Thursday, August 11, 2011

Threshers sweep into first place

The Clearwater Threshers went into Tampa Wednesday and came out with 2 wins, bypassing the Yankees into first place in a wild Northern Division race that will include 5 teams. Clearwater is 25-21, 1 game ahead of Tampa, 1.5 games to Dunedin, 2 games to Brevard County and 3 games to Daytona, who won the first half. Looks to be a great time to be a fan in the FSL this month!!

The first game of the doubleheader was dominated by the pitching of Trevor May. May (9-6, 3.22) threw a complete game, 2-hit shut out. He struck out 9 and walked only 1. Troy Hanzawa (.232, RBI, run scored), Jiwan James (.272, RBI, run scored) and Jeremy Barnes (.276, single, double, 2 RBI) had 2 hits each in the 4-0 victory.

7th inning RBI from Cyle Hankerd, Travis Mattair, and Cesar Hernandez (his 2nd of the game) gave the Threshers a 6-5 win and the sweep. Brian Gump had 2 hits and scored 2 runs and Darin Ruf (.318) had a hit, scored a run and drove in his 71st run of the year.

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