



Ronald Herrera and Jonathan Holder combined to throw the first nine inning no-hitter by the Thunder at ARM & HAMMER Park in a 4-0 victory on Tuesday night over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.

The no-hitter is the first in franchise history since Tyler Clippard threw a no-hitter on August 9, 2006 at Harrisburg. Jeanmar Gomez delivered a perfect game against the Thunder at ARM & HAMMER Park on May 21, 2009, Tuesday night was the first nine inning no-hitter thrown by the Thunder in their home park.

The game began after a 47-minute rain delay and took off at a brisk pace. Herrera allowed a one out walk in the first inning to Jon Berti and retired the next six men he faced before hitting Jorge Flores with a pitch in the third. Following the hit by pitch, Herrera retired the next 12 batters consecutively to bring his no-hitter into the seventh inning. Rowdy Tellez managed a five-pitch walk against the right-hander; who would then strike out K.C. Hobson to finish the inning. In the eighth, Herrera got Wilkin Castillo to ground out, struck out Shane Opitz, then got Ian Parmley to ground out harmlessly to the second baseman, Tyler Wade. After 105 pitches, Jonathan Holder took the place of Herrera on the mound and completed the no-hitter.

As with any no-hitter or perfect game, outstanding defensive plays loomed large as the final outs ticked down. In the fifth inning, 1B Dan Fiorito made a diving stop on a hard hit ground ball off the bat of Wilkin Castillo. In the ninth inning, Roemon Fields hit a high chopper back to the middle and the Thunder reliever, Holder, leaped in the air and grabbed the ball before it could get past the pitchers mound to get the second out of the inning. Holder then struck out Jon Berti to finish the game with a fastball at the knees and sent the Thunder into a jubilant high-five and hug line.

The Thunder offense managed all four of their runs in the fifth inning when they sent ten men to the plate. Juan Silva plated the first run with an RBI double and after a walk by Cito Culver, Tyler Wade worked a bases loaded walk and Jake Cave drove in another to take a 3-0 lead. After a pitching change and a pair of strikeouts from Brady Dragmire, Kyle Higashioka worked a second bases loaded walk to take a 4-0 lead.

Your Thunder will play the finale of their series with the Fisher Cats on Wednesday morning at 10:30am. LHP Dietrich Enns will start for the Thunder, RHP Casey Lawrence will throw for the Fisher Cats. Listen live to Thunder baseball on 91.3 FM WTSR and online at TrentonThunder.com.