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Rain cools off Fisher Cats hot bats; doubleheader today

By Fisher Cats Media Relations - | May 19, 2022

Rafael Lantigua has been swinging a hot bat this month for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, who were rained out in Erie, Pa. on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of NH Fisher Cats)

ERIE, Pa. – Wednesday’s game between the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Erie Seawolves (Detroit Tigers) was been postponed due to rain.

The series will continue today with a doubleheader beginning at 4:35 p.m.

New Hampshire returns home on Tuesday, May 31 versus the Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox).

THE RETURN OF THE FISHER BATS: Tuesday’s 13-3 win marked the first time New Hampshire scored double-digit runs since their 10-2 win versus Reading on April 27. It was the Cats’ third time scoring 10+ runs this year. The seven-run, eight-hit ninth innings marked the largest output in a frame all season. The Cats also set a season-high mark for doubles (7) and extra-base hits (9). Eight Fisher Cats notched a hit, and six had multiple hits. Erie entered the series with the best BAA (.200) and WHIP (1.11) in the league.

OUT IN ERIE AND AKRON: The current two-week road trip marks the first time New Hampshire has traveled to Erie, Pennsylvania and Akron, Ohio since July 30 through August 4, 2019. The Fisher Cats took two of three from the RubberDucks, and all three games were one-run contests. The Cats lost two of three to the SeaWolves.

WHO’S HOT: Rafael Lantigua is 12-for-36 (.333) with four doubles and five RBIs in the month of May. He hit a double in three straight games from May 5-8. Lantigua went 4-for-5 with a double and three RBIs on May 17 at Erie. Tanner Morris is 15-for-43 (.349) with two doubles, a triple, two homers and eight walks this month. He has a .451 OBP in May. Morris is third in the league in OBP (.448) and fourth in walks (24).

Orelvis Martinez is 13-for-44 (.295) with a double, five homers and 14 RBIs this month. He hit .188 in April. Martinez leads the league in home runs with 11. John Aiello played three games against Binghamton and went 3-for-10 with two doubles, a homer and four RBIs.

SWINGING FOR THE FENCES: New Hampshire hit home runs in three of their six games last week, and the Fisher Cats went 2-1 in those games. NH is third in the Eastern League in homers with 41. Somerset has 47, and Richmond has 45. New Hampshire is 12-7 in games where they homer, and 4-10 when they do not. They have an 9-3 record when they homer twice or more in a game.

WHAMMY (x5): The Fisher Cats five home runs against Binghamton made for their second five-homer game of the season. The other came in a 9-7 win at Altoona on April 23. Prior to last night, the last time New Hampshire hit five big flies at Delta Dental Stadium was July 7, 2013, also versus Binghamton. The Fisher Cats have hit five homers at Delta Dental six times in their history, with the first coming on July 18, 2006 versus Portland. They have had another four five-homer games on the road.

THREE STRAIGHT AT THE PLATE: Sebastian Espino homered in his last at bat on Wednesday against Binghamton and then in his first two at bats of Thursday’s game. He is the second known Fisher Cat to homer in three consecutive at bats. Michael Negron did so in a three-homer game against Binghamton in 2005.

THIS DATE IN FISHER CATS’ HISTORY: May 18, 2016 – The Fisher Cats closed a road trip with an 8-2 win over the Sea Dogs at Hadlock Field. New Hampshire started fast with a four-run top of the first inning that included a three-run triple by KC Hobson. Matt Dean added a three-run homer in the sixth inning. Danny Barnes worked two innings of hitless relief to earn the win.

STOP HITTING ME: Zac Cook is the first minor leaguer on record to be hit seven times in his first six games of a season. The NH record for most hit-by-pitches in a season was set by Eric Thames in 2010 (18). Last season, Austin Martin was hit 14 times in the 56 games he played with New Hampshire before the Blue Jays traded him to the Royals organization. Cook has been hit by 15 pitches so far this year. The New Hampshire Fisher Cats have been hit by 33 pitches this season, the most in the Eastern League.

MUST-SEE ORELVIS: Orelvis Martinez is ranked the No. 2 prospect in the Blue Jays system to start the 2022 season. He has 25 hits this season, including 15 extra base hits (four doubles, 11 home runs). He has hit 11 homers to lead the team and is tied for third-most among all Double-A players and first in the E.L. His six homers in April were tops in the Blue Jays minor league organization.

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