Bats break out, Campbell shines in 6-3 win over Fort Myers
FORT MYERS, Fla. (April 18, 2019) - The Stone Crabs' bats busted out and Paul Campbell turned in a career performance as Charlotte bested the Fort Myers Miracle 6-3 Thursday night at Hammond Stadium.Campbell (1-2) went a career-high 6.2 innings of shutout ball, surrendering only one hit and one walk
FORT MYERS, Fla. (April 18, 2019) - The Stone Crabs' bats busted out and
Campbell (1-2) went a career-high 6.2 innings of shutout ball, surrendering only one hit and one walk while fanning five. He retired the final 12 batters he faced.
The Stone Crabs (5-10) snapped a stretch of 10 straight games scoring four runs or less, producing their second largest offensive output (six runs) of the season. Thursday marked their first road win of the season.
In a scoreless game in the top of the second,
Still up by one in the top of the fifth,
In the top of the sixth, Hernandez lined a solo home run over the berm in left to make it 3-0. It was also Hernandez' first home run at the Advanced-A level.
With Charlotte leading by three runs in the top of the seventh, Rutherford lined a single to left before Whitley clobbered an RBI double to the wall in left center to give the Stone Crabs a 4-0 lead. After Law walked, the Crabs executed a double steal to move runners to second and third. The next batter was
The Miracle (9-6) plated three runs in the ninth against
The Stone Crabs will go for the series victory at 6:30 p.m. Friday.