The Thunder Bay Border Cats returned home on Saturday, but lost a slugfest 15-9 to the Mankato MoonDogs before a Country Night crowd of 1,055 at Port Arthur Stadium. The Cats had a 5-2 lead after two innings, but the MoonDogs scored four times in the top of the third and six times in the fourth to take the opener of the two-game series.
Thunder Bay’s Jack Pineau (Creighton University) started for the Cats and took the loss dropping his record to 1-2. The righthander gave up seven hits and six runs over 2 2/3 innings. Shortstop Karson Krowka (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi) led Thunder Bay at the plate, going 3-for-5 with a run scored, while Travis Chestnut (Texas A&M University) had two hits, two walks, two runs scored, one run batted in and four stolen bases to increase his league leading total to 29. Tyler Kehoe (South Alabama) Daylan Pena (Texas State University) and Zane Skansi (Creighton University) all had two hits as the Cats home record fell to 12-11 on the season.
The two teams meet again Sunday afternoon at 1:35pm with righthander Karson Sheperd (Texas A&M University-Kingsville) the scheduled starter for the Cats. It’s Family Day with 4 tickets, 4 hot dogs, 4 Pepsi and 4 bags of Old Dutch chips for $44.00 and kids can run the bases after the game.
(photo of Jonah Sutton courtesy of James Mirabelli Photography)
###
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.