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EL1 New Hampshire Fisher Cats

Matumoto works out of bases-loaded, no out situation to earn 1st victory since April 11

August 26, 2008 - Eastern League (EL1)
New Hampshire Fisher Cats News Release


Manchester, NH- Jo Matumoto worked out of a bases-loaded, no-out situation in the top of the ninth inning to preserve a 3-3 tie, and Scott Campbell slid in safely with the -game-winning run on Brian Dopirak's fielder's choice grounder in the bottom of the ninth to give the New Hampshire Fisher Cats a dramatic 4-3 walkoff victory over the Binghamton Mets before a crowd of 6,172 on Tuesday night at Merchantsauto.com Stadium.

Binghamton (70-66) broke up a scoreless tie in the top of the fourth inning against Brandon Magee when Fernando Martinez (2-for-4, BB, RBI, R) singled and came in on a Caleb Stewart (1-for-5, 2B, RBI) RBI double to centerfield for a 1-0 lead.

New Hampshire (59-77) tied the game, 1-1, in the bottom of the fifth inning when Chris Gutierrez (3-for-4, 2B, R) hit a leadoff double off Dylan Owen and scored on a two-out single by Dopirak (1-for-5, 2 RBI).

Jacob Butler (1-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, R) gave the Fisher Cats a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning by slamming a two-run homer, his 16th, onto the patio in left-centerfield after David Smith (1-for-3, 2B, BB, R) led off the inning with a walk.

An unearned run off Magee drew the Mets to within a run in the top of the seventh inning. Salvador Paniagua (0-for-3, HBP, R) reached on an Andrew Pinckney fielding error, and Jonathan Malo (1-for-2, 2 BB, SB) walked to end Magee's outing. Reliever Daryl Harang then allowed a bloop single to Emmanuel Garcia (1-for-4, SAC) and forced in a run with a bases-loaded walk to Martinez, reducing the Fishers' lead to 3-2.

Binghamton tied the game, 3-3, with another unearned run and bases-loaded walk in the top of the ninth inning. Facing Seth Overbey, Paniagua was hit by a pitch, Malo reached on a bunt single, and Garcia reached safely when Overbey mishandled his sac bunt, loading the bases. Jose Coronado (1-for-4, BB, RBI) drew the game-tying walk before Matumoto came out of the bullpen to retire Martinez, Mike Carp (0-for-5) and Stewart, leaving the score deadlocked. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Campbell (1-for-4, BB, R) singled off Tim Lavigne, advanced to second on a wild pitch and moved to third on a single by J.P. Arencibia (2-for-5). Dopirak's ground ball to third baseman Shawn Bowman was thrown to the plate, but Campbell eluded catcher Salomon Manriquez's tag to give the Fisher Cats their third walkoff victory of the season.

Matumoto (2-0) fanned one in his scoreless inning of relief to earn his first win since April 11.

Lavigne (2-6) allowed one run on two hits in one-third of an inning to suffer the loss.

The Fisher Cats and the Mets play the second game of their three-game series Wednesday night at 7:05pm. New Hampshire right-hander Robert Ray (7-5, 3.01) takes the mound against Binghamton left-hander Mike Antonini (0-2, 3.74). Radio coverage begins at 6:45pm from Merchantsauto.com Stadium on the WGIR Fisher Cats Radio Network with Bob Lipman and Mike Murphy.

The first 2,000 fans in attendance Wednesday night will receive a FREE Quirk Chevy Buick Hummer Clay Buchholz Bobblehead. For tickets, visit www.nhfishercats.com or visit (603) 641-2005.

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