Fisher Cats 7, Baysox 5
- Updated: July 30, 2025
BOWIE, Md. – The New Hampshire Fisher Cats (11-17, 40-57) defeated the Chesapeake Baysox (12-17, 43-53) at Prince George’s Stadium on Wednesday afternoon, 7-5.
Trailing 2-0 in the top of the third inning, New Hampshire right fielder Devonte Brown crushed a 442-foot solo home run as the first of five unanswered runs in the Fisher Cats’ midweek win.
Fisher Cats righty Grant Rogers (W, 4-6) surrendered a pair of two-run homers and fell one out short of what would’ve been his seventh consecutive start of six innings or more, with five of those quality starts. Rogers allowed four runs on eight hits and struck out six batters to no walks in 5 2/3 innings of work. With two outs in the fifth inning, Rogers surrendered a double, two-run homer, and a base hit to end his day.
Righty Nate Garkow picked up the final out of the sixth inning and dealt 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief with one strikeout. Reliever Alex Amalfi allowed one run in one inning of relief before Conor Larkin (S, 5) pitched the bottom of the ninth inning. Despite Chesapeake bringing the winning run to the plate in the ninth, Larkin shut the door to capture his fifth save of the year.
Top takeaways:
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SS Cade Doughty drove in a run, extended hit streak to 11 games
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RF Devonte Brown crushes sixth homer of the year
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1B Jackson Hornung doubles, records multi-hit game
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RHP Nate Garkow works his 13th scoreless relief outing
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RHP Conor Larkin notches fifth save of the year
Starting his Major League rehab assignment with Chesapeake, Tyler Wells retired all six batters he faced in two innings and struck out one. Right-hander Zach Fruit (L, 0-3) took over in the top of the third inning and went on to toss 3 2/3 innings, allowing five runs on six hits with six punchouts.
Baysox first baseman Adam Retzbach cracked a one-out, two-run shot in the bottom of the first inning as Chesapeake took an early 2-0 lead.
The Fisher Cats responded in the top of the third inning when Brown drilled a 442-foot solo homer to cut the deficit to 2-1. New Hampshire added two more runs in the top of the fourth on a double from second baseman Ryan McCarty before designated hitter Je’Von Ward cashed in McCarty on a sacrifice fly to put the Cats in front, 3-2.
Devonte Brown’s home run on Wednesday was his third following the MLB All-Star break and his fourth of the month of July, second-most by a Fisher Cats batter this month. Five of Brown’s eight hits in July have been for extra-bases.
New Hampshire added to its lead in the top of the fifth inning when catcher Nicolas Deschamps led off with a walk and first baseman Jackson Hornung followed with a double. After Deschamps raced home on a wild pitch, shortstop Cade Doughty singled to plate Hornung and make it a 5-2 game.
With his single in the top of the fifth, Doughty moved his hit streak to 11 games and is hitting .395 (17-for-43) since the streak began on July 12.
A two-run homer from Chesapeake center fielder Frederick Bencosme cut New Hampshire’s lead to 5-4 in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Fisher Cats responded with two runs in the top of the seventh inning when Brown reached on a hit-by-pitch and came around to score on a wild pitch. Doughty drove in his second run of the game on a sacrifice fly to center field that brought home Deschamps to make it 7-4.
The Fisher Cats and Baysox play the third game of their six-game series at 6:35 p.m. on Thursday night. Right-hander Trey Gibson (3-2, 1.96 ERA) gets the start for Chesapeake and New Hampshire’s starter is to be determined.
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