Threshers All-Stars Aid North in 5-2 Win
The Threshers' own José Taveras earned the win in the FSL All-Star Game in Lakeland on Saturday, as six Clearwater All-Stars helped the North division to a 5-2 win over the South at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium.Taveras got the starting nod and twirled a perfect first inning, before
The Threshers' own
Taveras got the starting nod and twirled a perfect first inning, before teammate Cole Irvin worked around a leadoff double to toss a scoreless second. The North division held the South off the board until the ninth, and took the crown for the second-straight year.
After a 52-minute rain delay, Taveras took the hill just before 8 p.m. and made quick work of the South All-Stars. The 23-year-old struck out Charlotte's
With Taveras on the bump and Deivi Grullon behind the plate, the North featured a starting battery of Clearwater Threshers for the second-straight year. Thomas Eshelman started the game for the North with
Irvin took the baton from Taveras in the second inning. After Bradenton's
Offensively, Grullon finished 0-for-2, while
The Threshers lefty closer entered with one out and a man on in the ninth. He got Jupiter's
Stankiewicz impressed in the rain-shortened Home Run Derby, bashing three home runs in the first round and six in the second round before the skies opened up.
The rain cut competition short, and thus the Derby championship was awarded to the winner of the first round, Palm Beach's
Arozarena had four bombs in the opening round, while Stankiewicz,