Fisher Cats 1, Rumble Ponies 0
- Updated: April 7, 2025
MANCHESTER – The New Hampshire Fisher Cats (1-1) won their first game of the 2025 season by beating the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (1-1), 1-0 Sunday at Delta Dental Stadium.
New Hampshire and Binghamton pitchers combined for 26 strikeouts and surrendered two walks in a game that was played in two hours and five minutes.
New Hampshire starting Rafael Sanchez retired seven of the first eight Ponies batters with five strikeouts in five scoreless innings and allowed two hits and a walk. Right-hander Ryan Watson (W, 1-0) earned his first career Double-A win with four shutout innings and five strikeouts to secure the first Fisher Cats win of the year and split the weekend with Binghamton.
Ponies starter Nolan McLean struck out eight batters in four scoreless innings on three hits. Binghamton reliever Felipe De La Cruz (L, 0-1) surrendered the decisive run, unearned, in the bottom of the sixth inning on a throwing error from right fielder Omar De Los Santos to third base.
The Rumble Ponies held the New Hampshire bats silent with two hits across the first five innings. Right fielder Jace Bohrofen legged out an infield single to lead off the bottom of the sixth inning. First baseman Peyton Williams singled to right field, before the long throw from De Los Santos skipped into the Ponies’ dugout to plate Bohrofen and give the Cats the only run they needed.
Williams led New Hampshire with two hits, a double and a single, while catcher Robert Brooks, center fielder Devonte Brown and left fielder Yohendrick Piñango all picked up hits.
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