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MANCHESTER, NH — Despite jumping out to a 3-0 lead, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (12-18) lost to the Harrisburg Senators (18-12) at Delta Dental Stadium, 4-3, on Friday night. The Cats knocked 11 hits but went 3-for-10 on the night with runners in scoring position.
Fisher Cats starter C.J. Van Eyk struck out six batters in five scoreless innings, his longest appearance of the season. Friday marked his first five-inning start since October 20, 2023, in the Arizona Fall League.
New Hampshire knocked Harrisburg starter Kyle Luckham (W, 2-1) for three runs on nine hits in six innings. Senators relievers Garvin Alston, Jack Sinclair and Tyler Schoff (S, 3) combined for the final scoreless three innings.
Right-hander Trent Palmer (L, 1-3) entered in the top of the sixth and gave up four runs on six hits in 1 2/3 innings pitched. Righty Nick Fraze made his 2024 Fisher Cats debut out of the bullpen and tossed 2 2/3 innings scoreless, only allowing one hit. Fraze hasn’t allowed an earned run since April 24, when he was with Triple-A Buffalo
Outfielder Devonte Brown went 3-for-4 on the night; he’s now hitting .413 over seven games in May. First baseman Rainer Nuñez clubbed his first triple of the season in a two-hit night. Shortstop Josh Kasevich also ripped two hits.
New Hampshire took an early lead in the bottom of the second thanks to four straight singles. Brown started the chain, then designated hitter Zach Britton, left fielder Gabriel Martinez and Nuñez followed. Martinez’s base hit brought in Brown, then Britton scored on a ground ball from catcher Phil Clarke. The Cats led 2-0 at the inning’s end.
Three more singles brought a Fisher Cats run across in the third. Kasevich singled to right, then second baseman Michael Turconi went the same way. Brown hit a chopper up the middle off the glove of Harrisburg infielder Jordy Barley and Kasevich hustled home from second to make it 3-0.
The Cats had one last gasp in the bottom of the ninth but came up short. Third baseman Riley Tirotta’s singled with one out in the ninth to extend his on-base streak to 10 games, the longest of any Fisher Cats batter this season.
Friday night’s Margaritaville Night brought 4,991 fans out to Delta Dental Stadium. The Fisher Cats’ Margaritaville Night game-worn jerseys are still up for auction through Sunday night at MiLBAuctions.com.
Saturday marks the fifth of six games between New Hampshire and Harrisburg with first pitch scheduled for 4:05 PM EDT.
New Hampshire’s team leader in strikeouts (31) Trenton Wallace (1-0, 1.59 ERA) takes the hill for the Fisher Cats, as they take the field as the Manchester Chicken Tendes for the first time in 2024. The Senators send right-handed pitcher Michael Cuevas (1-1, 3.42 ERA) to the bump for his sixth start.
The Fisher Cats are scheduled to play 69 home games in 2024 at Delta Dental Stadium. After New Hampshire’s upcoming series in Hartford against the Yard Goats, the Fisher Cats return to Delta Dental Stadium to host the Somerset Patriots in a seven-game series, beginning on Tuesday, May 21.
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A New Hampshire woman is accused of violating the state’s Civil Rights Act four times after she allegedly shot at a man because he was Black, prosecutors said.
Diane Durgin, 67, of Weare, N.H. could face up to a $5,000 fine for each violation she is found to have committed, the office of New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said in a press release Tuesday.
Durgin is also charged with criminal threatening against a person with a deadly weapon and attempted first degree assault with a deadly weapon, Michael Garrity, a media representative for the New Hampshire Attorney General, said in an emailed statement to Boston.com.
Durgin had a final pre-trial conference last week, Garrity said.
In a civil complaint filed Tuesday, Durgin is accused of threatening physical force against the victim, the AG said. Prosecutors asked the court to issue a preliminary injunction barring Durgin from repeating her alleged behavior and from contacting the victim and his family.
During the morning hours of Oct. 20, 2024, the victim claims, he “mistakenly” drove to Durgin’s home after a prearranged purchase of a truck part with a seller online, prosecutors wrote as part of their request for an injunction.
When the man — whom prosecutors identified in court documents as X.G. — arrived, Durgin allegedly stepped out of her home and approached his car with a gun “holstered by her waist,” prosecutors wrote.
Upon noticing that X.G. was Black, Durgin allegedly “removed her gun and pointed it at X.G.,” prosecutors said in the injunction request.
While X.G. explained that he was lost, Durgin called the victim a “Black mother[expletive],” and threatened to “kill him,” prosecutors allege.
As the victim attempted to drive away, Durgin allegedly took her gun and fired two shots at the fleeing man’s car, missing both times, the AG’s office said.
While on the phone with a dispatcher, Durgin allegedly said she shot the man’s car because the victim is Black, the AG said.
“The guy is Black. And he, he…he says he’s meeting someone here and I think he’s coming here to steal,” Durgin allegedly said.
Police located X.G. and brought him to the Weare Police Department, stopping along the way at the correct seller’s home to complete the truck part purchase, prosecutors wrote in court documents.
To prove a violation of the New Hampshire Civil Rights Act, the AG must show that Durgin “interfered or attempted to interfere with the rights of the victim to engage in lawful activities by threatening to engage in or actually engage in physical force or violence, when such actual or threatening conduct was motivated by race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, or disability,” prosecutors said.
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Streets of Portsmouth after snow storm
The streets of Portsmouth are still in the process of being cleaned up, as seen the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, following a huge snow storm.
It may be March, but winter in New Hampshire is far from over. Just one week after a blizzard tore through the state with heavy snow and high winds, the state is getting another round of snowfall.
The state will get three to five inches during the evening and night of Tuesday, March 3, says the National Weather Service (NWS) of Gray, Maine. While the accumulation will not be significant, the snowfall may cause dangerous road conditions and a layer of ice on the ground in certain parts of the state.
Here’s what to know before tonight’s snow in New Hampshire, including snow totals and timing.
According to the NWS, it will start snowing in New Hampshire during mid-afternoon or early evening and continue through the night. Specifically, snow will arrive to the southern part of the state around 2-3 p.m., spreading northwards through the rest of New Hampshire by 5 p.m.
Rain or freezing rain will mix in later this evening across southern New Hampshire, creating a wintry mix. All precipitation should move out of the state by midnight.
Due to the timing of today’s snowfall, the Tuesday evening commute will be affected, with the NWS warning to slow down and exercise caution while driving.
New Hampshire will get one to four inches of snow tonight, with one to two inches in northern New Hampshire, two to three inches in southern New Hampshire and three to four inches in the center of the state, with the possibility for five inches in localized areas.
In the Seacoast specifically, Portsmouth, Rye, Hampton and York are expected to get between two to three inches of snow, while Dover, Exeter and Rochester may get up to four.
The wintry mix may also cause a light glaze of ice across southern New Hampshire.
The NWS has issued a winter weather advisory for the state of New Hampshire, in effect from 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3 through 4 a.m. on Wednesday, March 4.
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