THUNDER BAY WINS
Thunder Bay, Ont. – The Thunder Bay Border Cats added another win in the second half beating the Rochester Honkers 10-4.
Starting pitcher Shannon Broussard (Cedar Valley) started the game off strong going six innings allowing only four runs on six hits while striking out nine Honkers while Ben Hoffman (Monmouth) came in for the last three innings allowing only one hit while striking out four.
Anthony Brocato (St. John’s) had another productive game notching three runs on four hits and one RBI in four at bats, while Bobby Honeyman (Stony Brook) picked up two runs on two hits and Mitch Bigras (Boston College) helped the Cats with one run on two hits and two RBI. Shane Shepard (North Carolina State) put up three runs on one hit.
The Border Cats play their last game at home Sunday August 7th at 5:05pm 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.
