Marauders Comeback Falls Short in 8-6 Loss to Tortugas
Iredale mashes sixth homer, Pimentel extends hitting streak to seven games
The Bradenton Marauders (6-8, 37-42) fell short of a comeback during an 8-6 loss to the Daytona Tortugas (7-6, 28-51) on Saturday from LECOM Park. Brent Iredale crushed his sixth homer of the season, while Antonio Pimentel extended his hitting streak to a season-high seven games.
The Marauders began the scoring in the bottom of the first off Tortugas starter Jake Brink. Pimentel doubled and came around to score on a base hit by Edgleen Perez.
In the bottom of the second, Iredale notched a solo blast off Brink to make it a 2-0 ballgame. Cristian Jauregui walked, moved to second on a single by Luke Scherrer, and scored on a throwing error to make it 3-0.
Eddie King Jr. led off the bottom of the third with a walk and was plated on a double by Iredale, putting the Marauders up 4-0.
Daytona got the bats going with two runs in the fourth, two runs in the seventh, three runs in the eighth, and a run in the ninth to take a 8-4 lead.
In the bottom of the ninth, Perez plated two runs on a double, but Bradenton went scoreless the rest of the way to finalize an 8-6 win for Daytona.
The Marauders and Tortugas play the series finale of a six-game set on Sunday from LECOM Park. First pitch is set for 12:00 p.m.
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