The Palm Beach Cardinals lost 9-4 to the Daytona Tortugas on Thursday night at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. Palm Beach fell to 32-32 in the split and 65-65 overall, while Daytona improved to 37-26 in the split and 58-71 overall.
Daytona took an early lead against Palm Beach starting pitcher Payton Graham. Ichiro Cano hit an RBI double in the top of the second inning, and the Tortugas added four runs in the third on an RBI double by Sherman Johnson, an RBI single by Cano, an RBI single by Henry Hunter and a bases-loaded walk by Jalen Hairston.
Palm Beach Cuts Daytona’s Lead
Palm Beach answered with three runs in the bottom of the third inning. Kenley Hunter hit an RBI single that scored Miguel Hernández, and Owen Henne followed with a two-run home run to cut Daytona’s lead to 5-3. The homer was Henne’s third in the last week and a half.
Jan Cabrera pitched three consecutive scoreless innings for Palm Beach before Daytona extended its advantage in the seventh. Ian Francis hit an RBI single, and Drew Davies followed with a two-RBI double to give the Tortugas an 8-3 lead.
Alejandro Rivera earned the win with 4 1/3 scoreless innings out of Daytona’s bullpen. He allowed one hit and struck out six Palm Beach Cardinals.
Francis hit his second home run of the year in the top of the eighth inning to make it 9-3. Trevor Haskins hit a two-out double in the bottom of the ninth and scored on a wild pitch, but Palm Beach could not score again.
The series continues Friday, September 4, at 6:30 p.m. at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.
Source: Original report