MANCHESTER, N.H. — Hunter Stovall’s two-run double in the ninth broke a tie game and lifted the Hartford Yard Goats to a 3-1 win over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in an Eastern League Northeast Division game on Thursday night.
With the game tied 1-1 in the ninth, Daniel Cope got the Yard Goats started with a one-out single off Manchester reliever Sean Rackoski. Tyler Hill followed with another single and Stovall drove in both with his double.
With the win, Hartford (48-30) has won two of the first three games of the six-game series and improves to 5-4 in the second half.
The Yard Goats’ Michael Baird pitched seven solid innings, allowing a run on four hits with 10 strikeouts but got no decision. PJ Poulin (3-1) picked up the win in relief and Gavin Hollowell earned his 11th save, Stovall had three of Hartford’s six hits on the night.