Minor Leagues: Lanigan pitches Rock Cats to win over Thunder, 3-2

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - The Trenton Thunder sent a major-leaguer to the mound, but the New Britain Rock Cats' Bobby Lanigan stole the show with a big-league performance before his offense walked away with a victory in the ninth.

It was Chris Parmelee's bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth that won it for the Cats, 3-2.

New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes, in a rehab assignment, held the Rock Cats scoreless until the fourth inning. Parmelee worked a leadoff walk and moved to third on Yangervis Solarte's one-out base hit. Parmelee scored on Brian Dozier's single. Hughes was removed from the game after facing Dozier due to a predetermined pitch count. It was Lanigan, however, who turned in an impressive performance as he limited the Thunder to one run on five hits in eight innings.

Friday's game between the Lakewood BlueClaws and the Delmarva Shorebirds was rained out. The BlueClaws will host a doubleheader Saturday night.

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