Encarnacion lifts Miracle to extra innings win
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - In a possible playoff preview, the Fort Myers Miracle outlasted the Charlotte Stone Crabs, 4-2, in 13 innings on Tuesday night at the Charlotte Sports Park. In the top of the 13th, Yeltsin Encarnacion bounced a two-run single over the head of Charlotte first baseman Joey Roach.
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - In a possible playoff preview, the Fort Myers Miracle outlasted the Charlotte Stone Crabs, 4-2, in 13 innings on Tuesday night at the Charlotte Sports Park.
In the top of the 13th,
Charlotte cut the deficit to 4-2 in the bottom of the inning, but
Charlotte jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third on a
The Miracle quickly answered in the top of the fourth on a
Charlotte had a chance to win the game in the 10th. The Stone Crabs put runners at the corners with no outs before Moises Gomez retired the next three hitters.
Miracle pitchers struck out 19 Stone Crabs to tie a season-high set back on April 7.
The three-game series shifts to Fort Myers on Wednesday night for a 7:00 p.m. first pitch.
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