CT Tigers' Defensive Woes Result in 3-2 11 Inning Loss In Game 1 of NY-Penn League Semi-Finals To Tri-City

The Tigers defense committed 5 errors and nullified the brilliant pitching performances by Confesor Lara, Josh Laxer and Johan Belisario. The Tigers out-hit Tri-City but lost game one of the NY-Penn League semi-finals 3-2 in 11 innings.

Wednesday, September 3, 2014
at Dodd Stadium, Norwich, CT

2014 NY-Penn League Semi-Finals Game 1

Tri-City Valley Cats (1-0) 3
at Connecticut Tigers (0-1) 2

11 innings

WP-Tri-City: Daniel Mengden (1-0), Save-Ryan Thompson (1)
LP-TIGERS: Paul Voelker (0-1)

Starting Pitchers:
TIGERS-Confesor Lara (7 IP 2 R 3 H, 7 K, 2 BB)
Tri-City: Joe Musgrove (6 IP, 1R, 7 H, 7 K, 1 BB)

TIGERS Batting: 2B-Ben Verlander (1), Franklin Navarro (1), 3B-Will Maddox (1), RBI-Ben Verlander (1), Will Maddox (1)

Tri-City Batting: 2B-Terrell Joyce (1), 3B-Terrell Joyce (1), HR-Derek Fisher (1), RBI-Derek Fisher (1), Alfredo Gonzalez (1)

Time (3:42)
Attendance (1509)

Tigers trail Tri-City (1 game to 0)