The Palm Beach Cardinals fell 2-1 to the Jupiter Hammerheads on Aug. 5 at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium after Brian Holiday delivered a career-best start. The Florida State League game began following a one-hour, 31-minute delay.
Holiday and Jupiter starting pitcher Manuel Genao kept both offenses scoreless through the first five innings. Palm Beach entered the game 19-18 in the current split and 52-51 overall, while Jupiter entered at 14-23 in the split and 51-52 overall.
Holiday Delivers Career-Best Outing
Holiday allowed his first two hits in the sixth inning and left with two outs. He finished with a career-high 5 2/3 scoreless innings and a career-high 12 strikeouts in a no-decision.
Cam Kozeal recorded his first career professional hit with a single to right field. Ryan Mitchell then threw out Jeremy Almonte at home plate, recording his fifth outfield assist of the season.
Jupiter Scores Twice Late
Jupiter broke the scoreless tie in the eighth inning against Yadiel Batista, who took the loss, his fourth of the season. Josh Houge walked to lead off the inning, advanced to third base on an error and scored on Jacob Lombard’s RBI single.
Andres Valor hit a one-out single in the ninth inning and later scored on a wild pitch, giving the Hammerheads a 2-0 lead. Ian Medina earned the win after pitching scoreless sixth and seventh innings.
Palm Beach answered in the bottom of the ninth when Cristofer Lebron drove in the Cardinals’ only run with a sacrifice fly. Davidxon Lara earned his first save after returning for his second inning of work, and J.P. Cabrera flew out to left field to end the game.
Series Continues Thursday
The loss came in the second contest of the final Duel of the Dean series between the Palm Beach Cardinals and Jupiter Hammerheads. Game three is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 6, with first pitch set for 6:30 p.m.
Source: Original report