The Harrisburg Senators and Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies) play game three of their six-game series tonight at Dunkin’ Donuts Park in downtown Hartford, CT. This is the second and final series between the two teams this season. They played a six-game series in April at FNB Field, with Hartford taking four of the six games.
The Senators scored first, taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning but couldn’t expand on the lead and fell to Hartford 6-2. The Sens scored first on a single by Dondrei Hubbard in the first inning, but Erie tallied three times in the second to take the lead. Andrew Young homered in the fourth to trim the deficit to 3-2, but the Senators couldn’t keep Hartford at bay, with the Yard Goats scoring a run in the fourth and two in the ninth.
ABOUT THE YARD GOATS: The Yard Goats, a Rockies affiliate since 2015, play their home games at Dunkin’ Donuts Park (6,056). The Yard Goats played on the road in 2016 before moving into Dunkin’ Donuts Park in 2017. The franchise began in New Britain in 1983 and has previously been affiliated with the Red Sox and Twins. The franchise has two EL Championships (both in New Britain), but they haven’t made the playoffs since 2009, missing one game in the first half.
LATEST HAPPENINGS: Harrisburg hit grand slams in back-to-back games this past weekend (Garcia on Saturday and Nogowski on Sunday). The Senators have homered in six straight games. They were errorless last night for the 48th time this season, and they’ve committed three just errors in July. Wilson Garcia is hitting .359 with 3 HRs, five doubles, and 10 RBIs over his past ten games. Gilbert Lara is 11-for-37 (.297) over his last ten games with an HR and 3 RBIs. Franklyn Kilome, over his last two starts, is 2-0 and has gone 15 innings allowing six hits and one run with 17 strikeouts.
Harrisburg Senators (35-48/5-9) vs. Hartford Yard Goats (50-33/7-7)
- LHP Tim Cate (4-3; 2.94 ERA) vs. LHP Nick Bush (6-6; 3.70
- Thursday, July 14 | 7:05 p.m. | Dunkin’ Donuts Park | Game 84
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