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Published On: August 6th, 2016

THUNDER BAY WALKS OFF ST. CLOUD

Thunder Bay, Ont. – Anthony Brocato (St. John’s) was the one to hit an RBI single to bring home Bobby Honeyman (Stony Brook) to give the Border Cats the 7-6 win over the St. Cloud Rox.

Starting pitcher Angelo Spedafino (SUNY Albany) went 5.2 innings allowing only four runs while Dan McBryan (Iona) came in for 2.1 hitless innings of relief and striking out four. However it was Cameron Churchill (Nova Southwastern) picked up his third win closing out the last inning.

Bobby Honeyman, Jordan Gillerman (St. John’s) and Shane Shepard (North Carolina State) all notched two runs on two hits each with Shepard added two RBIs.

The Border Cats start their last home series of the year against the Rochester Honkers at 7:35pm EST at Tbaytel Park.

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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.