Tortugas are Kings of the North
DAYTONA BEACH, FL - The Daytona Tortugas had just one hit and trailed 3-0 after six on Thursday night before Tyler Stephenson led off the seventh inning with a bloop single, and scored on an Ibandel Isabel two-run home run to cut the deficit to one. Then in the eighth,
DAYTONA BEACH, FL - The Daytona Tortugas had just one hit and trailed 3-0 after six on Thursday night before
A two-out, 370 foot solo blast from
In the fifth, a two-out double from
In the sixth,
Isabel's 377 foot two-run home run two batters into the seventh off RHP
The Tortugas tied the score and took the lead in the eighth off RHP
Stephenson moved to second on the wild pitch, and was pinch-run for by
In his 2018 Tortuga debut, RHP
Diaz earned his first postseason win and Hendrix earned his second save of the playoffs. Bettencourt suffered his second blown save and first loss. In ⅔ of an inning, he allowed three runs on four hits with a strikeout.
The Tortugas will begin a best-of-five game series with the Fort Myers Miracle on Friday night. Games one and two will be on the road, before the Tortugas return to The Jack on Sunday.
LHP
First pitch Friday is scheduled for 7:00 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 used all 12 of their available position players tonight… The Daytona bullpen finished the series with a 0.75 ERA (1 earned run in 12 innings)... The Tortugas improve to 2-0 in elimination games and 4-13 in series deciding games… Daytona improves to 8-49 when trailing after 6, 6-42 when trailing after 7, and 47-1 when leading after 8. Randy Ventura and Tyler Stephenson both recorded multi-hit games… Bruce Yari's game-winning double and Ibandel Isabel's two-run home run were their first hits of the playoffs.