Fisher Cats Hit Three More Homers, Drop Series Finale in Hartford
July 14, 2019 - Eastern League (EL1)
New Hampshire Fisher Cats News Release
Hartford, CT - Forrest Wall, Kevin Smith and Nash Knight drilled solo home runs, but the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto Blue Jays Double-A affiliate) dropped a 6-3 decision to the Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies) on Sunday evening at Dunkin' Donuts Park. Including Sunday's three long balls, the Fisher Cats finished the four-game series split with 13 home runs.
Top prospect Nate Pearson started for the Fisher Cats and allowed just a solo home run by Scott Burcham in his three innings of work. Pearson walked two and struck out two.
Wall led off the game with a home run -- his second homer in two games -- to give the Fisher Cats a 1-0 lead, but Burcham's homer tied the score in the second.
New Hampshire drilled two more solo blasts in the top of the fourth inning to reclaim the lead. Knight led off with his sixth homer. Later in the inning, Smith blasted his team-leading 12th bomb -- and fourth of the series -- to put the Fisher Cats up 3-1.
The Yard Goats tied the game with a two-run home run by Bret Boswell in the fourth, and made it 4-3 with a run in the bottom of the fifth on a double by Tyler Nevin.
Hartford pulled away with two more solo homers in the sixth inning from Mylz Jones and Brian Serven.
Heath Holder (W, 5-2) earned the win with relievers Alexander Guillen and Scott Griggs (S, 4) combining for four hitless innings to close out the game for the Yard Goats.
William Ouellette (L, 1-1) took the loss for the Fisher Cats.
New Hampshire returns to Delta Dental Stadium on Monday to play the Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox). The first game with Portland is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Game Highlight: Autograph Session with Chris Carpenter & Tim Schaller thanks to our friends at Primary Bank. For tickets and information, visit nhfishercats.com.
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