Fanti Steps Up, Listi Drives in 4 in 10-6 Win
Published on June 2, 2018 under Florida State League (FSL1)
Clearwater Threshers News Release
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Nick Fanti dealt six innings of one-hit ball, and Austin Listi reached base five times as the Clearwater Threshers halted the Florida Fire Frogs in a 10-6 win on Veterans and Military Appreciation Night at Spectrum Field.
Listi finished a triple short of the cycle, turning in a 3-for-5 performance including two walks, a double, home run, and four RBIs.
JP Crawford went 2-for-5 in the fourth game of a rehab assignment, as the Phillies shortstop works his way back from a right forearm strain. Crawford knocked a pair of singles and scored two runs, picking up an RBI in the win.
Clearwater (22-30) grabbed a run in the first, after one-out single from Adam Haseley and a walk to Listi had placed runners at the corners with two outs for Mickey Moniak.
Moniak battled his way through a nine-pitch at-bat, and pulled a sharp grounder through the right side to score Haseley with the night's first run.
Fanti retired all nine he faced through the first three innings, and did so on just 33 pitches.
Listi led off the third against reliever Troy Bacon with a single after a nine-pitch at-bat. With one down, Moniak put down a bunt that advanced Listi down to second. Arquimedes Gamboa then delivered a single to center to plate Listi and make it 2-0 Threshers.
The Threshers tacked on three more in the fourth inning, opening up a 5-0 lead. Jose Gomez got it going with a walk, and stole second. With one out, Crawford lined a single to the right of center to score Gomez.
An out later, Listi worked his second walk of the night, and Henri Lartigue drove a double to the warning track in left to score two and expand the lead to five.
Fanti had worked four no-hit innings, before Alejandro Salazar opened the fifth inning with a solo shot to right field, cutting the lead to 5-1.
In the sixth, a Hasley single and stolen base set up a Listi RBI double to make it 6-1. Lartigue was hit by a pitch, and an out later Gamboa blooped a single into left-center. Another run would cross on a fielder's choice to make it 7-1.
Fanti (1-2) exited after a strong six innings, permitting just one run on one hit and two walks, while striking out four. He left after 82 pitches, 55 strikes.
Listi finished off a career night at the plate by blasting a three-run home run in the seventh inning, his fifth of the season to expand the lead to 10-1.
Florida rallied late for the second straight night, bringing home three runs in the eighth and two more in the ninth before Will Hibbs secured the final out on a strikeout of Garrison Schwartz.
The Threshers and Fire Frogs will square off in a doubleheader to wrap up the series on Sunday, with first pitch set for 1 p.m. Sixto Sanchez takes the hill against Kyle Muller in game one, and both contests will be broadcast live on threshersbaseball.com starting at 12:45 p.m.
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