CATS LOSE A CLOSE ONE

Thunder Bay, Ont. – The Thunder Bay Border Cats fell 3-2 to the Lacrosse Loggers Wednesday night at TbayTel Park.

Starter Jordan Thompson (Ridgewater) started a strong six innings for the Cats allowing only two runs while Joey Burris (Southeast Missouri) came in for the following three innings striking out three. Three Border Cats put up doubles in the fourth inning including Shane Shepard (North Carolina), Andrew Fregia (Sam Houston) and Mitch Bigras (Boston College).

The Border Cats begin a new series against the Eau Claire Express at TbayTel Field Thursday night at 7:05pm.

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The Thunder Bay Border Cats are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Playing its 23rd season of summer collegiate baseball, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 18 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 150 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Lucas Duda (NYM) and Ben Zobrist (CHC). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visitwww.bordercatsbaseball.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store and set the Border Cats as your favourite team.