Rosario Ropes Walkoff Homer in 4-1 Win

WP: Jean Cabrera (4-4, 4.26)

LP: Wilmer Ortega (0-1, 14.54)

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CLEARWATER, FL – Ricardo Rosario extended his hit streak to seven games with a walkoff home run as the Clearwater Threshers (52-25, 8-4) took down the Palm Beach Cardinals (40-37, 3-9) in a 4-1 victory on Thursday night at BayCare Ballpark. The Threshers look for their second straight win against the Cardinals on Friday.

A pitcher’s duel kept the game scoreless until the sixth, which began with a leadoff walk to Cade Fergus. He stole second off Palm Beach starter Cade Winquest before Rosario moved him to third on a single. Bryan Rincon hit a ground ball to first baseman Adanson Cruz, who couldn’t get a throw home in time to stop Fergus from scoring the game’s first run.

An error with two outs in the seventh tied the game at one, but Jordan Viars made a clutch throw home to stop the go-ahead run from scoring. The game was tied at one until the ninth, when Cole Moore led off the inning with a double off Cardinals reliever Wilmer Ortega. He was replaced by Chad Castillo as a pinch runner on second. After two consecutive outs, William Bergolla was intentionally walked before Rosario hit a three-run home run to give the Threshers a walkoff 4-1 victory.

Samuel Aldegheri tossed 5.0 shutout innings with two hits and one walk allowed along with six strikeouts in a no-decision. Jean Cabrera (4-4) took the win in 4.0 innings, allowing one unearned run on three hits with four strikeouts.

Aldegheri has struck out six in each of his last two starts at home...Rosario’s home run marked the first walkoff homer for the Threshers this season...It was Clearwater’s sixth walkoff win...Rosario has six hits and two home runs through the first three games of the series... Both of his home runs this series have come in the eighth inning or later...The Threshers had four of their eight hits in the last two innings...Moore’s steal in the seventh was the first stolen base of his career...The Threshers continue their six-game series against the Palm Beach Cardinals on Friday, July 7th... First pitch is at 6:30 pm EST... You can purchase tickets for Threshers games at ThreshersBaseball.com/tickets or by calling 727-467-4457.