Tortugas are Kings of the North
DAYTONA BEACH, FL - The Daytona Tortugas won their first Division Title in Tortugas history Tuesday night with a pair of wins against the Palm Beach Cardinals at Sliwa Stadium on the campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. It's the first division crown for Daytona since 2014 and the first in
DAYTONA BEACH, FL - The Daytona Tortugas won their first Division Title in Tortugas history Tuesday night with a pair of wins against the Palm Beach Cardinals at Sliwa Stadium on the campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. It's the first division crown for Daytona since 2014 and the first in the first half of a season since 2011.
Daytona railed late in each victory, winning game one 7-2, before a 4-2 victory in the nightcap.
Daytona got the day's scoring started in the bottom of the third inning in game one.
Palm Beach tied the game up in the fifth.
The Tortugas answered immediately, scoring three in the bottom half of the fifth.
Daytona put the game away with a pair of runs in the sixth.
Santillan (6-4) earned the win in his first complete game of the year. He went seven innings, allowing seven hits, two runs, and a walk, while striking out six. LHP
TJ Friedl kicked off game two's scoring in the bottom of the third, when he hit a two-run triple, scoring Trammell and Vargas to give Daytona a 2-0 lead.
Palm Beach tied the game up with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth on RHP Tommy Berjgans. With two-outs and runners on second and third, Robertson hit a two-run double, scoring
Daytona took the lead back in the bottom of the sixth. Friedl was hit-by-a-pitch in the right foot to start the inning, then moved first-to-third on a
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The Tortugas are off Wednesday, and will begin the second half with a series against the Florida Fire Frogs on Thursday.
First pitch Thursday is scheduled for 7:05 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 finished the first half with a 37-29 record… Daytona is 9-1 in doubleheader games this season, best in the league, with 4 sweeps… Brantley Bell's career-high 12-game hitting streak came to an end after going 0-for-2 with a walk in game one. He finished 0-for-5 on the day with a walk, a stolen base, and a run scored… TJ Friedl was hit by a pitch for the sixth time this season. No other Tortuga has been hit more than three times… Randy Ventura became the 43rd different player to appear in a Tortuga uniform this season and 16th different Tortuga to DH. He was 1-for-3 with a single and a run scored in his debut… Tony Santillan had the Tortugas third complete game in game one. All three complete games were non 9-inning games (2 rain shortened, one DH). He becomes the third Tortuga starter with six wins, a league-high.