EL1 Trenton Thunder

Season High 15 Hits Not Enough As Thunder Fall 14-12

Published on April 29, 2010 under Eastern League (EL1)
Trenton Thunder News Release


Trenton, NJ- The Trenton Thunder had a season high 15 hits but the New Hampshire Fisher Cats came out on top of a wild Thursday morning game, 14-12. New Hampshire swept the three game series and Trenton has now dropped five straight.

New Hampshire scored three times on one hit and two Thunder errors in the first inning. Trenton was able to get their first run of the game in the second inning when OF Edwar Gonzalez hit a triple and later scored on a ground out from Marcos Vechionacci to cut the Fisher Cat lead to 3-1.

The game took a bizarre turn over the next three innings, as the two teams combined to score 17 runs, including a disastrous fifth inning for Trenton. After the Thunder knocked in four runs in the bottom of the third, Mitchell allowed three runs in the top of the fourth to give New Hampshire a 6-5 lead. Trenton then scored three runs on three hits and two errors in the bottom frame. However, Mitchell surrendered seven earned runs on five hits, including two doubles the next inning. At the end of five innings, the Fisher Cats led 13-8.

The Thunder crawled back, scoring four runs in the seventh and eighth innings. INF Marcos Vechionacci hit a solo home run in the seventh, and after the Fisher Cats scored another run in the top of the eighth, Trenton rallied for three runs in the bottom half to cut the score to 14-12.

The score would stay that way, as New Hampshire closer Danny Farquhar retired Trenton in the ninth to pick up his league leading sixth save.

Brandon Laird went 3-for-3 in the loss. Trenton had a season-high 15 hits on the day.

With the loss, the Thunder fall to 9-11, and went just 1-6 on the homestand.

The Thunder hit the road and will travel to Erie for a three game series with the SeaWolves starting Friday night at 7:05 PM. RHP Ryan Pope will start for the Thunder, and the SeaWolves go with LHP Jon Kibler.

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