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The New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, have achieved a rare feat, never before seen in the post-expansion era.
Pitchers from Portland – New Hampshire’s opponent for a six-game series – combined for walks, wild pitches and strikeouts, paving the way for the Fisher Cats to accomplish the feat.
The Fisher Cats fell behind 2-0 early in Tuesday’s game against the Sea Dogs, the Eastern League affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.
But New Hampshire scored its first eight runs in the second inning without recording a single hit.
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A Portland Sea Dogs cap during a game between the Erie SeaWolves and the Portland Sea Dogs at Hadlock Field in Portland, Maine on September 5, 2025. (Ella Hannaford/Minor League Baseball)
The Fisher Cats exploded for 10 runs in the inning – nine with two outs – on just one hit and no errors, the final score of New Hampshire’s 12-7 victory showed. The feat was fueled by Portland pitchers who walked eight and hit two batters. The Sea Dogs pitchers also uncorked four wild pitches and allowed a sacrifice fly and the only hit of the inning.
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Sea Dogs president Geoff Iacuessa couldn’t believe what happened.
“I don’t remember seeing that here or any other game I’ve ever seen,” Iacuessa told Portland’s WGME 13. “It was crazy. I thought maybe something was going on with the scoreboard, then I checked the GameChanger, and it was okay.”
The rare moment occurred in icy conditions that prompted the stadium’s ground crew to clear the turf and field after heavy snowfall earlier in the day. Temperatures were only a few degrees above freezing at the first pitch.
The inning moved quickly after a quiet start, when Portland starter Hayden Mullins issued two walks and uncorked a wild pitch despite the side being out in the first. New Hampshire then broke through with a sacrifice fly.
Hayden Mullins pitches for the Portland Sea Dogs during a game against the Harrisburg Senators at FNB Field in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on August 5, 2025. (Kyle Mace/Minor League Baseball)
Mullins eventually managed to record two takedowns, but then lost control, walking three straight times to tie the match. Jorge Juan came on in relief but hit the first batter he faced with the bases loaded.
A wild pitch made the score 4-2, and a walk loaded the bases again for the Fisher Cats. Juan then hit a batter, making the score 5-2, before unleashing another wild pitch to extend the Sea Dogs’ deficit to four runs. Juan walked two more to make the score 7-2 before leaving the mound again with a runner on each base.
Cade Feeney then took the hill and finally stopped the run, but not before a wild pitch made the score 8-2 and New Hampshire outfielder Ismael Munguia’s two-run single pushed the lead to 10-2.
Ismael Munguia of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats poses for a photo during the team’s photo day at Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, New Hampshire on March 30, 2026. (Photos by Michael Owens/MLB)
Munguia represented his native Nicaragua in the World Baseball Classic last month, playing in four games.
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Even a team at the major league level hasn’t scored more than four runs in an inning without recording its first hit, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
MLB.com reports that only 16 times in American League and National League history has a pitcher allowed five runs without giving up a hit in 1⅔ innings or less.
