The Sens had won four straight and were feeling extremely good about themselves heading into last weekends final three games with the Erie SeaWolves. Since then the Sens have lost 4 straight games heading into this evening. They have also fallen to five games back in the Southwest Division standings. The Sens need to get rolling and in pretty quick order.

The Sens turn the page from last night and give the ball to Alex Clemmey looking for a big performance from the lefty who's provided a few on the year. Clemmey has pitched well of late. His last four starts he pitched very well. In July he’s pitched 16 innings, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits, walking 9 and striking out 13. If Clemmey can continue to cut down on his walks he can be extremely effective.

The Fisher Cats give the ball to RHP Austin Cates. Cates is making his 12th appearance for the Fisher Cats since his promotion from A+ Vancouver. Cates’s only win came in late May. He’s only gone more than 5 innings in a start twice this season. He has struggled thus far in July allowing 8 runs and 14 hits in 8 2/3 innings over 2 starts

There will likely be some weather in the nearby area at some point on Saturday evening. There looks like there will be a window to fit the ball game in but we’ll definitely have another Saturday to be weather aware on City Island. Senators and Fisher Cats for some Saturday night baseball at FNB Field. Line ups are out and first pitch is coming up at 6 o’clock. He’s walked 6 and struck out 8 in those starts.

New Hampshire Fisher Cats Lineup- 1. Nick Goodwin 2B 2. Arjun Nimmala SS 3. Eddie Micheletti Jr RF 4. Hedbert Perez DH 5. Victor Arias CF 6. Dub Gleed 3B 7. Jorge Burgos 1B 8. Carter Cunningham LF 9. Patrick Winkel C

Harrisburg Senators Lineup- 1. Johnathan Thomas RF 2. Devin Fitz-Gerald SS 3. Branden Boissiere DH 4. Sam Petersen CF 5. Sam Brown LF 6. Ethan Petry 1B 7. Kervin Pichardo 2B 8. Devin Ortiz 3B 9. Caleb Farmer C

Baseball can be a very tough sport sometimes. It’s not always cut and dry and a lot can happen in 9 innings of a game. Last night for the home team was a pretty easy one to figure out. 1-12 with runners in scoring position tells a story as old as time in a baseball game. You need to come up with timely hitting to win baseball games. They didnt. Isaac Lyon did everything he could to keep his team in the game in his 4 1/3 innings. Jared Simpson came in and also did a job over his 1 2/3 innings of work to keep the Sens in it going into the home half of the 6th. The offense never answered the bell. New Hampshire took full advantage of it scoring 1 in the 7th and 2 in the 8th to put the game out of reach. The Sens would score one in the 8th and once again leave the bases loaded like they did several times on the evening. Issac Lyon took the loss but this one, on this night, fell squarely on the offense. The Sens bats need to turn things around and quickly to stay in the thick of things in the 2nd half.

On Deck…

The Sens and Fisher Cats will play Game 3, the final game of this series tomorrow afternoon at FNB Field. The Sens are likely to use a TBD Opener for tomorrow afternoon’s matinee match up. The Fisher Cats will hand the ball to Toronto Blue Jays # 3 overall prospect Nolan Perry. Perry was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 12th round, 368th overall, in the 2022 MLB Draft. He’s only 22 years of age. First pitch for tomorrow afternoon’s series finale is scheduled for 1 o’clock.

In the hole…

After the completion of the New Hampshire series, the Senators will stay in town for a rare back to back home series. After the off day on Monday, the Sens will welcome the Reading Fightin’ Phils to FNB Field for a six game set. Game 1 is scheduled for Tuesday evening at 6:30PM. Tuesday and Thursday-Saturday are all night games starting at either 6:00 (Saturday), 6:30 (Tues, Thursday) or 7:00 (Friday). Wednesday (12:00PM) and Sunday (1:00PM) are afternoon matinee match ups.