The New Hampshire Fisher Cats began their final home series of 2017 with a 4-3 extra innings victory against the Hartford Yard Goats.
Neither team could break the scoreless deadlock until the bottom of the fifth when Emilio Guerrero’s single brought home Harold Ramirez to put New Hampshire up by a run.
Richard Urena’s double an inning later brought home Tim Lopes to add to New Hampshire’s lead, with Urena coming home on a Lourdes Gurriel Jr. single two at-bats later.
Fisher Cats hurler Sean Reid-Foley was masterful up until that point, but then Dom Nunez spoiled his shutout attempt with a leadoff home run in the seventh.
Reid-Foley scattered seven hits before leaving two batters into the eighth. However, he would be left with a no decision, as Andrew Case began his relief appearance by allowing a two-run double by Josh Fuentes.
Both teams remained at three runs each until the 12th, when Andrew Guillotte came home on a wild pitch, quickly capitalizing on his first triple as a Fisher Cat.
The Fisher Cats are now 10-4 in extra-inning games, with three extra inning wins in the past week, including two wild pitch walk-off wins during that period.
Daniel Young pitched the final three innings of the contest to earn the win for New Hampshire despite allowing five walks. Troy Neiman was the loser of record, coming into the game in the 11th and facing four batters in the 12th without recording an out.
Fuentes and Nunez both had multi-hit days for Hartford, while every Fisher Cat in the starting lineup had at least one hit.
Friday’s contest pits New Hampshire’s Conner Greene (5-9, 5.35 ERA) against Konner Wade (7-7, 4.76 ERA)
