Tarpons Tally 15 Hits, Rout Cardinals, 11-4
TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Tarpons exploded for seven runs in the fifth and added four more in the seventh, tying a season-high with 15 hits while crushing the Palm Beach Cardinals, 11-4, on Wednesday night at George M. Steinbrenner Field.RHP Miguel Yajure started the game with back-to-back strikeouts before
TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Tarpons exploded for seven runs in the fifth and added four more in the seventh, tying a season-high with 15 hits while crushing the Palm Beach Cardinals, 11-4, on Wednesday night at George M. Steinbrenner Field.
RHP
A pair of double-plays helped RHP
Centerfielder
Leahy (L, 0-4) got a pair of flyouts to end the fifth and worked around a one-out double by Sensley in the sixth to complete six innings. The 22-year-old allowed a career-high seven earned runs on eight hits, walking four while striking out two on 99 pitches (62 strikes).
Following the RBI single by Dunn in the first, Yajure retired 16-straight Cardinals before Baker and Dunn lined back-to-back singles to open the seventh. A wild pitch advanced the runners and, one out later, Baker scored on a sacrifice fly by
Yajure (W, 8-6) struck out
Garcia and Cabrera lined back-to-back singles and performed a double-steal off RHP
Gahagan moved from second base to the mound in the bottom of the eighth and stranded a pair of two-out singles by Garcia and Cabrera to post his third scoreless pitching appearance.
All nine Tarpons scored at least one run. Cabrera (3-for-4, BB, 2R, SB) reached base four times. Olivares (2-for-4, BB, 2RBI, R), Garcia (2-for-5, R, SB), Gasper (2-for-4, 2R) and Sands (2-for-4, 3B, 2RBI, R) also had multi-hit games. Sands is on a season-best eight-game hitting streak.
Palma (1-for-5, GS, 4RBI, R) homered for the second-straight night and has now homered five times in 17 games since being activated off the 60-Day Injured List. Castillo (1-for-4, 2RBI, R) is now on a 13-game on-base streak.
The series concludes on Thursday at 6:30 p.m., with RHP
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