TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Quebec (July 23, 2026) – The Down East Bird Dawgs built a 5-1 lead through four innings before the Trois-Rivières Aigles erupted for 10 unanswered runs over the final three frames to steal the rubber match 11-5 at Stade Quillorama Thursday night, handing Down East the series loss and dropping the Bird Dawgs to 28-35 heading into a weekend series against the Québec Capitales.

Christian Adams opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the first before Kalae Harrison added an RBI single in the second and Adams doubled in another run to give Down East a 3-0 lead.

Sam Franco answered with a solo homer for Trois-Rivières to cut it to 3-1, but Yeniel Laboy hit a solo shot of his own in the third and Jacob Corson singled in a run in the fourth to push the Bird Dawgs ahead 5-1.

Emmanuel Tapia hit his 19th home run of the season in the fifth to make it 5-2, and the Aigles took over from there, scoring three in the sixth, four in the seventh on a Lizandro Rodriguez go-ahead homer and three additional runs, and one more in the eighth to close out the 11-5 final.

Drew Henderson allowed five runs on five hits over 5⅓ innings with five strikeouts and two walks. Larry De Jesus (1-2) took the loss, surrendering five runs on five hits in one inning.

Noe Toribio started for Trois-Rivières, allowing five runs on nine hits over four innings with six strikeouts and three walks.

The Bird Dawgs (28-35) look to regroup against the Québec Capitales in a three-game weekend series beginning Friday, July 24, at 7:05 p.m. ET.