CATS CAPTURE WIN

Thunder Bay, Ont. – The Thunder Bay Border Cats picked up their third win in Rochester, Minnesota Tuesday night beating the Honkers 5-3.

Jordan Thompson (Ridgewater) picked up his first win going seven innings allowing only two runs on six hits while striking out three. Vinny Santarsiero (Fontbonne) notched the first save of the season pitching the last inning striking out two. Andy Weber (Virginia) has another notable game putting up two runs on three hits for Thunder Bay while Mitch Bigras (Boston College) also helped out Thunder Bay with one run on two hits and two RBI.

The Border Cats head to Duluth for a double header at 12:00pm CST / 1:00 EST and 6:35pm CST / 7:35pm EST before retuning home to Thunder Bay.

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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.