CATS SWEEP DULUTH

Thunder Bay, Ont. – The Thunder Bay Border Cats swept the Duluth Huskies in a long weekend double header Monday afternoon.

In Game one the Cats won 11-1 over the Huskies with Anthony Paesano (Georgia Southern) picking up his first win as a Border Cat. Starting pitcher Angelo Spedafino (SUNY Albany) went the first four innings allowing only two hits and striking out three. Shane Shepard (North Carolina State) notched his eighth home run of the season for a total of two runs on two hits and one RBI while Andy Weber (Virginia) put up one run on three hits and two RBI Monday afternoon. Patrick Boyle (Drew) also picked up his first save of the year closing out the last four innings allowing only two hits while striking out three.

Thunder Bay finished the second game with a final score of 6-3. Shannon Broussard (Cedar Valley) earned his fourth win of the season going six innings allowing only one run on four hits while striking out three. Bobby Honeyman (Stony Brook) and Michael Papierski (LSU) helped the Cats out with two runs a piece while Shane Shepard (North Carolina State) added three RBI to his stats.

The Border Cats head out on the road to take on the Lacrosse Loggers Tuesday night at 7:05pm CST / 8:05pm 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.