The Thunder Bay Border Cats needed to work overtime to do it, with a 7-6 victory over the Rochester Honkers in 10 innings before 909 fans Saturday night at Port Arthur Stadium. Pinch hitter Trey Lewis (South Alabama) lined a game winning single to left field scoring college teammate Tyler Kehoe (South Alabama) in the bottom of the tenth. After Rochester took a 5-4 lead in the top of the inning, Kehoe tied the game with an RBI single before coming around to score the winning run.
It was a see-saw affair with the Cats scoring three times in the fifth inning to tie the game 3-3 on a bases loaded, sun aided triple, by Logan Johnstone (Washington State University) and then taking a 4-3 lead after seven on a sacrifice fly by Johnstone for his fourth run batted in of the game. Kehoe had a 2-for-5 night at the plate while Travis Chestnut (Texas A&M University) scored a pair of runs. Karson Shepherd (Texas A&M University-Kingsville) got the final out of the tenth inning for the win to even his record at 1-1.
The Border Cats close out their homestand Sunday afternoon against the Honkers at 1:35pm with Thunder Bay native Jack Pineau (Creighton University) getting the start on the mound. The righthander has made six appearances this season and is 1-1 with 3.45 ERA. Sunday is “Family Day” with four tickets, four hot dogs, four Pepsi and four bags of Old Dutch Chips all for just $44.00 and kids can run the bases after the game.
(photo courtesy of James Mirabelli Photography)
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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. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Now in its’ 30th season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 24 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, over 325 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (NYM), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2021 All-Star, MLB Gold Glove winner and 2019 Second Team All-MLB shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. League games are viewable live at watchnwl.com and on ESPN+. For more information, visit www.bordercatsbaseball.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Border Cats as your favorite team.
