Third Walk-Off of the Season Sends Jupiter Home in Extra Innings
The Hammerheads began a six game home stand tonight vs. the Lakeland Flying Tigers. Jupiter jumped out in front in the top frame with a Joe Dunand sacrifice fly, scoring Corey Bird. Fish led, 1-0. Jupiter would add another run in the 2nd inning. Luis Pintor drove in Skyler Ewing
The Hammerheads began a six game home stand tonight vs. the Lakeland Flying Tigers. Jupiter jumped out in front in the top frame with a
Jupiter would add another run in the 2nd inning.
Zeroes were posted for both teams until the top of the 8th inning. Lakeland tied the ballgame on a sacrifice fly of their own. Tie ballgame, 2-2. More damage could have been done with runners on second and third with no outs, but
In the 10th inning, a Hammerheads wild pitch gave Lakeland the 3-2 lead. But the Fish would fight back in the bottom half as Dunand (1 for 3, 2 RBI) hit his second sacrifice fly of the day, scoring
Jupiter would run into what appeared to be some trouble in the 11th. The Flying Tigers had runners on second and third with zero outs, but two ground balls led to outs at the plate and one strikeout later,
This 4-3 victory is Jupiter's third walk-off of the young season.
Sam Perez pitched five innings out of the bullpen, fanning three batters.
The Hammerheads (9-3) gain sole possession of first place in the South Division and will be back in action Wednesday (4/18) night for game 2 of the series at 6:30pm.