FSL1 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels

Manatees and Miracle Get Homer Happy in 8-4 Loss

Published on July 26, 2009 under Florida State League (FSL1)
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FORT MYERS -- With three homers in the first two innings it looked like a slugfest in the early going, but only one more run would cross the plate from that point forward in an 8-4 victory for the Brevard County Manatees at Hammond Stadium.

Mike Tarsi (2-1) gave up a two-run homer to the Manatees' Steffan Wilson in the first and a grand slam to Caleb Gindl in the second. After one and a half innings, it was 8-0 Brevard County until Rene Leveret launched a three-run blast to right-center in the bottom of the second. It was Leveret's third homer of the year.

Unfortunately for the hosts, Joe Benson's RBI single in the fifth inning would be the only other runs scored.

Tarsi took his first loss in the Miracle uniform as he went five innings with just three earned runs, five unearned runs, and eight hits. He walked two and struck out three.

Daniel Merklinger (1-0) won his Manatee debut with five innings of work. He gave up five hits, four runs (all earned), two walks, and five strikeouts.

Matt Williams worked a scoreless three innings with three strikeouts and one hit surrendered in his return to Fort Myers after a demotion to Beloit in April. Loek van Mil gave up a hit and struck out one in a scoreless ninth.

Joe Benson and Jair Fernandez were 2-for-4.

Amaury Rivas will oppose David Bromberg at 7:05 p.m. on Monday night for the second of a four-game series.

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