EL1 New Hampshire Fisher Cats

Diaz Hits Team-Record Four Doubles in 11-6 Win

Published on May 26, 2010 under Eastern League (EL1)
New Hampshire Fisher Cats News Release


New Britain, CT - Jonathan Diaz set a franchise record by connecting for four of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats' club record-tying nine doubles, and Kyle Drabek allowed two runs over seven innings to notch his team-leading sixth victory as the Fisher Cats defeated the New Britain Rock Cats, 11-6, on Wednesday night at New Britain Stadium.

Diaz (4-for-5, 4 2B, 3 RBI, 3 R) broke a 1-1 tie with his first double of the game, a grounder over the third base bag off starter and losing pitcher David Bromberg in the fourth that scored Adam Loewen (single) all the way from first base. Brian Jeroloman (2-for-4, 2B, BB, 2 RBI) followed with an RBI single to right, scoring Diaz for a 3-1 lead.

Diaz and Jeroloman would stroke back-to-back two-out doubles off Bromberg in the sixth, building the Fisher Cats' lead to 4-2.

Facing reliever Joe Testa in the seventh, Diaz plated Loewen with a two-bagger into the left field corner to cap a four-run stanza, making it 8-2. Earlier in the inning, Adam Calderone (3-for-5, 2B, HBP, SB, R) scored when he and Brad Emaus (2-for-5, 2B, SB, 2 R) pulled off a double steal, and catcher Jair Fernandez committed a throwing error into left. Loewen (2-for-5, RBI, 2 R) then knocked in Emaus with a single, and Shawn Bowman, who walked, crossed the plate on a wild pitch.

Diaz's record-setting double occurred in the top of the ninth, a gap shot to left-center off Chris Province that scored David Cooper (1-for-3, 2B, 2 BB, R), who led off with a double of his own. Diaz subsequently scored his third run of the game on a double-play grounder, giving the Fisher Cats (28-18) a commanding 11-4 lead.

Drabek (6-4) yielded two runs on six hits in seven innings, with three strikeouts and two walks. The right-hander upped his Eastern League-leading strikeout total to 51, took over the league lead in innings pitched (59.2) and moved into sole possession of third place in the league in victories.

Bromberg (2-3) lost for the third time in four starts after issuing four runs on nine hits in six innings, with two strikeouts and two walks.

New Britain (13-32) took a short-lived 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Erik Lis had a run-scoring fielder's choice grounder, scoring Brandon Roberts (walk).

Darin Mastroianni (1-for-6, RBI) tied the game, 1-1, with a second-inning bases-loaded single that scored Bowman (2-for-4, 2B, BB, 2 R, RBI).

The Rock Cats got to Fisher Cats' reliever Boomer Potts in the late innings. Lis (1-for-5, HR, 3 RBI) crushed a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth, and Ben Revere (double) and Roberts (ground out) each had ninth-inning RBIs.

Fernandez (2-for-4, 3B, 2 R) tripled off Drabek and scored on a Chris Cates ground out in the bottom of the fifth.

New Hampshire and New Britain play the rubber game of their five-game series on Thursday morning at 10:35am with the Fisher Cats sending right-hander Randy Boone (2-2, 2.57) to the mound against Rock Cats righty Santos Arias (0-6, 4.50). Fisher Cats Pre-Game begins at 10:15am on the WGIR Fisher Cats Radio Network with Mike Murphy and Bob Lipman.

The Fisher Cats welcome the Trenton Thunder to Merchantsauto.com Stadium over Memorial Day weekend, with three straight Atlas Fireworks Shows scheduled for Friday, May 28 (7:05pm); Saturday, May 29 (6:05pm, doubleheader); and Sunday, May 30 (6:05pm). For tickets and information, visit www.nhfishercats.com or call (603) 641-2005.

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