Canelo, Threshers Upend Lakeland, 14-0
June 21, 2016 - Florida State League (FSL1)
Clearwater Threshers News Release
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Malquin Canelo knocked in three runs and scored four, while Shane Watson held Lakeland off the board through six innings in the start as the Clearwater Threshers sailed past the Flying Tigers, 14-0 before 4,073 fans at Bright House Field.
Every member of the starting lineup reached base at least once, as the Threshers matched season-highs with 14 runs on 15 hits to even up the series at a game a piece.
Canelo finished 2-for-3, including a triple, four runs, three RBI, and two walks. Zach Green and Andrew Pullin each had three hits, while Derek Campbell reached four times on a pair of hits and two walks.
Clearwater (38-29) wasted no time in attacking Lakeland starting pitcher Jairo Labourt (4-6).
A one-out error on third baseman Zac Shepherd allowed Scott Kingery to reach, and Pullin followed with a single through the right side to extend his hit streak to 15 consecutive games.
Zach Green then delivered an RBI single to left-center to plate Kingery with the night's first run. Kyle Martin sent a sinking liner into left, on which right fielder Ariel Serrano made a diving grab, and Pullin tagged and scored with the sac fly to make it 2-0.
The Threshers doubled that total in the second when Samuel Hiciano ripped a two-run double to right.
Up 4-0, Clearwater was far from finished.
With Green at first and two down in the third, Malquin Canelo drove a triple to the warning track in right-center to make it 5-0. Campbell followed by shooting a single through the left side to bring Canelo home. After back-to-back walks to Hiciano and Carlos Tocci loaded the bases, Kingery stung a double down the third base line to score Clearwater's seventh and eighth runs.
That was more than enough for Watson (2-3) who limited the Flying Tigers to four hits across six shutout innings. He walked three and collected six strikeouts in the win.
Endrys Briceno entered for Lakeland (34-33) in relief of Labourt and finished off the third inning, but Canelo made him pay for a pair of walks by chopping a single up the middle to plate two more runs and expand the Threshers lead to 10-0 in the fourth. Tocci later brought Canelo in as well, grounding a single up the middle.
After another run crossed on a double play ball in the sixth, the Threshers capped the scoring against reliever Joe Rogers in the eighth inning.
Pullin struck again, knocking a two-run double up the first base line to settle the score at 14-0.
Clearwater will meet Lakeland in the rubber match on Wednesday, with first pitch at noon in the first half finale. John Richy (1-2) takes the hill against lefty Tyler Alexander (5-4), and the game will be broadcast live on the Threshers Broadcast Network beginning at 11:45 a.m.
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