Lakeland no-hit in rain-shortened 5-0 defeat to Jupiter
For the second time this season, the Lakeland Flying Tigers (45-49, 14-15) were no-hit in a rain-shortened contest, dropping a 5-0, six-inning contest to the Jupiter Hammerheads (47-48, 10-19) on Saturday night at Joker Marchant Stadium. Jupiter began the scoring with four runs in the second off starter Malachi Witherspoon.
For the second time this season, the Lakeland Flying Tigers (45-49, 14-15) were no-hit in a rain-shortened contest, dropping a 5-0, six-inning contest to the Jupiter Hammerheads (47-48, 10-19) on Saturday night at Joker Marchant Stadium.
Jupiter began the scoring with four runs in the second off starter Malachi Witherspoon. Luis Cova led off with a walk, moved to second on a walk from Josh Hogue and both moved up 90 feet on a double steal. Yoffry Solano walked and Echedry Vargas drove in Cova on an RBI single and Hogue scored on an error. Jake McCutcheon drove in Solano and Vargas on a two-run single to double the Hammerheads lead to 4-0.
Jupiter added one more run in the third off Witherspoon. Luis Arana doubled, stole third and scored on a sacrifice fly from Cova, extending the lead to 5-0.
Lakeland failed to score the rest of the way, falling 5-0. The Flying Tigers were also no-hit in a 3-1, five-inning rain-affected home defeat on May 24 against Bradenton.
Dameivi Tineo (1-4) recorded the first no-hitter of his career, going 5.0 shutout innings while punching out five and walking five. Witherspoon (3-4) allowed five runs on five hits across 4.0 innings while punching out five and walking four.
Lakeland goes for the series win on Sunday at 12:00 p.m. Flying Tigers LHP Caleb Leys (0-4, 5.00) faces off against Hammerheads RHP Jonas Uzcategui (0-2, 9.00).