Manatees Doubled up by Cubs

Published on April 7, 2013 under Florida State League (FSL1)
Brevard County Manatees News Release


DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - In another close game at Jackie Robinson Ballpark, it was the home team that got the win as the Brevard County Manatees fell 4-2 to the Daytona Cubs on Saturday night.

The fourth inning saw the Cubs (2-1) take a walk and a hit by pitch to start things out, then a sneaky bunt by John Andreoli forced a throwing error by Brandon Macias. Jorge Soler scored on the miscue, with Stephen Bruno coming home on a groundout. Micah Gibbs capped off the frame with an RBI single.

Soler battled a stiff wind and smashed his first home run of the season over the left field wall, extending Daytona's lead to 4-2 in the seventh inning.

Despite getting on the board early with single runs in each of the second and third innings, the Manatees' (1-2) bats couldn't do enough for their second road win in as many tries. A two-out rally in the ninth failed to push across any runs. Chad Stang extended his season-opening hitting streak to three games and Macias took a ball off the back to put runners on first and second, but Nick Ramirez went down on a big swing to close out any hope of a comeback.

Brevard County starting pitcher Brooks Hall (0-1, 4.50) gave up three runs - two of them earned - on four hits and two walks, while fanning four in four innings. Jacob Barnes piggybacked on the start and only threw two innings, allowing three hits and two walks but he was able to get himself out of trouble twice with runners on the corners and bases loaded situations.

Three Daytona pitchers shared the load, with starter Austin Kirk being charged with two runs, surrendering four hits and two walks while also fanning two. He took the no-decision as Yao-Lin Wang (1-0, 0.00) came out of the bullpen with three one-hit frames, walking one and sitting down two batters on strikeouts. Frank Del Valle got the three-inning save with an impressive six strikeouts, also only allowing just one hit and one walk.

The Manatees and Cubs return to Space Coast Stadium for a 5:05 p.m. contest to close the season opening series on Sunday evening. Live audio will be started on ManateesBaseball.com and the game will be joined in progress on AM 1300 WMEL following the conclusion of the Tampa Bay Rays broadcast.

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