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David Smith belted a two run homer in the top of the eleventh inning to win it for the Fisher Cats in their 7-5 vistory over the Thunder.  Rob Cosby also had a big day at the plate.   He went two for five with a double, a homerun and three RBIs.

Jesse Carlson picked up the win and he improved to 7-1 on the season. He gave up just one hit in 2 1/3 innings of relief.  Kyle Yates threw 6 2/3 shutout innings in a nice start.

Talk about an impressive comeback.  The Fisher Cats scored five runs in the top of the ninth to send the game into extra frames after being down 5-0 and then David Smith doubled home Ryan Patterson in the top of the tenth for the winning run.  Robinzon Diaz had a big three run homer in that ninth inning and he finished the game three for six.

Matt Roney picked up the win and he improved to 2-1 on the season.  He pitched a shutout ninth but it was an important inning.

Eric Fowler was shelled in the Fisher Cats 12-1 blowout loss to New Britain.  He gave up eight runs on eleven hits and one walk with one strikeout in just 3 2/3 innings of work and the loss drops him to 2-4 on the season.

David Smith drove in the only run of the game for the Fisher Cats.  He had just one hit but it was a solo homerun that was his fifth of the year.

Yusaku Iriki didn’t pick up the win, but he threw six solid innings in the Fisher Cats 5-1 win over Erie.  He gave up one run on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts.  Jesse Carlson picked up the win with a 2 2/3 innings of shutout relief.

Rob Cosby was the hitting star in the win.  He went three for four with a double, an RBI and a run.  David Smith went two for four with a double and two RBIs.

Akron took it to the Fisher Cats in a 10-4 game and David Purcey was simply dismantled in this game. He was tagged with all ten runs on twelve hits and three walks in just 3 2/3 innings.

David Smith was the hitting star.  He doubled twice and he scored two of the four runs.

Russ Savickas had a nice start and he improved to 1-1 in the Fisher Cats 3-2 win over Reading.  He gave up two runs on eight hits and four walks with two strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.

David Smith was the hitting star.  He went three for four with three doubles and a run.  Robinson Diaz hit a solo homerun in the win.

David Purcey lost his first start of the season and dropped to 3-1 in the Fisher Cats 10-5 loss.  He gave up six runs on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.

David Smith provided most of the offense in the loss with a three run homer.  Aaron Mathews went one for four with two RBIs and a run.

Robinson Diaz drove in three runs on two hits in the Fisher Cats 7-5 win.  Manuel Mayorson drove in two runs while Aaron Mathews and David Smith each scored two runs.

Michael MacDonald had a mixed start.  He gave up five runs but just one of them was earned and he gave up just three hits and three walks in 6 1/3 innings.  Jo Matumoto picked up the win with 1 2/3 innings of no-hit ball.

The Fisher Cats lost to Portland 4-2 and Kyle Yates took the loss.  He gave up three runs on six hits and four walks with two strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.

David Smith singled, drew a walk and scored.  Chip Cannon was the only Fisher Cat to reach base three times and he did it with a single and two walks.

While Justin James took the loss in the Fisher Cats 5-2 loss, he didn’t throw all that bad at least from what the box score indicates.  He gave up just one run on two hits and a walk with three strikeouts in four innings of work.  The problem was, three different relievers each gave up at least a run and that had as much to do with the Fisher Cats losing then anything.

The lack of offense didn’t help either.  Robinson Diaz drove in both runs in a nice game.  He went three for four with a double.  David Smith went two for four with two doubles and a run.

Michael MacDonald threw a fine game against New Britain today.  He picked up the win and improve to 2-0 and he gave up two runs on eleven hits with three strikeouts in seven innings.

Erik Kratz had a big day at the plate.  He went three for three with two doubles, a run and an RBI.  David Smith singled and drove in two runs.