Tarnok, Wilson Trip Cardinals, 6-0
JUPITER, FLA.: RHP Freddy Tarnok dazzled in his first Fire Frogs start in over six weeks and combined with RHP Brooks Wilson to help Florida blank the Palm Beach Cardinals, 6-0, on Wednesday evening at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, evening the three-game series.
JUPITER, FLA.: RHP
Tarnok topped out at 97 on the radar gun and mixed in his breaking pitches effectively. He scattered four hits and a walk with two punch outs across four innings while receiving a no-decision.
Wilson (2-2) effectively piggybacked Tarnok, yielding five hits and a walk in five frames of work. The Cardinals had a runner reach third on two separate occasions, but he slammed the door both times to preserve the shutout.
The Fire Frogs offense got going in the fifth.
The four-run seventh began with a Harris knock. DellaValle fanned three straight batters, including Brown, who reached on a wayward pitch to extend the inning.
This marked the second occasion this season when the Fire Frogs hit consecutive homers. The feat was also accomplished on May 28 by
Brown climbed aboard three times, going 1-3 with a walk and his RBI double. He has four RBIs in the series.
Harris bumped his hitting streak to six games for the Fire Frogs, going 2-3 with a walk.
DellaValle (5-5) dropped to 1-2 against Florida this season, surrendering five hits and five earned runs with eight strikeouts mixed in over 6 and 2/3's stanzas. Santos gave up a run across four outs. RHP
The middle of the Cardinals lineup (Luken Baker,
NEXT UP: A series victory is just over the horizon for the Fire Frogs. They go for it behind the arm of LHP
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