Palm Beach Uses Late Rally To Take Opener, 6-4
Published on August 21, 2018 under Florida State League (FSL1)
Fort Myers Mighty Mussels News Release
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Taylor Grzelakowski homered and tripled, but the Palm Beach Cardinals scored two runs in the eighth inning to hand the Fort Myers Miracle a 6-4 loss on Tuesday night at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.
Tied 4-4 in the eighth, Justin Toerner broke the tie with an RBI double to right. Elehuris Montero provided some insurance with a double down the right-field line to push the Cardinals lead to 6-4.
Down 1-0 in the third, the Miracle tied the game on an Aaron Whitefield sacrifice fly. Alex Kirilloff made it 2-1 Miracle with a fourth inning single. Kirilloff has reached base safely in 32 consecutive games.
The Miracle tacked on single runs in the fifth and sixth innings on an Ernie De La Trinidad sacrifice fly and a Grzelakowski solo home run.
Palm Beach trimmed the deficit to 4-3 in the sixth on a Stefan Trosclair RBI triple and a Conner Capel single before tying the game in the seventh when Trosclair was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
Brusdar Graterol started for Fort Myers and took a no-decision. The 19-year old allowed three runs across 5.2 innings of work. He walked two and struck out four.
Jovani Moran allowed a run in an inning of work while Hector Lujan's streak of 23.1 consecutive scoreless innings ended after allowing two runs in 1.1 innings of work. Lujan (5-4) suffered the loss after surrendering two runs in the eighth inning.
Evan Guillory collected a no-decision after yielding four runs (three earned) in six innings. Three Palm Beach relievers teamed up to blank the Miracle over the final three innings.
The teams are back at it on Wednesday night in Jupiter. First pitch is slated for 6:30 p.m.
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