The Palm Beach Cardinals defeated the Bradenton Marauders 8-5 on June 25 at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, to improve to 5-1 in the series and 38-34 overall. Bradenton fell to 2-4 in the series and 33-38 overall.
Bradenton took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Eddie Rynders hit a solo home run off Palm Beach starter Jack Martinez. Ian Petrutz answered with a solo home run in the bottom half of the inning, his second home run of his rehab assignment with Palm Beach.
Palm Beach Takes Control in Third
Eddie King Jr. put the Marauders back in front with an RBI single in the third inning. Martinez stranded the bases loaded, and Palm Beach responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning.
Ryan Weingartner started the scoring with an RBI double against Bradenton starter Jaiker Garcia, who later balked in a run. Yordalin Pena and Petrutz followed with RBI doubles as the Cardinals took a 5-2 lead.
Martinez pitched 3 2/3 innings, allowing two runs, four hits, one home run, two walks and one hit-by-pitch while striking out seven. He received a no-decision, while Jaiker Garcia took the loss and fell to 0-4.
Haskins Hits Two Home Runs
Trevor Haskins extended the lead in the fourth inning with a solo home run, his fifth of the season. Jesus Garcia earned the win after pitching 2 2/3 innings in relief, allowing one run and striking out four to improve to 2-0.
Palm Beach added another run in the sixth inning after Chase Heath led off with a single and stole second base. Heriberto Caraballo brought Heath home with an RBI single.
Bradenton scored on a wild pitch by Anthony Watts in the seventh inning and loaded the bases, but Watts struck out Raymond Mola to end the threat. Edgleen Perez hit a two-run double in the eighth inning to pull the Marauders within three runs.
Haskins answered with his second solo home run of the game, restoring Palm Beach’s 8-5 lead. Dylan Drissen recorded his third save of the season with four outs and two strikeouts.
Next Game
The Palm Beach Cardinals were scheduled to play the Bradenton Marauders in Game 4 of the six-game series on Friday, June 26. First pitch was scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Source: Original report