Cats score two in ninth to double up Honkers

Pinch-hitter Donnie Sellers singled home the winning run in the ninth inning on Sunday, handing the Thunder Bay Border Cats their third straight Northwoods League victory.

The Cats, who trailed 2-1 heading into the eighth, added another run in their final at bat to double up the Northern Division-leading Rochester Honkers 4-2.

Grant McKown, who leads the league with 15 RBI, plated the equalizer in the eighth, scoring Matt Batten, who walked, went to second on a Carter McEachern ground out and advanced to third on a wild pitch by Rochester reliever Joe DeRoche-Duffin.

Cats reliever Kyle Von Ruden, who took over in the fifth from starter Joey Benitez, was credited with the win after tossing 3.2 innings of perfect ball.

Mitch Kuebbing pitched a scoreless ninth to earn the save, his first of 2015.

The win pulled the Cats (7-5) to within a game-and-a-half of the Honkers (8-3) in the crowded divisional race that sees six teams with winning records