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PILL DELIVERS FOR DEFENDERS IN 13TH

September 04, 2009 12:00 am • Last Updated: September 04, 2009 1:05 am

By Day Staff

Brett Pill doubled home Brock Bond in the bottom of the 13th inning Thursday to lift the Connecticut Defenders to a 6-5, come-from-behind victory over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in an Eastern League game at Dodd Stadium.

Pill was 3-for-6 with a solo homer in the sixth and an RBI single in the seventh, finishing the night with three RBI to add to his single-season team record of 105. Pill's double in the 13th came with two outs. The Fisher Cats led 5-0.

Bond also had three hits and Mike Mooney led off the four-run seventh inning with a home run for the Defenders (81-56).

- Day staff reports

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