THUNDER BAY – Sam Stern was looking for a fastball and he got it.
The Thunder Bay Border Cats newcomer laced a two-out line drive to centre to cap a ninth-inning rally, the RBI single scoring Brody Chrisman from third with the game-winning run, the second run of the inning as the Cats rallied from 7-6 down to pull out an improbable 8-7 triumph over the La Crosse Loggers in front of more than 1,000 fans at Port Arthur Stadium.
It helped salvage a game that saw Thunder Bay open up a 6-2 lead after five innings, only to allow the first-half champion Loggers right back into it, eventually taking a 7-6 lead in the eighth when Matthew Miura singled to right against Cats relieve Mason Lemons to score Sebastian David and Luke Anderson.
Border Cats manager J.M. Kelly, whose team is now 3-1 to start the second half, said he told his hitters to aim for positive results, especially once Iffrig reached, loading the bases and setting up a force play at any bag. Thunder Bay starter Julian Parson, who entered the game with a 16.20 ERA, found trouble in the first. Doubles by Luke Anderson and Case Sanderson made it 1-0 and Sanderson later scored on a fielder’s choice with Ryan Kucherak at the plate.
Cole Ketzner slammed a ball over the fence and through the trees in left to give Thunder Bay its first lead of the night. With two on Stern singled in another run and Thomas Cooper, making his Border Cats debut, plated another to make it 5-2 through three.
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