CATS SPLIT DOUBLE HEADER IN DULUTH

Thunder Bay, Ont. – The Border Cats spilt their last series of their road trip against the Duluth Huskies.

In game one the Border Cats won over the Duluth Huskies 11-6 Wednesday afternoon. Ben Hoffman (Monmouth) picked up his first win of the season going 4.2 innings allowing only one run on four hits while striking out five. Andrew Fregia (Sam Houston) picked up his fourth home run of the season while Anthony Brocato (St. John’s) notched two runs on four hits and two RBI.

The Border Cats were blanked in game two of the double header 2-0. Starting pitcher Brandon Langan (New Mexico) impressed Thunder Bay going 6.1 innings allowing only two runs on six hits while Tom Mullin (Penn State) closed out the last 1.2 innings without allowing any hits.

The Cats return home to face the Willmar Stingers in a four game homestand Thursday at 7:35pm EST.

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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.