CATS CLOSE OUT 2016 AT HOME

Thunder Bay, Ont. – The Border Cats closed out their 2016 season against the Rochester Honkers with a 3-1 loss.

Brandon Langan (New Mexico) took the loss despite a strong outing, going seven innings allowing only three runs on six hits while striking out five.

Bobby Fulkerson (South New Hampshire) was the lone Thunder Bay run for the evening.

The Border Cats head out on the last road trip of the season to play the Waterloo Bucks 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.