The Palm Beach Cardinals dropped their fifth consecutive game Thursday night, falling 12-3 to the Jupiter Hammerheads at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter, Florida.
Palm Beach entered the game 19-19 in the current split and 52-52 overall. Jupiter entered at 15-23 in the split and 52-52 overall before earning the win.
Jupiter scored first in the second inning against Palm Beach starting pitcher Andrew Dutkanych IV. Luis Arana reached on an error by Dee Kennedy, who was making his professional debut for Palm Beach, before Edgardo De Leon hit an RBI double. Josh Hogue followed with a two-run home run to give the Hammerheads a 3-0 lead.
Yoffry Solano added an RBI double in the third inning to extend Jupiter’s advantage to 4-0. Dutkanych IV allowed four runs, three earned, in three innings and took the loss to fall to 3-2.
Alan Reyes made his season debut for Palm Beach and held Jupiter scoreless through three relief innings. Jupiter starting pitcher Jake Clemente threw 4 2/3 scoreless innings, while Janero Miller earned the win to improve to 1-0.
Palm Beach Cuts Into Jupiter’s Lead
Ryan Mitchell led off the sixth inning with a single against Miller, and Yairo Padilla followed with a two-run home run. The homer was Padilla’s third of the season and his first from the right side of the plate. It was measured at 108.9 miles per hour and cut Jupiter’s lead to 4-2.
Joseph King made his fourth rehab appearance out of the Palm Beach bullpen and pitched a scoreless seventh inning. In the bottom half, Cristofer Lebron singled, Gabe Camacho doubled for his first professional hit during his professional debut, and Trevor Haskins walked to load the bases. Mitchell then hit an RBI fielder’s choice to score Lebron, but Palm Beach stranded two runners and trailed 4-3 after seven innings.
Jupiter Pulls Away Late
The Hammerheads scored three runs in the eighth inning and added five more in the ninth. Anthony Watts entered for Palm Beach in the ninth, when Hogue hit his second home run of the game and Echedry Vargas followed with a three-run home run.
The teams were scheduled to continue their six-game Duel of the Dean series Friday, Aug. 7, with game four scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Source: Original report