Fisher Cats shut out Thunder, 2-0, Thursday night
June 29, 2006 - Eastern League (EL1)
New Hampshire Fisher Cats News Release
Manchester, NH -Kyle Yates pitched seven scoreless innings, and two first-inning runs held up as the New Hampshire Fisher Cats shut out the Trenton Thunder, 2-0, before 3,693 at Merchantsauto.com Stadium Thursday night.
Yates (4-6) scattered three hits, walked two and struck out eight. Rodney Ormond pitched the eighth inning, before Tracy Thorpe struck out two in the ninth inning en route to his fifth save of the season and the Fisher Cats' eleventh shutout victory of the year.
New Hampshire (36-41) got all of its offense in the first inning against Tyler Clippard (3-10). Curtis Thigpen singled and scored on Danny Solano's double down the leftfield line. Ron Davenport plated Solano with a single to right.
The Fisher Cats only other base runner the rest of the night was John Schneider, who walked with one out in the second inning. Clippard went seven innings, allowing two runs on three hits. He matched a season best with nine strikeouts, but also became the Eastern League's first 10-game loser.
After taking two out of three from Trenton (42-37), the Fisher Cats head to Binghamton to play a four-game series with the Mets. Friday night, left-hander David Purcey (2-0, 3.12) will duel with Binghamton right-hander Miguel Pinango (1-6, 4.41). The game begins at 7pm.
The Fisher Cats return home to start an eight-game homestand July 4 when the New Britain Rock Cats visit Merchantsauto.com Stadium. For ticket information, call (603) 641-2005 or visit www.nhfishercats.com.
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