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June 03. 2012 1:49AM

29 innings, two losses for Fisher Cats

TRENTON, N.J.---The Fisher Cats and Trenton battled through 29 innings to complete two games at Waterfront Park Saturday night into Sunday morning with the Thunder earning two walk-off wins over New Hampshire, 3-2 in 14 innings and 6-5 in 15 innings.

The Thunder (31-22), winners of six straight games, earned a 6-5 victory over the Fisher Cats in the regularly scheduled game, which ended at 12:35 Sunday morning with Shane Brown delivering an RBI single, scoring Kevin Mahoney.

Brown (1-0), who pitched the top of the 15th inning, earned the win. Aaron Loup (0-2) took the loss for the Fisher Cats.

Trenton (30-23) jumped out quickly for two runs in the bottom of the first inning. Abraham Almonte walked and moved to third on a single by Zoilo Almonte. They then completed a double steal for a 1-0 lead as Abraham Almonte stole home. Zoilo Almonte scored from second on a single to right by Damon Sublett to make it 2-0.

The Fisher Cats (20-33) battled back to tie in the top of the third inning. Sean Ochinko hit the first pitch of the inning for his third home run off Thunder starter Mikey O'Brien (2-2). Brad McElroy (3-for-5) bunted for a base hit, but was erased on a Ryan Goins fielders choice. John Tolisano doubled, scoring Goins, to tie the game at 2-2.

New Hampshire took the lead in the top of the fourth inning, putting together five singles by Brian Bocock, Kevin Howard, Mark Sobolewski, McElroy and Goins for three runs and a 5-2 lead.

Trenton scored an unearned run in the bottom of the sixth inning and tied it on solo home runs in the eighth by Cody Johnson and Damon Sublett. Johnson's homer was his Eastern League-leading 15th.

Deck McGuire started for the Fisher Cats, allowing three runs (two earned) in 5-1/3 innings. He allowed three hits but walked five. McGuire had eight strikeouts. Matt Wright and Scott Gracey also worked in relief for the Fisher Cats. Gracey tossed four scoreless innings with three strikeouts.

Thunder 3, Fisher Cats 2 (14 innings): It took 14 innings over two nights, but the Trenton Thunder emerged with a 3-2 win at home over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats Saturday night.

The game began on Friday and was tied 2-2 in the eighth inning before rain halted it. The teams picked up the action Saturday, but there was no scoring until Jose Pirela homered with one out in the bottom of the 14th inning to win the game.

The teams then had to play the regularly scheduled game afterwards, which ended too late for early editions of the New Hampshire Sunday News.

The Fisher Cats had a chance to take the lead in the top of the 14th when Brad Glenn and Brian Jeroloman hit back-to-back singles with one out. But Thunder pitcher Ryan Pope got Justin Jackson and Ryan Goins to strike out to end the threat.

New Hampshire's Matt Daly, the fifth Fisher Cats pitcher in the game, got Abraham Almonte swinging to open the 14th before Pirela hit the ball over the left field fence to end the game. It was Pirela's first homer of the season.

The Fisher Cats scored two runs in the eighth inning on Friday to tie the game at 2-2. Jeroloman walked to open the frame and moved to third on a double from Jackson. Goins followed with a triple to drive two runs home.

Trenton had taken a 2-0 lead with a pair in the bottom of the sixth. Kevin Mahoney singled to get things started and Jose Gil moved him over with a bunt.

Addison Maruszak doubled, scoring Mahoney. Maruszak stole third base and Pirela plated him on an infield single.

Pirela and Mahoney had three hits each for Trenton while Goins and Glenn picked up three hits each for New Hampshire.

The teams meet again today at 1:05 p.m. and again on Monday in a 10:35 a.m. game.

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