantage of a critical Luis Sanchez error to plate four unearned runs in the top of the third inning. The frame started with James Cooper (3-for-4, 3B, 2 R) ripping a triple into the right field corner off rehabbing Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Shaun Marcum. Reegie Corona (1-for-5, RBI, R) knocked Cooper in with a sharp single to right for a 1-0 lead. After Sanchez couldn't handle Noah Hall's two-out grounder, prolonging the inning, the Thunder capitalized with Jesus Montero (3-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R) delivering a run-scoring single, and Chris Malec (1-for-5, HR, 3 RBI) adding the crushing blow by smacking a three-run blast, his sixth, onto the access road in right, making the score 5-0.

The Thunder added a run in the fourth against reliever Martin on an RBI bloop double by Austin Krum (2-for-5, 2B, RBI, R), scoring Marcos Vechionacci (1-for-4, R), who led off with an infield single, for a 6-0 lead. That's all Martin would yield, as he fanned three while retiring the side in order in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings.

New Hampshire (45-51) got on the board in the bottom of the fifth when Al Quintana (0-for-3, BB, R), Brian Jeroloman (1-for-2, 2 BB) and Jonathan Diaz (0-for-2, 2 BB, RBI, R) drew consecutive walks before a double-play grounder off the bat of Sanchez allowed Quintana to score, trimming the deficit to 6-1.

The Fisher Cats drew closer when Diaz drew a bases-loaded walk from reliever Jason Schmidt, scoring Cooper (3-for-5, R), cutting the Thunder's lead to 6-2.

Trenton put the game away with three more unearned runs in the top of the ninth. Facing Nate Starner, Hall (2-for-5, 2 RBI, R) followed Sanchez's third two-out fielding error of the game with a two-run single to right, and Montero capped the scoring with an RBI double to left.

Marcum (0-1) suffered the loss after surrendering five runs, one earned, in three innings. The righty yielded five hits and fanned four.

Jeremy Bleich (1-3) posted his first career Eastern League win after allowing one run on five hits in 6.2 innings. The southpaw worked around five hits and five walks, notching three strikeouts.

Grant Duff went the final 1.1 innings to earn his first career Double-A save.

The Fisher Cats/Thunder series continues on Wednesday night at 7:05pm with New Hampshire sending left-hander Luis Perez (6-7, 3.69) to the mound against Trenton right-hander Ryan Pope (3-7, 5.40) at Merchantsauto.com Stadium. Radio coverage begins at 6:45pm with the BayRing Pre-Game Show on the WGIR Fisher Cats Radio Network with Bob Lipman and Mike Murphy.

Following the game, enjoy an Atlas Fireworks Show. For tickets, visit www.nhfishercats.com or call (603) 641-2005.

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