NYPL Norwich Sea Unicorns

Tigers Win 5-3 in Tri-City

Published on June 20, 2010 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Norwich Sea Unicorns News Release


TROY, NY - LHP Rayni Guichardo tossed seven innings and allowed one run on four hits and LF Matt Mansilla hit a tworun home run in the first inning to help the Connecticut Tigers beat the Tri-City ValleyCats 5-3 before 3,880 fans at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium on Sunday night.

The Tigers scored three runs in the first inning against ValleyCats RHP Murillo Gouvea. CF Jeff Rowland led off the inning with a single and moved to second base on a groundout by DH P.J. Polk. 2B Alexander Nunez popped out to center field to move Rowland to third base and scored on a double by 1B James Robbins for a 1-0 Connecticut lead.

Mansilla followed by homering over the left field wall for a 3-0 Connecticut lead.

Connecticut added single runs in the 4th and 5th innings. 3B Matt Perry hit a one-out single and moved to second base on a single by C Eric Roof. Both runners advanced one base each on the throw in from center field. Perry scored on a wild pitch for a 4-0 lead.

In the 5th inning, Robbins reached base on an error. He moved to second base on a single by Mansilla and to third base when RF Chao-Ting Tang reached on a fielder's choice. The Tigers executed a double-steal with Tang stealing second base and Robbins scoring from third base for a 5-0 lead.

The ValleyCats scored a run in the seventh inning against Guichardo. 1B Tyler Burnett doubled and moved to third base on a groundout by LF Daniel Adamson. C Buck Afenir grounded out to score Burnett to cut the lead to 5-1.

Tri-City tacked on two more runs in the 9th inning to make the score 5-3.

Tiger Tracks: LHP Logan Hess pitched a scoreless eighth inning and RHP Patrick Lawson finished the game by allowing one earned run on two hits in the ninth inning.

The Tigers now head to Burlington, Vermont to start a two-game series with the Vermont Lake Monsters. RHP Josue Carreno (3-3, 2.36 VSL Tigers) gets the start for Connecticut against LHP Graham Hicks (1-1, 9.00 Hagerstown) for the Lake Monsters. Pre-game coverage begins at 6:45 on 1310 WICH and online at milb.com.

Don't miss the Tigers home opener on Saturday, June 26th against the Vermont Lake Monsters at 7:05 p.m. The Tigers will be hosting fireworks after the game! The Tigers opening home stand is June 26-30.

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