The Lakewood BlueClaws bounced back into the win column, defeating first place Lake County on Thursday, 8-6 in 11 innings. Michael Taylor (.359)belted the game winning 3-run home run in the top of the 11th to provide the margin of victory. Mike now has 8 homers and 41 RBI. Derrick Mitchell continued his hot hitting, smacking out 3 hits, including his 7th home run and drove in 4 (33). Derrick was off to a slow start, but now has his average up to .259. T.J. Warren (.333) and Dennis Winn (.286) also added 2 hits each for the BlueClaws. Lakewood has now won 10 of 12 and continues to make their run at a playoff spot. Jared Simon picked up his 5th win in relief.
In Clearwater, the Threshers salvaged the final game in their series with Dunedin, topping the Blue Jays 4-1. Excellent pitching from Andrew Cruse (3.2 innings, 1 run, 4 hits, 6 strike outs), Brett Harker (2.1 innings, 0 hits, 1 walk, WIN), Brian Schlitter (2 perfect innings) and Sam Walls (8th save) was enough to shut down Dunedin. Adrian Cardenas (.336, double, triple, sac bunt), John Urick (.268, double, triple, 2 RBI), and Gus Milner (.295) all had 2 hits for Clearwater and Welinson Baez belted his 2nd home run of the season. Clearwater will head to Sarasota tonight to face the Reds, Zack Segovia gets the start.
The Florida State League announced their all star selections today. Gus Milner, Edgar Garcia and Matt German will represent Clearwater. It is the first professional all star selection for each. Congrats to all!!!
I am running out the door to the Threshers game now, and will be returning to New Jersey on Sunday. I want to say thank you to all my Clearwater friends who made me feel so welcome during my time here this week.
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