CATS SWEPT BY WATERLOO

Thunder Bay, Ont. – The Border Cats fell in their last game of their road trip to the Waterloo Bucks Sunday afternoon.

The Waterloo Bucks outlasted the Thunder Bay Border Cats to win 9-8 Sunday afternoon at Riverfront Stadium. Newcomer Cameron Churchill (Nova Southeastern) impressed the Cats pitching six innings walking only two.  Shane Shepard (North Carolina) and Andrew Fregia (Sam Houston) helped the Cats out with one home run a piece.

The Border Cats return home Tuesday at 7:05pm EST to face the Lacrosse Loggers 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, visit www.bordercatsbaseball.com