Manchester, NH [July 2, 2017]   Ryan McBroom homered and doubled twice but first-place Trenton swept a doubleheader from the Fisher Cats on Sunday night at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.

The Thunder (53-28) flirted with a no-hitter in the nightcap despite walking nine batters. McBroom led off the bottom of the sixth with a two-base hit and scored on a single by Alex Monsalve. He ripped a second double in the bottom of the seventh inning, but the Fisher Cats lost 6-3.

Trenton's first four hitters had hits, all scoring runs. CF Tito Polo, who went 6-for-10 in the twinbill, started the scoring with an RBI double.

Matt Dean drew a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the fourth inning for New Hampshire's other run, which came off winning reliever Caleb Frare (2-2). Kender Villegas (1-2) took the loss for New Hampshire (32-49).

In the opener, Trenton scored six runs in both the fourth and sixth innings in a 14-3 rout. Jorge Mateo's grand slam in the sixth inning capped a five RBI game. Polo and Rashad Crawford hit solo homers earlier in the contest to pace the Thunder offense.

Domingo Acevedo (3-0) picked up the win, working the first five innings for Trenton. He allowed eight hits, walked two and struck out seven. Francisco Rios (3-7) took the loss for New Hampshire. McBroom hit his team-leading 10th home run leading off the bottom of the seventh inning.

The Fisher Cats and Thunder meet again on Monday at 7:05 p.m. at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.


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Posted 7/2/17