NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut (Ticker) -- Juan Espinal drove in three runs and Shea Hillenbrand went 3-for-5 with two RBI to lead the Trenton Thunder to a 9-6 victory over the New Britain Rock Cats. Espinal hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning and added an RBI triple in the seventh. Hillenbrand, who has seven hits in his last 13 at-bats after suffering through an 0-for-24 drought, led off the fourth inning with a homer and added an RBI double in the fifth. Angel Santos ripped a two-run double in the seventh inning for Trenton, which won for just the fourth time in its last 17 games. Brian Barkley (1-3) gave up three runs and seven hits over five innings to pick up the win. Bobby Kielty went 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles, a homer and two RBI for New Britain, which lost for the eighth time in its last 11 games. Matt Kinney (1-1) surrendered five runs and nine hits in 4 2/3 innings to suffer the defeat.