Graves Fans Ten in 6-1 Victory 

WP: Mavis Graves (4-1, 3.48)

LP: Brian Edgington (1-3, 3.08)

BOX SCORE

CLEARWATER, FL – Mavis Graves struck out ten in his first relief appearance as the Clearwater Threshers (26-12) held the Daytona Tortugas (19-19) to one hit in a 6-1 victory on Saturday night at BayCare Ballpark. The Threshers look for their fourth-straight win in the series finale on Sunday.

Saltiban sent the first pitch of the bottom second into the left field bullpen for a solo home run to open the scoring for the Threshers. Jordan Viars drew a walk and scored on a triple by Raylin Heredia. Avery Owusu-Asiedu continued the scoring run with a single to bring Heredia home and give the Threshers a 3-0 lead.

Daytona got a run back on a two-out RBI single in the fourth to cut the Threshers lead to 3-1. Heredia responded with a leadoff single in the bottom of the inning off Tortugas starter Brian Edgington. He advanced to second on a throwing error and moved to third on a groundout. Aidan Miller drew a walk with two outs before Luis Caicuto cleared the bases with a double to make it 5-1.

Saltiban greeted Tortugas reliever Simon Miller with his second homer of the game to lead off the eighth. Daytona couldn’t get a runner home despite putting two on in the ninth, sealing a 6-1 win for the Threshers.

George Klassen retired all six batters he faced with three strikeouts in 2.0 shutout innings. Graves (4-1) allowed one unearned run in 6.0 innings, surrendering one hit and walking one with ten strikeouts to earn the win. Jose Peña struck out one in a scoreless and hitless ninth.

Graves became the first Thresher to strike out 10 or more batters in a game in 2024...His 6.0 innings were the most by a Threshers reliever this season...One hit allowed by the Clearwater pitching staff was their fewest in a game this season...Saltiban has two multi-homer games at home this season...He recorded back-to-back multi-hit games for the second time this season...Caicuto is the second Thresher after Miller to hit ten doubles this season...Heredia hit his first triple of the season...The Threshers conclude a six-game homestand against the Daytona Tortugas on Sunday, May 19...First pitch will be at 6:30 PM at BayCare Ballpark...You can purchase tickets for the Threshers season at ThreshersBaseball.com/tickets or by calling 727-467-4457…The Box Office at BayCare Ballpark is also open daily to purchase Threshers tickets…The hours are 10 AM-5 PM Monday through Friday and 10 AM-3 PM on Saturdays.