Palm Beach Drops Series Opener to Clearwater 7-3 on Tuesday Night
JUPITER, FL – The Palm Beach Cardinals (15-7) fell to the Clearwater Threshers (12-10) in the series opener on Tuesday night by a final score of 7-3 at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. Palm Beach got the scoring started in the bottom of the first inning when Ryan Weingartner hit his
JUPITER, FL – The Palm Beach Cardinals (15-7) fell to the Clearwater Threshers (12-10) in the series opener on Tuesday night by a final score of 7-3 at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.
Palm Beach got the scoring started in the bottom of the first inning when Ryan Weingartner hit his second home run of the year to right field. That home run extended his hitting streak to seven games and gave the Cardinals a 1-0 lead.
Manolfi Jimenez gave the Threshers an immediate response against Palm Beach starting pitcher Cade Crossland (L, 0-2) in the top of the second inning. After Matthew Ferrara drew a one-out walk, Jimenez blasted his first home run of the year to left field to put Clearwater up 2-1.
After a scoreless top of the third inning, Crossland ran into some trouble. The Threshers drew three consecutive walks to load the bases with no outs. Jaeden Calderon followed that with a grand slam to give Clearwater a commanding 7-1 lead. That ended Crossland’s start at just three innings and allowed a career-high seven earned runs. Yadiel Batista came out of the Palm Beach bullpen and finished the fourth inning without further damage.
The Cardinals got a run back in the bottom of the fourth inning. Jack Gurevitch hit a solo home run off MT Morrissey (W, 1-0), his team-leading fourth home run of the year, to cut the deficit to 7-2.
Jake Shelagowski entered the game on the mound for the Cardinals in the top of the fifth inning and tossed 3 2/3 shutout innings with three strikeouts.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Cameron Nickens hit a single to lead off the frame. Ryan Mitchell followed with a walk. After a fielder’s choice to make it two outs, Gurevitch lined a RBI single to right field, which cut the deficit to 7-3. It was Gurevitch’s 2nd RBI of the game and 20th RBI of the season. However, the Palm Beach offense could not get another run on the scoreboard and ultimately fell 7-3 to Clearwater on Tuesday night.
The Palm Beach relief pitchers Batista, Shelagowski, and Nelfy Ynfante combined to throw six shutout innings with five strikeouts in the loss.
The Cardinals look to bounce back in game two against the Threshers on Wednesday, April 29th with first pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Click here to purchase your Palm Beach Cardinals tickets.
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