Harris Collects Three Hits in 7-5 Loss

Chase Harris turned in a 3-for-5 performance from the leadoff spot on Sunday, but the Clearwater Threshers saw their five-game win streak come to an end in a 7-5 loss at the hands of the Lakeland Flying Tigers in the series finale.

Yacksel Rios (0-1) made his Threshers debut on Sunday, and was tagged for a pair of solo shots by Steven Moya and Brian Borchering in the first inning.

Clearwater (7-4) managed to overcome the early deficit, when the Threshers rallied for three runs in the bottom of the second.

Dylan Cozens was hit by a pitch from starter Kevin Ziomek (1-2) to open the frame, and Willians Astudillo made him pay by lining a double to left-center to bring home the Threshers' first run.

After a groundout moved Astudillo to third, Mitch Walding delivered an RBI single to center to score Astudillo and set off a string of four-consectuve Clearwater hits. A Harris single through the left side capped the hit parade, and gave the Threshers a 3-2 edge.

It remained that way until the fifth.

Rios had settled in to toss three scoreless frames, but Lakeland opened the fifth with back-to-back singles. Jiwan James then reached on a five-pitch walk, and Curt Powell was hit with an 0-2 pitch with the bases loaded to force home a run.

Kevin Walter entered with the bases still loaded and the game tied at three, but Moya came through for Lakeland with a sacrifice fly to give the Flying Tigers the lead. Dominic Ficociello later added a two-run double to make it 6-3.

Andrew Pullin knocked home a run with an RBI groundout in the bottom half, but would see his 10-game hitting streak come to an end after finishing 0-for-5 at the dish.

Down 7-4 in the ninth, the Threshers mounted one last attempt.

Angelo Mora hit a popper into shallow center that was misread by shortstop Jared Reaves, as the ball landed untouched and Mora hustled into second for a double. After a pair of strikeouts, Andrew Knapp came through by pushing a payoff pitch through the right side for a run-scoring single.

With the tying run at the plate, reliever Scott Sitz got Dylan Cozens to go down swinging for the final out, as Sitz secured his first save of the season.

Clearwater will open a three-game home and away set with the Tampa Yankees on Monday, with first pitch at 7 p.m. on Feeding Frenzy Night. The call can be heard live on threshersbaseball.com beginning at 6:45 p.m.