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Goal-wise, it wasn’t a great season for Thunder Bay’s NHL contingent.

Unfazed by a pair of lead-changing solo shots in the ninth and 10th innings, the Thunder Bay Border Cats just kept plugging away Tuesday afternoon. Persistence paid off.

Dan Holcomb said he needed starter Chad Mayle to go deep on Monday night.

The world watched in horror last month when a tornado ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, killing 24. Cameron Wood, a rookie pitcher with the Thunder Bay Border Cats, was lucky to escape with his life.

Ryan Casillas thought he’d put the game away with a three-run blast in the fifth. Turns out, the pitching-short Thunder Bay Border Cats needed his help again, after nearly squandering a 10-run lead Sunday at Subway Field.

Leave it to a Canadian to get the job done when the weather’s cold. The Thunder Bay Border Cats came into their home opener Saturday night having been out-scored 17-4, leadiing to an 0-3 start.

Practice makes perfect. For the Thunder Bay Chill, the old adage has never been truer. Missing strikers Sullivan Silva and Sunny Omeregie, both sidelined due to injury, the Chill have had to invent ways to win.

Baseball fans in Thunder Bay will now have the opportunity to watch Border Cat games on their own TV.

The Thunder Bay Chill will be playing their season home opener at their home away from home.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats did not start the 2013 season on a winning note. The Northwoods League squad managed just four hits on the road on Wednesday night, falling 7-1 on opening day to the Willmar Stingers.