The Harrisburg Senators lost 2-1 to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in 10 innings Friday night in Manchester, N.H., after Carter Cunningham hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning. The teams were scoreless through nine innings before Harrisburg took a 1-0 lead in the top of the 10th.
Harrisburg takes lead before Fisher Cats walk off
Kevin Bazzell led off the 10th inning with an infield single, and Harrisburg put runners on first and third with no outs. After a groundball held TJ White at third but advanced Bazzell, Devin Ortiz grounded out to the second baseman, with White caught stealing at home plate for the second out.
Elijah Green then hit a line-drive single to left field to score Bazzell and give the Senators a 1-0 lead. Kevin Made walked, but Harrisburg stranded the bases loaded to end the inning. In the bottom half, Cunningham hit a two-run home run to right field and gave the Fisher Cats the 2-1 walk-off win.
Harrisburg pitching keeps game scoreless for nine innings
Yoel Tejeda Jr. started for Harrisburg and pitched four scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk while striking out two. Tejeda threw nine shutout innings across his last two starts and allowed three hits during that span.
Alex Clemmey followed with 4.2 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out eight. His eight strikeouts were the second-most he recorded in an outing this year. Thomas Schultz took the loss after entering with two outs in the ninth inning, leaving him with a 3-6 record.
Senators had three hits through nine innings
Harrisburg recorded three hits before extra innings. Ethan Petry doubled in the fourth inning, TJ White singled in the seventh, and Sam Brown singled in the ninth.
New Hampshire has scored three runs through the first three games of the series, with all three runs coming on home runs. The loss dropped Harrisburg to 2-9 in extra-inning games this season.
Maryland Sports Blog Take
Harrisburg received strong pitching from Tejeda and Clemmey and held the Fisher Cats scoreless through nine innings. The Senators took the lead in the 10th, but Cunningham’s two-run homer ended the game before Harrisburg could secure its third extra-inning win of the season.
Game four of the series is scheduled for Saturday at 6:03 p.m., with right-hander Jarlin Susana, who is 0-1, slated to start for Harrisburg.
Source: Original report
