Yard Goats Back in the Win Column
July 4, 2022 - Eastern League (EL)
Hartford Yard Goats News Release
Manchester, NH- Brenton Doyle homered for the fourth time in five games, and Aaron Schunk belted his league leading 24th double to highlight a five-run first inning, as the Hartford Yard Goats defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 10-5 on Monday night at Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, New Hampshire. Schunk's two-run double made it 3-0 and gave him 53 RBI which is tied for the most in the Eastern League. Hartford starter Mitch Kilkenny hurled six solid innings, allowing just two runs on six hits with a walk and four strikeouts for his second win. Jimmy Herron went 0-3 with a sacrifice fly and walk but had his 8-game hitting-streak end. Hunter Stovall had three hits, as the Yard Goats took the first of a six-game series in New Hampshire.
The Yard Goats got off to a great start and scored five runs in the first inning off Fisher Cats starter Adam Kloffenstein. Hartford loaded the bases with two singles and a walk and Hunter Stovall scored the first run of the game on a wild pitch. Aaron Schunk followed with a one-out double to left center, scoring Daniel Montano and Jimmy Herron to make it 3-0. The next batter, Brenton Doyle hit a long homer to left field, his fourth in five games and his 11th of the season and it was 5-0 Yard Goats.
The Yard Goats added a run in the fourth inning on a two-out double by Hunter Stovall, scoring Niko Decolati and giving Hartford a 6-0 lead. Mitch Kilkenny allowed only a pair of singles in the first three innings but Zac Cooke cranked a solo home run off the righty in the fourth to make it 6-1. Hartford added two more runs in the sixth inning on RBI's by Montano and Herron and it was 8-1. The Fisher Cats scored a run in the sixth inning, and Trevor Schwecke smashed a three-run homer in the eighth to make it 9-5 but that's as close as the Blue Jays affiliate would get.
The Yard Goats continue their six-game series on Wednesday night (7:05 PM) at Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, New Hampshire. RHP Michael Baird will start for the Yard Goats and RHP Luis Quinones will start for the Fisher Cats. The broadcast can be heard on AM 1410 WPOP and FM 100.9 and on the iheart radio app. The Yard Goats return to Dunkin' Donuts Park on Tuesday, July 12th (7:05 PM) and will host the Washington Nationals affiliate, the Harrisburg Senators.
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