The Thunder Bay Border Cats ended up with a split of their four-game series in Lacrosse, losing 5-4 to the Loggers on Sunday. The Cats managed only two hits in the game, including a home run by Brayden Kuriger (Nicholls State University), his first of the season, while Carter Allen (Alvin CC) collected a pair of RBI. Trey Lewis (South Alabama) went 1-for-2 to increase his team leading batting average to .364, which is seventh best in the league. Leading 4-3, the Cats had the bases loaded with nobody out in the eighth inning, but failed to score, and that proved costly as the Loggers scored twice in the bottom of the inning on a go ahead two-run double off the bat of Ben Ziegler-Namao (University of Hawaii).
Caleb Bunch (Northwestern State University) took the loss in relief and the defeat dropped the Cats record to 14-10, leaving Thunder Bay tied with Eau Claire atop the Great Plains East Division. The two teams will now meet over the next four days with the Cats opening a two-game series against the Express on Monday in Eau Claire. Lefthander Evans Hendricks (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Border Cats with the first pitch scheduled for 7:35pm ET. The Cats host the Express on Wednesday at Port Arthur Stadium at 6:35pm to kick off a six-game homestand.
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