The Thunder Bay Border Cats ended up with a split of their four-game series against Duluth after an ugly 13-11 loss to the Huskies on Friday before 1,289 fans at Port Arthur Stadium. The teams combined for 24 runs, 24 hits and 11 errors. For the second straight night, the Huskies raced out to a big lead with a 5-0 advantage after 2 1/2 innings, but the Border Cats jumped ahead 8-5 thanks to a pair of runs in the third inning and five runs in the fourth. Thunder Bay held a 9-7 lead before the Huskies erupted for five runs in the eighth with a big blow a three-run homer by Michael Hallquist (Minnesota-Crookston) that Duluth the lead for good. Trailing 13-9 in the ninth, the Cats brought the winning run to the plate, but could only push across two runs in their final at-bat as their record slipped to 4-6.
Ryan Beaird (University of Texas-San Antonio) took the loss in relief while Cole Ketzner (South Alabama) had two hits and drove in four runs for Thunder Bay. The Cats hit the road for a pair of games this weekend in St. Cloud starting Saturday at 7:05pm ET. Lefthander Evans Hendricks (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) will make his debut on the mound for the Cats, who return home to play the Rox in a two-game set starting Monday at 6:35pm.
(photo courtesy of Gary Moskalyk)
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