The Nashua Silver Knights are hoping their bats can offset their pitching woes/shortage.

But that needs to happen as soon as possible, because th Knights suffered their sixth staight loss Thursday night, blowing leads of 6-3 and 8-6 at the New Britain Bees.NB handed Nashua a tough 9-8 walk-off loss as Vincent Lombardo scored on a wild pitch uncorked by Knights reliever Jameson Dobis.

It added up to yet another close loss suffered by Nashua,now 20-26 as it heads to face Norwich tonight. The Sea Unicorns are now a full game up on Nashua in fourth place,the last playoff position.

Both teams had 10 hits and committed three errors. Nate Kearney had three hits and three RBIs to lead the Knights, who also got a two-run single by Mason Wilson.

A.J. Montejano proved a tough out for the Bees, going 3 for 4 with an RBI and three runs scored.