Threshers Thrash Their Way to Victory
CLEARWATER, FL - The Clearwater Threshers sent nine to the plate during a five run bottom of the fifth inning in their 6-2 victory over the Daytona Tortugas Monday night at Spectrum Field in Clearwater. The Tortugas have now lost four of their last five games.Henri Lartigue got the night's scoring
CLEARWATER, FL - The Clearwater Threshers sent nine to the plate during a five run bottom of the fifth inning in their 6-2 victory over the Daytona Tortugas Monday night at Spectrum Field in Clearwater. The Tortugas have now lost four of their last five games.
Daytona tied the game in the top of the third.
Clearwater broke the 1-1 tie with the five run fifth.
The Tortugas rounded out the scoring in the top of the eighth. Ventura reached on a one-out single, moved to second on a wild pitch, and came in to score on a
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The Tortugas will look to even up the series Tuesday night when RHP
First pitch Tuesday is scheduled for 7 PM, with coverage beginning at 6:50 PM with The Metcare Pregame Show on AM 1230, AM 1490, and FM 106.9 WSBB.
NOTES: The Tortugas fall to 0-28 when trailing after 8 innings… Daytona has dropped 7 of the first 11 meetings with Clearwater this season. The Tortugas are 20-39 all-time against Clearwater… LHP Scott Moss allowed 6 earned runs tonight. He had allowed 9 earned runs over his last 9 starts in total… Michael Beltre has 3 outfield assists over the last 4 games after not having one through his first 24 Tortuga games. Beltre finished 1-for-3 with a triple, his second in as many days. He is 10-for-17 since being moved to the lead-off spot, raising his average from .237 to .301 during that span…