'Tees offense rebounds against Marauders

BRADENTON, Fla. - One night after striking out a season-high 14 times, the Brevard County Manatees pounded out 11 hits en route to a 6-1 victory over the Bradenton Marauders at McKechnie Field on Monday night.

Making his Manatees (13-11) debut, starting pitcher Brent Suter (1-0, 1.50) benefitted from Brevard's offensive outburst. The 2012 draft pick out of Harvard held his own in his first FSL start as he went six innings and allowed just one run on three hits. Suter walked two and struck out four.

Bradenton's (8-16) only run came in the second and got the scoring started as Dan Gamache singled to center to score Jose Osuna from second.

Brevard County would take the lead in the top of the third and did not look back as the Manatees scored four in the frame.

John Dishon led the inning off with a bunt single and then Chadwin Stang drew a walk. Gregory Hopkins would drive both of them in with a two-run double to right to give the 'Tees a 2-1 lead.

Nick Ramirez followed Hopkins with a RBI single to make it 3-1 and then three batters later Ramirez would come around to score on a Brandon Macias RBI single.

The Manatees padded their lead in the fourth and fifth as Hopkins brought Dishon home on a single to center in the fourth and then Cody Hawn led off the fifth with his third homer of the season.

Hawn went 3-for-5 on the night, while Stang, Hopkins and Dishon had two hits each. Hopkins drove in a game-high three runs.

Daniel Meadows made his season debut in the seventh out of the bullpen and the lefty threw one scoreless inning. Chad Pierce finished out the night as he threw two perfect innings with three strikeouts.

Brevard County and Bradenton will continue their four-game series on Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. Southpaw Jed Bradley (2-1, 1.59) will take the mound for the 'Tees and square off with Bradenton's Adrian Sampson (0-0, 4.86).