Threshers Drop Series, Fall 6-3 to Charlotte
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A trio of unearned runs proved to be the difference on Wednesday afternoon as the Charlotte Stone Crabs took the rubber match from the Clearwater Threshers, 6-3 at Spectrum Field.Clearwater (20-14) jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first after Cornelius Randolph smashed an RBI
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A trio of unearned runs proved to be the difference on Wednesday afternoon as the Charlotte Stone Crabs took the rubber match from the Clearwater Threshers, 6-3 at Spectrum Field.
Clearwater (20-14) jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first after
The Stone Crabs (16-17) got one run back in the second when
Cole Irvin got the start for the Threshers and took the loss. Irvin (3-3) ran into some bad luck in the fourth when the Stone Crabs put up three unearned runs all with two outs, highlighted by back-to-back RBI singles from Jim Haley and
Irvin allowed four runs, one earned on nine hits in five innings of work.
Clearwater battled back to make it a one-run game in the fifth when
Hawkins (1-1) earned the win tossing three innings in relief of starter
The score remained the same until the eighth inning when Charlotte opened the frame with three-straight hits off of Threshers reliever
That was all the insurance
Clearwater looks to get back in the win column when the Threshers welcome in the Tampa Yankees for a three-game series starting on Thursday.