Fowler Wins Cat Debut
June 21, 2007 - Eastern League (EL1)
New Hampshire Fisher Cats News Release
New Britain, CT - Southpaw Eric Fowler impressed in his Double-A debut as the Fisher Cats downed the Rock Cats 2-0 at New Britain Stadium Thursday night.
Fowler (1-0), Toronto's 5th round draft pick in 2005 (Mississippi), fired six shutout innings. The Rock Cats managed just five hits off of the 24-year-old. He walked two and struck out three. Jean Machi picked up where Fowler left off and fired three shutout innings of his own to notch his second save.
Rock Cats' starter Kyle Waldrop (1-4) allowed ten hits, but limited the Fisher Cats (38-32) to one run through six innings. The Fisher Cats broke through in the fifth inning with an RBI single by Sergio Santos for a 1-0 lead.
In the ninth, the Fisher Cats' Dustin Majewski doubled off reliever J.P. Martinez to open the inning. Majewski advanced to third on a passed ball by catcher Kyle Geiger. Ryan Klosterman's sac fly to center field scored Majewski.
The Fisher Cats pounded out 13 hits, led by a three-hit night by Chip Cannon. For the Rock Cats (32-36), Trevor Plouffe and Brock Peterson had two hits apiece.
The Fisher Cats kick off an eight-game homestand Friday night at 7:05pm against the Portland Sea Dogs. RHP Kyle Yates (5-2) starts for New Hampshire against Portland LHP Tommy Hottovy (1-7). Friday night is Northeast Delta Dental Night with the first 2,000 fans getting FREE Fisher Cats' T-shirts. Friday night is also Twisted Tea Used Car Giveaway Night. For tickets, visit www.nhfishercats.com or call (603) 641-2005.
Radio coverage begins at 6:45pm on the WGIR Fisher Cats Radio Network (610-AM, Manchester; 930-AM, Rochester; 1540-AM, Exeter) with Bob Lipman and Mike Murphy.
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