Tuesday, July 20, 2021 | 7:05 p.m. | Delta Dental Stadium | Manchester, N.H. | Game 64 NEW HAMPSHIRE FISHER CATS (28-34) vs. READING FIGHTIN PHILS (26-40) RHP Maximo Castillo (6-2, 5.23) RHP Francisco Morales (2-7, 6.84) 2021 AT A GLANCE FISHER CATS RIDE SEVEN RUN FIFTH INNING TO SERIES VICTORY: LJ Talley hit his sixth home run Home 12-16 of the year and every Fisher Cat in the starting lineup recorded at least one hit as the Fisher Cats took the Road 16-18 series finale in Hartford, 7-4. All seven runs for New Hampshire were pushed across in the fifth inning. After Day 6-7 starting pitcher Elvis Luciano left the game in the first inning, the Fisher Cats used five different relievers Night 22-27 over the final eight frames en route to securing the first win of the year for Marcus Reyes and first save of Extra Innings 3-3 the year for Sean Rackoski. 1-Run Games 2-10 2-Run Games 5-6 3-Run Games 4-4 VINNY CAPRA NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK: During the Fisher Cats' 4-2 road series win over the 4+Run Games 17-14 Hartford Yard Goats last week at Dunkin' Donuts Park, Capra hit .455 with two home runs, three doubles, Last 5 Games 3-2 two triples, nine RBI, and a blistering 1.584 OPS in six games. Capra is hitting .372 on the season with an Last 10 Games 5-5 OPS of 1.093, and his six home runs on the year is already a career high. His BABIP is an even .500. Capra Doubleheaders 0-1-2 becomes the second Fisher Cat to pick up a weekly award following Gabriel Moreno, who also picked up the May 9-14 player of the week award following a series with Hartford back in June. June 13-12 July 6-8 UP NEXT: The Fisher Cats and Reading meet for the first time in 2021 this week. Next week, the Fisher August 0-0 Cats will meet Portland for games 23-28 in the season series with the Sea Dogs at Hadlock Field. September 0-0 Lead after 7 17-4 BOB LIPMAN’S THIS DATE IN FISHER CATS HISTORY: July 20, 2019—The Fisher Cats won at Reading Tied after 7 4-4 9-4. Nash Knight doubled in a run, and Riley Adams hit a sacrifice fly to give New Hampshire a 2-0 lead in Behind after 7 6-26 the third inning they would not give up. Knight went 3-for-4, Adams finished 2-for-4, and Kevin Smith hit a Lead after 8 21-2 two-run homer. Joey Murray (4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER) started and Justin Dillon (5.0 IP, 4 H, 3 ER) finished up. Tied after 8 4-1 Behind after 8 1-24 Scores First 19-16 MANCHESTER BOSTON REGIONAL AIRPORT FLIGHT TO THE MAJORS: Ross Stripling gave up six Opp Scores First 9-18 earned runs in .1 innings pitched as the Blue Jays trailed wire to wire in their 13-4 loss to the Red Sox. NH 10+ Hits 17-7 Cavan Biggio hit his seventh home run of the season, but the Red Sox offense proved too strong to Opp 10+ Hits 4-14 overcome in game one of the series. The Blue Jays have formally announced their plans to return home to Opp Starts RH 23-30 th Opp Starts LH 5-4 Toronto beginning on July 30 . Buffalo hosts Syracuse in Trenton this week, as Vancouver hosts Everett in Hillsboro and Dunedin hosts Lakeland at TD Ballpark. The FCL Jays picked up a doubleheader sweep over Comeback Wins 14 the FCL Tigers, winning 10-2 and 15-3. W-L in Last AB 4-5 Walk-off W/L 2-1 RECENT ROSTER MOVES: No moves the last five days. Shutouts by NH 2 Shutouts by OPP 2 STARTERS: Sunday 4-5 Monday 0-0 Tuesday 5-6 Maximo Castillo will take the mound for the series opener coming off of one of his best outings as a Wednesday 3-5 professional. Last time out, Castillo fanned a season-high eight while allowing three runs on just two hits in a Thursday 4-9 no-decision. His 5.1 innings pitched was his longest start of the year, although he did go six innings in a relief Friday 7-2 appearance earlier in the season. This month, batters have been held to just .204 against Castillo and his Saturday 5-7 WHIP over the first four appearances in July is 1.13. White Tops 9-9 Blue Tops 13-15 Castillo is going up against Francisco Morales, a 21-year old from Venezuela in his fourth year of professional Red Tops 4-9 baseball. Morales is the reigning Double-A Northeast pitcher of the week, following a six inning, one hit Mountain Men 0-1 performance against league-leading Portland last week. Previously, Morales threw six no-hit innings in Gatos Feroces 2-0 Reading’s July 3rd combined no-hitter of Erie. Through three starts in July, opponents are hitting just .123 Alternate Jerseys 0-0 Postponements H: 4 A: 4 against Morales, as his WHIP has plummeted to 0.88 in July. Morales did not make it out of the fourth inning Cancellations H: 0 A: 1 until his ninth start in Double-A on June 22nd, but since then has gone into the fifth or sixth on each of his next Longest Win Streak 7 appearances. Longest Losing Streak 5, 2x Players Used 40 Date Time Opponent Fisher Cats Probable Opponent Probable Wed. July 21 7:05 p.m. vs. Readng RHP Reilly Hovis (0-1, 5.93) LHP Josh Hendrickson (3-1, 3.25) Thu. July 22 7:05 p.m. vs. Reading RHP Johnny Barbato (1-2, 4.57) RHP Jack Perkins (2-1, 3.89) Fri. July 23 7:05 p.m. vs. Reading Sat. July 24 7:05 p.m. vs. Reading Sun. July 25 1:35 p.m. vs. Reading 2021 SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS – T (ties record), N (new record) TEAM HITTING: FISHER CATS vs. AA NORTHEAST LEAGUE Most Runs, Game…………… 15, 6/19 vs. Hartford Most Runs, Inning………….. 8, 3x, 6/23 at Bowie (8th) Eastern Home Away 2021 All-Time . Most Hits, Game………………. 22, 6/19 vs. Hartford Most Hits, Inning……………….. 7, 7/18 at Hartford (5th) Binghamton (18) 1-5 1-4 2-9 150-160 Fewest Hits, Game……………… 1, 6/26 at Bowie Most Doubles, Game……………… 6, 6/11 at Portland Hartford (24) 3-3 4-2 7-5 52-43 Most Triples, Game……………… 2, 7/17 at Hartford Most Home Runs, Game……… 4, 2x, 6/25 at Bowie Portland (36) 4-6 5-7 9-13 187-212 Most Consec. HR, Game…………. 2, 6/13 at Portland Most Consec. Game with a HR…… 7, 6/2-6/9 (3-current) Reading (12) 0-0 0-0 0-0 123-110 Most Home Runs, Month…… 34, June Most Total Bases, Game…………... 32, 2x, 6/20 vs. Hartford Somerset (12) 4-2 2-3 6-5 6-5 Most Extra Base Hits, Game………. 8, 6/11 at Portland v. Northeast (102) 12-16 12-16 24-32 Most Walks……………………… 13, 6/22 at Bowie Most Strikeouts…………………… 18, 5/15 vs. Somerset Akron (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 39-56 Most Stolen Bases, Game…………. 5, 6/24 at Bowie Most GIDP, Game………………… 3, 7/7 at Binghamton Altoona (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 48-52 Left on Base…………………………. 15, 5/4 at Portland Consec. Scoreless Innings………… 17.1, 6/25-6/27 Bowie (6) 0-0 4-2 4-2 55-59 INDIVIDUAL HITTING Erie (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 50-47 Most Runs, Game…………………… 4, Samad Taylor, 6/8 at Portland Most Hits, Game…………………….. T- 5, Austin Martin, 6/19 vs. Hartford Harrisburg (12) 0-0 0-0 0-0 52-64 Most Doubles, Game……………….. 2, 11x, Otto Lopez, 7/14 at Hartford Richmond (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 25-34 Most Triples, Game………………… 1, 11x, VinnY Capra, 7/17 at Hartford Most Home Runs, Game…………… 2, 6x, Vinny Capra, 7/14 at Hartford v. Southwest (18) 0-0 4-2 4-2 Most Home Runs, Month………….. T-9, Samad Taylor (June) Most RBI, Game…………………….. 6, 2x, Jordan Groshans, 6/25 at Bowie Totals 12-16 16-18 28-34 1130-1188 Most RBI, Month…………………….. 26, Gabriel Moreno, June Most Walks, Game………………….. 4, Gabriel Moreno, 6/22 at Bowie FISHER CATSSERIES vs. AAFISHER BREAKDOWN NORTHEAST CATSFISHER vs. LEAGUEFISHER CATSAA NORTHEAST vs. CATS FISHER AA NORTHEAST vs. CATSLEAGUEAA NORTHEAST vs.Most LEAGUEAA Strikeouts,NORTHEAST LEAGUE Game………… LEAGUE…... T-5, Samad Taylor, 5/27G1 at Somerset Longest Hit Streak………………….. 17, Otto Lopez, 5/6-5/27G1 4G 5G 6G 7G 8G Consec. Games On Base………….. 29, Samad Taylor, 6/1-current Won --- --- 4 --- --- Consec. Hitless At-Bats…………….. 22, Brock Lundquist, 5/14-6/6 Lost --- 2 3 --- --- Most Stolen Bases, Game………….. 3, Samad Taylor, 5/29G1 at Somerset Split --- --- 1 --- --- Sweeps --- --- --- --- --- TEAM PITCHING: Opp. Sweeps --- --- --- --- --- Most Runs Allowed………………… 12, 3x, 5/29G2 at Somerset st Home 0-0 0-0 1-2-1 0-0 0-0 Most Runs, Inning…………………. 7, 5/29G2 at Somerset (1 ) Away 0-0 0-2 3-1 0-0 0-0 Most Hits Allowed………………….. 16, 6/29 vs. Portland Most Hits, Inning…………………… 7, 7/4G1 vs.