Bats Heat Up in Threshers' Win over Lakeland
CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Clearwater Threshers' offense built off a strong performance last night with 14 hits in their 5-3 victory over the Lakeland Flying Tigers at Spectrum Field on Tuesday night. The win puts the Philadelphia Phillies' affiliate in a tie with the Daytona Tortugas for the Wild Card
CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Clearwater Threshers' offense built off a strong performance last night with 14 hits in their 5-3 victory over the Lakeland Flying Tigers at Spectrum Field on Tuesday night. The win puts the Philadelphia Phillies' affiliate in a tie with the Daytona Tortugas for the Wild Card spot in the Florida State League North division.
The bats got things going in the second after starter
Requena worked a scoreless third, but ran into trouble against Lakeland (65-68, 36-32) in the fourth.
The Clearwater starter bounced back with a clean fifth and exited for
Ross backed up the strong pitching with two shutdown frames with a hit allowed and a strikeout and paved the way for the offense in the seventh.
Guthrie and Muzziotti opened the seventh with singles against Richan to put runners on first and third. Richan's night was finished after the men reached base, and
After forcing out Guthrie on a Rivas ground ball, a wild pitch to
Lakeland threatened to answer in the eighth against
The right-hander entered in the ninth and allowed just one hit to lock down the save for the Phillies' affiliate. Carr has earned his fifth saves in six tries in 2019. The pitching staff carries a 2.91 ERA against the Detroit Tigers' affiliate in 2019.
Offensively, the Threshers have scored 10 runs over the first two games of the four-game series with Lakeland after failing to score a single run in three games against Charlotte over the weekend. Clearwater has outhit the Flying Tigers 20-13 through the two contests.
The Threshers aim for the series victory in game three of the four-game set at Spectrum Field on Wednesday night. RHP
Wednesday's contest is the final Silver Sharks club day at Spectrum Field presented by Belcher Bingo. Designed for fans age 55+ membership includes admission to and parking for all Wednesday home games, plus gifts and a membership card. Club membership is $25 per senior per season.