Game Recap and Highlights: Ponies Drop Slugfest to Fisher Cats, 17-8

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BINGHAMTON, NY – The Binghamton Rumble Ponies (6-17, 34-58) fell 17-8 to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (11-13, 42-51) on Thursday evening at Mirabito Stadium as the two teams paired up for 25 runs and 28 hits.

Orelvis Martinez put New Hampshire ahead 1-0 in the second with a solo shot and he hit a three-run home run in the third. Martinez also had a sacrifice fly in the fifth and had five RBI. The five-run inning was capped off by a Chris Bec two-run double and the Fisher Cats had a 6-2 lead.

The Ponies scored two in the second on a Ronny Mauricio solo home run and Luke Ritter coming around on an error.

New Hampshire plated two in the fourth and fifth to take a 10-2 lead. Binghamton began to knife into the deficit scoring three in the fifth as Brett Baty's two-run home run scored James McCann and Mauricio went back-to-back with his second homer of the night.

The Fisher Cats tacked on four in the sixth as Addison Barger hit an opposite field three-run home run to left and New Hampshire increased the lead to 14-5. They scored three more in the seventh on Rafael Lantigua's three run home run, his second home run in as many nights to hold a 17-5 advantage.

Wyatt Young's RBI double and Brett Baty's two-run double in the eighth cut the New Hampshire lead to 17-8 and that score would hold. Four New Hampshire players had three hits.

The Ponies will continue their series with the Fisher Cats on Friday evening. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM with pregame coverage beginning at 6:50 PM on NewsRadio 1290 WNBF and 92.1 FM. 

POSTGAME NOTES: Baty extended his hit-streak to 11 games and finished 2-5 with four RBI… Mauricio went 2-4 with two home runs. Jeremy Vasquez reached base four times.

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