'Tugas and Tigers split Saturday twinbill
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — After inclement weather prohibited Friday night's game from reaching its conclusion, rain would not halt Saturday evening's festivities. The Daytona Tortugas captured the suspended contest, 4-1, while the Lakeland Flying Tigers scored three in the seventh to win game two, 5-3, in front of 1,338 fans
Eruption in eighth elevates 'Tugas over Redbirds, 5-4
JUPITER, Fla. — Daytona sent eight hitters to the plate and tallied three runs on four hits in the eighth inning. This enabled the Tortugas to erase a two-run deficit and topple the Palm Beach Cardinals, 5-4, on Saturday night at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. CF Fidel Castro (2-5, R,
Cardinals' three-run second stifles Tortugas, 4-2
JUPITER, Fla. — SS Steven Leyton and CF Fidel Castro posted solo home runs for Daytona, but it was Palm Beach's three-run second that was the decisive factor. The Cardinals rode that crooked number to a 4-2 victory over the Daytona Tortugas on Friday night at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.
Tortugas trample Hammerheads in series opener, 9-5
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — 1B Jack Rogers reached base five times and tied a career-best with three hits, as the Daytona Tortugas captured their fourth-straight victory with a 9-5 triumph over the Jupiter Hammerheads in front of 1,793 fans at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. Jupiter (33-29) snatched an early lead, picking
Callihan carries Tortugas to 11-7 win over Flying Tigers
LAKELAND, Fla. — After tying a career-high with four runs batted in on Friday, 2B Tyler Callihan matched a career-best with four knocks on Saturday. He and Daytona utilized a seven-run first inning to their benefit, as the Tortugas topped the Lakeland Flying Tigers, 11-7, from Publix Field at Joker
Tortugas trounce Mussels in doubleheader sweep
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — 1B Ruben Ibarra garnered his second career multi-home run game and a career-best five RBI in the lid-lifter, while 1B Jack Rogers tallied a career-high three hits in the nightcap, as the Daytona Tortugas swept a doubleheader from the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels, taking game one,
Five-run first flattens Daytona in 10-4 defeat to St. Lucie
PORT ST. LUCIE — A gloomy night produced a gloomy result. St. Lucie erupted for five runs and sent all nine men to the plate in the first inning, spoiling LF Jack Rogers' two-hit night and RF Fidel Castro's first home run of the campaign, as the Mets mashed their