Daytona dashes Tampa's playoff hopes in extra-inning victory
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — After a 2-hour and 40-minute delay at the onset of the game due to rain and lightning trimmed a doubleheader to one nine-inning game, it was yet another marathon to the finish. After 10 innings and three hours and 19 minutes of baseball, RF Blake Dunn's
Dunn and Daytona dominate Jupiter, 9-2
JUPITER, Fla. — RF Blake Dunn reached base in 10-straight plate appearances from Thursday night into Friday, adding a solo home run and a pair of stolen bases. Daytona utilized the offense of the 23-year-old and his teammates, as the Tortugas tamed the Jupiter Hammerheads, 9-2, on Friday night at
Tortugas and Threshers split Saturday twinbill
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — RF-1B Jack Rogers and 1B Yassel Pino helped provide the offense as each homered in both ends of the doubleheader, as the Daytona Tortugas and Clearwater Threshers split a twinbill at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. Clearwater captured the opener, 6-4, while Daytona secured the nightcap, 5-4, in
'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
Three-run fifth derails Daytona in 3-1 loss to Jupiter
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - After Saturday’s no-hitter, pitching stole the show again on Sunday. However, it was Jupiter who did the out-dueling, as the Hammerheads squeezed past the Daytona Tortugas, 3-1, in front of 917 fans at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. RHP Carson Rudd (4.0 IP, 2 H, BB, 7 SO)
Third inning homer derails Daytona in series finale
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Tortugas pitching staff struck out 10-or-more hitters in every game of the series, but it was one offering that did them in on Sunday evening. CF Tanner Murphy’s two-run blast in the third proved to be the difference as the St. Lucie Mets managed a
Late-game miscues aid 'Tugas in twinbill split with Cards
JUPITER, Fla. - Thursday's rainout appeared to dampen the lumber, as neither Daytona nor Palm Beach's offense was particularly potent throughout Friday's doubleheader. However, the Tortugas took advantage of three errors in the seventh to rally and win game two, 5-2, after the Cardinals captured game one, 3-1, at Roger