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The New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Toronto Blue Jays’ Double-A affiliate, pulled off a rare feat not seen in the post-expansion era.
Portland’s pitchers — New Hampshire’s opponent in a six-game series — combined for walks, wild pitches and at-bats, 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 base 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 box score of New Hampshire’s 12-7 victory showed. The feat was powered by Portland pitchers issuing eight hits and hitting two batters. Sea Dogs pitchers also fanned four wild pitches and allowed a sacrifice fly and the lone hit of the inning.
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Sea Dogs president Geoff Iacuessa couldn’t believe what was unfolding.
“I don’t ever remember seeing this or any other game I’ve ever seen,” Iacuessa told Portland’s WGME Channel 13. “It was crazy. I thought maybe something was going on with the scoreboard and then I checked GameChanger and it was correct.”
The rare moment happened in chilly conditions that prompted the stadium’s grounds crew to clear the playing grass and infield after heavy snow fell earlier in the day. Temperatures were only a few degrees above freezing at the first pitch.
The inning unraveled quickly after a quiet start as Portland starter Hayden Mullins issued two runs and had a wild pitch corked out despite striking out to the side in the first. New Hampshire then broke through with a sacrifice fly.
Hayden Mullins lines up for the Portland Sea Dogs during a game against the Harrisburg Senators at FNB Field in Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 5, 2025. (Kyle Mace/Minor League Baseball)
Mullins eventually managed to record two outs, but then lost control and walked three straight to tie the game. Jorge Juan came on in relief but hit the first batter he faced with the bases loaded.
A wild pitch made it 4-2, and a walk again loaded the bases for the Fisher Cats. Juan then hit a batter to make it 5-2 before firing another wild pitch to push the Sea Dogs deficit to four runs. Juan walked two more to push it to 7-2 before leaving the mound with a runner on each base again.
Cade Feeney took the mound next and eventually stopped the leak, but not before a wild pitch made it 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 picture during team photo day at Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, NH on March 30, 2026. (Michael Owens/MLB Photos)
Munguia represented his native Nicaragua in last month’s World Baseball Classic, appearing in four games.
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Not even a team at the major league level has 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 fewer.
