ValleyCats Remain Undefeated in Series at Home with Win Over the Crushers
June 15, 2023 - Frontier League (FL)
Tri-City ValleyCats News Release
TROY, NY - The Tri-City ValleyCats (16-14) improved to 5-0 in series at home, and won the rubber game 9-2 against the Lake Erie Crushers (14-16) on Thursday at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium. Every ValleyCats starter reached base safely for the second straight day.
Lake Erie opened the scoring in the third. Kemuel Thomas-Rivero launched a solo homer off Dwayne Marshall to give the Crushers a 1-0 lead.
Jiandido Tromp began the fourth with an infield single. Sean Cheely walked. Santiago Chirino advanced both runners with a sac bunt. Todd Issacs Jr. lifted a sac fly to provide the Crushers with a 2-0 advantage.
Lake Erie starter JD Hammer tossed three scoreless innings, giving up three hits and three walks, and striking out five.
Tri-City jumped on reliever Nathan Holt in the fourth. Jakob Goldfarb went to first on a hit by pitch. Pavin Parks plated Goldfarb with an RBI double. Jaxon Hallmark walked before Trey Hair cranked a go-ahead three-run blast to pull Tri-City ahead, 4-2. It was Hair's seventh big fly of the season.
Parks lined a solo homer in the fifth to put the 'Cats on top, 5-2. The two-way star now has five homers this year.
Marshall got into some trouble in the sixth, yielding three walks and a hit. However, Goldfarb threw out Tromp trying to steal second after he went to first on a walk. Tri-City got out of the jam unscathed as Elliot Carney came in with the bases loaded to induce a flyout from Thomas-Rivero.
Tri-City went yard again in the bottom of the sixth. Carson McCusker picked up a single, and Aaron Altherr homered to make it a 7-2 game. It was Altherr's fifth long ball of the season.
Parks collected his third hit of the day to begin the bottom of the seventh. Hallmark singled, and Parks went to second. The two baserunners moved up 90 feet on a wild pitch. After Cito Culver walked to load the bases, Parks came around on another wild pitch, and Hallmark was driven in on an RBI groundout from Hair to extend the ValleyCats lead to 9-2. It was Hair's second four-RBI game of the year.
Marshall (4-1) earned his third consecutive win at home. He had his longest outing at "The Joe" as a member of the ValleyCats, throwing 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on eight hits, walking five, and striking out five on 113 pitches.
Holt (2-2) received the loss. He pitched four innings, allowing nine runs on 10 hits, and walking two batters.
Tri-City continues its six-game homestand, and starts a three-game set against the Florence Y'alls tomorrow, Friday, June 16. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 PM.
FINAL | TRI-CITY 9 | LAKE ERIE 2
W: Dwayne Marshall (4-1)
L: Nathan Holt (2-2)
Time of Game: 2:52
Attendance: 1,602
Season Twenty-FUN of ValleyCats baseball and entertainment continues at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium tomorrow for Wizard Night, and postgame fireworks. The Florence Y'alls make their first ever trip to "The Joe'' with a three-game series from June 16-18. You can secure your seats today and be a part of the excitement by logging on to tcvalleycats.com or by calling 518-629-CATS (2287).
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