Haseley Stays Hot in 7-6 Loss

Adam Haseley finished 2-for-4 with an RBI double, but the Clearwater Threshers fell short in a 7-6 loss to the Palm Beach Cardinals in the series opener at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.
With two more hits on Thursday, Haseley has collected at least one hit in 13 of his last 14 games, bumping his season average up to .279.
Palm Beach (26-18) jumped ahead in the second inning, when Johan Mieses lifted a solo home run off Mauricio Llovera (2-4), and Ryan McCarvel added a sacrifice fly.
Clearwater rallied to take the lead in the third.
With Jose Gomez and Arquimedes Gamboa both aboard with singles, Haseley knocked a ground-rule double down the left field line to score Gomez.
After Austin Listi was hit by a pitch, Darick Hall singled to center to bring home Gamboa, and Mickey Moniak lined a hit to right to plate Haseley and give the Threshers (18-27) the lead.
Austin Sexton entered with the bases loaded, and walked Edgar Cabral to make it 4-2 Clearwater.
Palm Beach roared back with five runs to go ahead for good in the fourth. Three walked in the frame filled the bases, and Juan Yepez, Chase Pinder, and Taylor Bryant collected consecutive singles to put the Cardinals up 6-4. An error on Gamboa at short plated Chase Pinder to make it 7-4.
Felix Paulino, Blake Quinn, and Jeff Singer combined to toss 4.1 scoreless innings in relief, tallying six strikeouts.
The Threshers mounted a final rally in the ninth, after Gomez and Luke Williams reached on back-to-back one-out singles to bring the tying run to the plate.
Will Latcham took over on the hill, and with two down, walked Haseley to load the bases. Listi came through with a single toward short that scored Gomez to bring Clearwater to within two.
With the bases full, Hall worked a walk to push home Williams, but Latcham managed to strike out Moniak to end the ballgame.
Game two of the four-game set will take place on Friday, as Sixto Sanchez will take the hill against Jake Walsh at 6:30 p.m.