Robb Paller went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs as Thunder Bay rallied from a 5-0 deficit to beat Duluth 10-8 in Northwoods League baseball Wednesday night before 1,052 at Wade Stadium.
Jordan Serena added three hits, two runs and three RBIs for the Border Cats (12-18), who scored 30 runs and had 45 hits in sweeping the three-game series from the Huskies (8-23).
Trent Chatterton had three hits and two runs, and Keach Ballard added two hits, two runs and three RBIs to lead Duluth.
The teams committed three errors apiece.
The Huskies open a two-game set against the Waterloo Bucks at 6:35 p.m. today at Wade Stadium.
Wednesday’s Box Scores
Border Cats 10, Huskies 8
Thunder Bay Duluth
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Serena 2b 5 2 3 3 Greene ss 3 0 1 1
Blankmyr ss 5 1 2 1 Chatterton 2b 5 2 3 0
Rolland lf 5 0 1 0 Ballard 1b, 3b 5 2 2 3
Studer rf 0 0 0 0 Tinsley rf 5 0 2 0
Paller lf, rf 5 2 3 3 Michaels cf 6 0 1 0
Taormina 1b 5 0 0 0 Rodriguez lf 4 1 1 1
Kay cf 5 1 1 0 Brugnoni dh 5 0 2 1
Correa c, dh 4 1 1 1 Miroglio c 4 2 2 0
Collins 3b 4 2 2 1 Urabe 3b 2 1 0 0
Pattersn 1b 4 2 2 1 Hander 1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 13 9 Totals 41 8 14 6
Thunder Bay 000 042 400 - 10
Duluth 200 312 000 - 8
2B -Serena (2), Paller 2 (6), Chatterton 2 (2), Balard (5), Rodriguez (5). 3B-Serena (1). HP -Collins 2 (2), Miroglio (1), Urabe (1). SB -Blankmeyer (6), Greene (6), Miroglio (1). CS -Blankmeyer (3). E -Serena (2), Blankmeyer (7), Collins (2), Rodriguez 2 (3), Miroglio (2). LOB - Thunder Bay 5, Duluth 15.
IP H R ER BB SO
Thunder Bay
Kay 4.0 6 5 4 3 1
Peavy (W, 1-0) 2.0 4 3 3 1 2
Daley 2.0 2 0 0 2 1
Lequire (S, 1) 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Duluth
Christensen 6.0 6 6 5 0 4
Hellquist 0.0 2 2 2 0 0
Poppen (L, 0-3) 1.0 3 2 2 0 3
McElderry 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
WP - Kay 3 (8). HB -Kay 2 (4), Christensen 2 (4).
T - 3:04. A - 1,052.
