PLAYOFF RECAP 9/6: Season Comes to Close in Divison Series Loss
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Mauricio Llovera stepped up and dealt six dominant innings in the start, but the Threshers saw their playoff run come to a close on Thursday in a 5-3 loss to the Daytona Tortugas in the FSL North Division Series at Jackie Robinson Ballpark.Clearwater dropped the series,
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -
Clearwater dropped the series, two games to one. The Tortugas advance to the Florida State League Championship, where they will battle the Fort Myers Miracle in a best-of-five set.
Llovera held the Tortugas hitless until the fifth, and scoreless until the seventh. Clearwater clung to a 3-2 lead in the eighth, but Daytona rallied for three runs to overtake Clearwater, 5-3.
The Threshers led early for the third straight day.
With two outs in the second,
Clearwater grabbed a second run in the fifth.
After
Llovera kept Daytona hitless until the bottom of the fifth, when Ventura broke up the bid with a single through the right side. Llovera then got
The Threshers tacked on with two outs in the sixth.
Cumana followed by dunking a single into shallow right to score Moniak, bumping the Clearwater lead to 3-0.
After Llovera limited Daytona to just one hit through six scoreless innings, Daytona rallied in the seventh.
Llovera exited following a walk to
With the tying run at third, Hernandez worked his way out of the jam. The lefty, who led all FSL relievers in strikeouts per nine this year, cut down
Daytona pushed ahead in the eighth.
After Bettencourt struck out Isabel, Bruce Yari doubled to right to give the Tortugas the lead. With two outs, a wild pitch moved Yari to third, and he would score on Ventura's infield single to make it 5-3.
The Florida State League Championship begins on Friday, when the Tortugas visit the South-Champion Fort Myers Miracle at 7 p.m.