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If only baseball was a two-out game. The Thunder Bay Border Cats on Friday night excelled setting aside a couple of batters without any damage. It was the third out that proved more elusive.

It’ll be a new-look blue-line in Pittsburgh this fall.

It’s a rarity that a game starts in one country and ends in another. But that’s exactly the fate facing the Thunder Bay Border Cats and Duluth Huskies on Wednesday.

THUNDER BAY -- Even though the team fell well short of their goals, a veteran Thunder Bay Chill defender continues to pick up personal accolades.

THUNDER BAY -- Michael Daley had the Waterloo Bucks number for three innings.

Robb Paller is developing a flare for late-inning dramatics.

THUNDER BAY -- Carter Hutton expected he’d have to learn on the job last season. He wasn’t expecting a trial by fire.

With seven games scheduled over a four-day stretch later in the week, the Thunder Bay Border Cats need all the help they can get from their already decimated rotation.

THUNDER BAY -- Pavel Krainik has come to understand the perils of being the top seed in a tennis tournament. As he showed Sunday, Krainik is also starting to learn how handle the pressure of having the No. 1 in front of his name on a draw sheet.

Baseball’s a nine-inning game. Playing well for eight of them isn’t good enough against a team in a playoff chase.