Walkoff Win Clinches Fourth-Straight Series 

WP: Trey Dillard (1-0, 3.38)

LP: Garrett McMillan (0-2, 5.19, BS, 1)

BOX SCORE

CLEARWATER, FL – Coming off the bench, Trent Farquhar smacked a game-tying double and AJ Shaver drove him in as the Clearwater Threshers (14-6) earned their second walkoff win 3-2 in ten innings over the Bradenton Marauders (4-16) on Saturday night at BayCare Ballpark. With the series in hand, the Threshers close out the week on Sunday morning against Bradenton.

A pair of two-out doubles started the scoring for the Marauders, leaving the top of the first with a 1-0 lead. The Threshers struck back in the third, beginning with a Bryson Ware leadoff double off Bradenton’s starter Michael Kennedy. He was recorded out at third on a fielder’s choice from Dakota Kotowski. He made it to second on a hit-and-run and scored on a Ricardo Rosario RBI single to tie the game at one.

The game went into extra innings after both teams were retired in order in the ninth inning. After a one-out single in the tenth, the extra runner scored for Bradenton to give the Marauders a 2-1 lead in the top of the tenth.

Ware began the inning on second base, and Trent Farquhar came on to pinch hit as the leadoff batter. On the fourth pitch of the at-bat, he laced a double off the right field wall to tie the game as Ware scored from second to tie the game. Jared Thomas laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Farquhar to third with one out in the inning.

After pinch-running for Rosario in the eighth, AJ Shaver came up for his first at-bat of the game and delivered the game-winning hit down the left-field line, easily scoring Farquhar from third and sealing the series with a 3-2 walkoff win.

Casey Steward allowed one run on three hits with one walk and one strikeout in 5.0 innings of a no-decision. Jaydenn Estanista retired all nine batters he faced in three shutout innings with three strikeouts. Trey Dillard (1-0) earned the win with one unearned run over two innings, allowing one hit and striking out two.

The Threshers have now won each of their first four series in 2024...Farquhar has now reached in each of his last 12 games...He and Shaver recorded the first two RBIs from a player who did not start the game...The Threshers clinched the series with their second walkoff win of the week...Ware recorded his third multi-hit game of the season...It was his second multi-hit performance of the series...The Threshers went 3-10 with runners in scoring position in the first nine innings...They went 2-2 with RISP in the tenth...The Threshers conclude a six-game homestand against the Bradenton Marauders on Sunday, April 28th with a 12:00 PM first pitch...You can purchase tickets for the Threshers season at ThreshersBaseball.com/tickets or by calling 727-467-4457…The Box Office at BayCare Ballpark is also open daily to purchase Threshers tickets…The hours are 10 AM-5 PM Monday through Friday and 10 AM-3 PM on Saturdays.