CATS DOUBLE WISCONSIN FOR A WIN

Thunder Bay, Ont. – The Cats captured their third win of the second half with a 4-2 victory of the Wisconsin Woodchucks Sunday night.

Shannon Broussard (Cedar Valley) picked up his first win of the season going five innings allowing only two runs on four hits while Ben Hoffman earned his first save closing out the last four innings allowing only two hits while striking out four.

Anthony Brocato (St. John’s) has officially taken the Border Cats lead for most home runs so far picking up his sixth of the season. Newcomer Luke Horanski (Cisco) notched his first run with the Border Cats helping the team keep their lead.

The Border Cats close out their home stand against Wisconsin Woodchucks Monday night at 7:05pm 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.