MANCHESTER, N.H. – The New Hampshire Fisher Cats were shut out for the third this this season on Thursday night, falling 6-0 to the visiting Portland Sea Dogs.
Following the pattern during both halves of Wednesday’s doubleheader, Portland struck early, as Luke Tendler’s single brought Jeremy Rivera around to give the Sea Dogs a 1-0 lead in the first.
Unlike Wednesday’s games however, the Fisher Cats were unable to quickly bounce back, as Portland Starting Pitcher Matthew Kent retired the first seven batters he faced, with poor baserunning catching the eighth and ninth batters he faced in an 8-4-2-5 double play that kept a run off the board.
Kent scattered seven hits over seven innings of work, striking out eight Fisher Cats without a single walk.
Kent rose to 10-8 on the year while his counterpart, Jon Harris, fell to 10-5.
Harris lasted five innings, marking the 18th time in 23 Eastern League starts this season that he’s completed at least five innings. In that stretch, he allowed four runs off eight hits, striking out six.
Tendler grabbed three of those runs of Harris, adding a two-run homer in the fifth, with the Sea Dogs also getting RBI from Rivera, Deiner Lopez and Chad De La Guerra.
Along with Tendler, Mars and De La Guerra ended the contest with two hits apiece while Rivera led the way with a 3-for-5 day, also scoring a pair of runs. Bo Bichette got two of New Hampshire’s seven hi son the night.
The Fisher Cats will travel to Portland again next week for their final road series of the regular season, but first they faceoff against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in a three-game set starting on Friday.
In the first game against Binghamton, New Hampshire’s Jordan Romano (11-7, 3.57 ERA) will face a Rumble Pony pitcher not yet named as of Thursday night. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
