Charlotte Completes Sweep, 11-4
KISSIMMEE, FLA.: The Florida Fire Frogs got homers from Zack Soria and Drew Lugbauer but couldn't hold the Charlotte Stone Crabs offense back in a 11-4 setback on Thursday afternoon at Osceola County Stadium.
KISSIMMEE, FLA.: The Florida Fire Frogs got homers from
The Stone Crabs strolled to a sweep behind early offense once again.
They would score three more times in the second, capitalizing on three walks from Wilson. Smith's two-run double and a fielding error from
Smith went 3-5 with a double, two RBIs, and two runs scored out of the leadoff spot.
Three straight Stone Crabs reached in the fourth to pour across two more runs. After a leadoff single from
Wilson (1-2) surrendered four hits, five earned runs, three walks, and racked up four strikeouts over five innings of work.
Soria smoked a home run for the first time in his Advanced-A career in the fifth, taking LHP
Plassmeyer (4-2) continued a run of impressive Charlotte starting pitching performances, using less than 70 pitches to get through six innings, scattering six hits, and allowing just one run.
The Fire Frogs offense didn't go away quietly. Lugbauer smacked his fifth homer in his last eight assignments, a solo shot to left off RHP
Hernandez gave up three hits and two earned runs across two stanzas.
Hoekstra piled up three Ks, but also surrendered four hits and three runs while getting six outs.
Marsden yielded two runs over five outs, using two double plays to minimize the damage.
Roach pushed across a third run in the ninth, scoring Gomez with a base hit to bump the Charlotte margin to 11-3
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