July 5, 2025 – Eastern League (EL)
New Hampshire Fisher Cats News Release
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats (3-7, 32-47) and the Portland Sea Dogs (4-6, 38-39) Hadlock Field at 6:00 PM EDT on Saturday night.
LAST TIME OUT
The Fisher Cats lost their second game to the Sea Dogs this week at Hadlock Field on Friday night, 7-1. New Hampshire’s lone run scored with two outs in the top of the ninth inning when Peyton Williams crushed a homer to right-center field to finalize the scoring at 7-1. The 403-foot blast was Williams’ eighth round-tripper of the year.
Williams collected two of the Cats’ five hits in Friday night’s loss. The other three New Hampshire base knocks came from Jace Bohrofen, Charles McAdoo and Alex Stone as the Cats were outhit 10-5.
With a single in the top of the fourth inning, McAdoo extended his on-base streak to 25 games, and he has hit safely in nine straight games. In his last 10 games, McAdoo has hit .333 with 13 hits, three homers and seven runs driven in, while slashing .381/.590/.971. The corner infielder has hit safely in 20 of his last 21 games, dating back to June 5.
New Hampshire’s Kendry Rojas (L, 0-1) made his Double-A debut and retired 11 of the first 12 batters he faced with five strikeouts. The lefty pitched into the bottom of the fifth inning before being replaced by reliever Alex Amalfi with runners on second and third and two outs. Amalfi allowed a single to Portland’s Mikey Romero that plated both runs before surrendering two more runs on an Allan Castro single. Rojas finished with three earned runs on four hits and five punchouts in his first start for the Fisher Cats. Amalfi recorded one out and was charged with one earned run on two hits. Relievers Michael Dominguez and Justin Kelly took care of the sixth, seventh and eighth innings. Dominguez gave up one earned in and struck out one in two innings of relief. The Sea Dogs tagged Kelly for two earned runs in one inning of work.
Right-hander Tanner Houck (W, 1-0) made a major league rehab appearance for the Sea Dogs and tossed five scoreless innings and allowing three hits with four strikeouts. Portland’s Payton Tolle (S, 1) followed by allowing one earned on two hits and eight punchouts in four innings of work.
PITCHING MATCHUP
New Hampshire’s Juaron Watts-Brown (1-2, 3.06 ERA) gears up for his eighth start in a Fisher Cats uniform this season. Through seven outings, Watts-Brown surrendered 12 earned runs in 35-1/3 innings pitched with 36 strikeouts to 17 walks….
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