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Padlo reaches base three times in 7-2 loss to Jupiter

Stone Crabs surrender early lead in loss
Kevin Padlo drove in two runs with two hits in Tuesday's win.
August 8, 2017

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (August 8, 2017) - Kevin Padlo reached base three times Tuesday but the Jupiter Hammerheads came back to beat the Charlotte Stone Crabs 7-2 at Charlotte Sports Park. The Stone Crabs (54-58, 23-21) provided most of the offense early before fading late. With two outs in the

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (August 8, 2017) - Kevin Padlo reached base three times Tuesday but the Jupiter Hammerheads came back to beat the Charlotte Stone Crabs 7-2 at Charlotte Sports Park.
The Stone Crabs (54-58, 23-21) provided most of the offense early before fading late. With two outs in the bottom of the first, David Olmedo-Barrera , Ryan Boldt and Padlo all singled to give Charlotte a 1-0 lead.
Still up one in the bottom of the second, Angel Moreno walked before Peter Maris pulled a single to right to put runners at first and second. After David Rodríguez bunted them to second and third, Lucius Fox grounded a single to center to give Charlotte a 2-0 lead.
Stone Crabs starter Brandon Lawson (4-5) allowed only one hit over the first four innings but ran into major trouble in the top of the fifth. After a Boo Vazquez single to left, Cleuluis Rondon drove a double to center to plate Vazquez and make it 2-1. Lawson then hit Gunner Pollman to put runners at first and second with one out. The next batter was Zach Sullivan, who delivered a two-run triple to center to put Jupiter (58-54, 25-19) in front 3-2. Corey Bird then flew out to left to bring home Sullivan and extend the Hammerheads lead to 4-2. Back-to-back two out hits from Justin Twine and Colby Lusignan tacked on another run to make the score 5-2.
The Hammerheads added two more runs in the top of the eighth on a Brian Schales home run.
The teams will play the rubber game of their three-game series Wednesday at 6:35 p.m. José De León (1-0, 2.19) makes the start for Charlotte against Ben Meyer (3-3, 1.51) of Jupiter. Coverage begins at 6:20 p.m. on the Stone Crabs Baseball Network.