Fisher Cats head into break by splitting Portland series

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Josh Palacios (credit – Andrew Sylvia)

MANCHESTER, N.H. – The New Hampshire Fisher Cats head into the Eastern League All-Star Break with a split series against the Portland Sea Dogs, winning 7-2 on Sunday afternoon.

New Hampshire got off to an early start, putting their first run on the board courtesy of Nash Knight’s line drive single, with Vinny Capra coming home on a wild pitch to give the ‘Cats a 2-0 lead by the end of the first.

Portland added runs in the second and third to tie things up, but Forrest Wall’s one-run blast gave New Hampshire back its lead.

Capra and Brock Lundquist combined to power three more runs across the plate in the fourth, and Chad Spanberger’s second home run in as many days made it a five-run lead by the end of the fifth.

Yennsy Diaz got the win, climbing to 7-6 in Eastern League play off six strong innings. Diaz didn’t allow a run, giving up just two hits and two walks, striking out five.

Bryan Mata was the loser for Portland, falling to 1-1 in Eastern League play. Mata allowed six runs off seven hits and three walks in 3 2/3 innings pitched, striking out five.

At the plate, New Hampshire outhit Portland 10-5, with Wall providing three hits and Capra adding a pair of hits.

The Fisher Cats return to action on July 11 as they head to Hartford for the first game in a four-game set against the Yard Goats.

 

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Andrew Sylvia

Assistant EditorManchester Ink Link

Born and raised in the Granite State, Andrew Sylvia has written approximately 10,000 pieces over his career for outlets across Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. On top of that, he's a licensed notary and licensed to sell property, casualty and life insurance, he's been a USSF trained youth soccer and futsal referee for the past six years and he can name over 60 national flags in under 60 seconds according to that flag game app he has on his phone, which makes sense because he also has a bachelor's degree in geography (like Michael Jordan). He can also type over 100 words a minute on a good day.