Fausnaught Fans Eight in Threshers' Loss
Published on August 24, 2023 under Florida State League (FSL)
Clearwater Threshers News Release
LAKELAND, FL - Despite a career-high eight strikeouts in a career-high 6.0 innings of one-run ball from Braeden Fausnaught, the Clearwater Threshers (75-41, 31-20) fell 3-2 against the Lakeland Flying Tigers (59-57, 33-18) on Thursday night at Joker Marchant Stadium. The Threshers look to pull even with Lakeland on Friday evening.
Zach Arnold led off the second inning with a single off Flying Tigers starter Joe Miller and stole second base. Bryson Ware walked and Ryan Leitch loaded the bases with a single to right. Dakota Kotowski drove in the first run of the game with a sacrifice fly to deep left field that scored Arnold and gave the Threshers a 1-0 lead. Lakeland got a sacrifice fly of their own in the home half of the second to even the score at one run apiece.
Ware began a two-out rally after getting hit by a pitch in the fourth. Leitch moved him to second with a single and Kotowski drove him home with an RBI single to give the Threshers a 2-1 lead. Lakeland took their first lead in the eighth on back-to-back RBI singles to pull ahead 3-2. The Flying Tigers bullpen retired all but one batter in the final 3.0 frames to hold on and defeat the Threshers 3-2.
Fausnaught allowed one unearned run on three hits in 6.0 innings of work with one walk and eight strikeouts in a no-decision. Eiberson Castellano (2-2) took the loss with two runs allowed in 2.0 innings, striking out two and surrendering five hits.
Kotowski has two multi-RBI games in three starts with the Threshers this season...Miller stole the first base of his career in the fifth inning...Leitch has five multi-hit games in 10 August games...Heredia recorded his second multi-hit game in seven appearances with Clearwater...Ware reached all four times he came to the plate...The Threshers continue their road trip against the Lakeland Flying Tigers on Friday, August 25... First pitch is at 6:30 pm... You can purchase tickets for Threshers games at ThreshersBaseball.com/tickets or by calling 727-467-4457.
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