CATS CAPTURE A WIN

Thunder Bay, Ont. – The Border Cats picked up their seventh win of the second half of the season Tuesday night against the Waterloo Bucks with an 11-7 win.

Shane Shepard (North Carolina State) helped the Cats jump out to an eight run lead in the fourth inning hitting a grand slam. Shepard finished three for four with five RBI and three runs. Joe Gellenbeck (Xavier) also hit his fourth home run in his second season with Thunder Bay.

The Border Cats finish their home stand against the Waterloo Bucks Wednesday night at 7:05pm EST at Tbay Tel Park.

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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.