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Miracle can't close it out, lose 4-3 in 10

June 5, 2006 - Florida State League (FSL1)
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FORT MYERS, FL (June 5, 2006) - The Fort Myers Miracle got a taste of playoff atmosphere baseball, but the outcome was not what they hoped as they blew a one run lead in the ninth and lost 4-3 in 10 innings to the Tampa Yankees.

The Miracle entered play tied for first and when the evening was over they found themselves a game behind the Dunedin Blue Jays and fell to 32-25. They lost their third straight game for only the second time this season. With the Miracle leading 3-2 in the ninth closer J.P. Martinez walked Rudy Guillen to start the inning. Luis Nunez followed with a single to left and P.J. Pilittere drove home Guillen to tie the game at three. After a strike out to Hector Made, Martinez gave up the go ahead run on an RBI single by Chris Malec.

The Miracle tied it in the bottom of the ninth when Jeremy Pickrel led off with a double to right center. Pickrel finished the night 3-4, with a double and two runs scored. He was sacrificed to third by Luke Hughes and scored on an RBI single by Deacon Burns. Burns then stole second, but forgot how many outs there were when Korey Finer lined out to right and Burns was half way around third. The Yankees doubled up Burns at second to end the inning.

The Yankees scored a run off of Ryan Callahan in the 10th when Edwar Gonzalez hit a one out infield single. He went to third on a double by Guillen. After an intentional walk to Nunez to load the bases, Pilittere's sac fly gave the Yankees the lead.

The Miracle had a chance to tie it in the bottom of the inning when Alexi Casilla led off with a single. He moved to second on a sac bunt by Justin Arneson, but Kyle Geiger flew out to right and Brock Peterson ended the game with a ground out to third.

The Miracle jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the fifth when Matt Tolbert and Pickrel led off with back-to-back singles. Hughes sacrificed them over and Burns was intentionally walked to load the bases. Feiner's sac fly gave the Miracle a 1-0 lead and Casilla followed with an RBI single.

The Yankees finally scored off of Miracle starter Anthony Swarzak in the sixth when Brett Gardner led off with a walk, moved to third on a single by Ramiro Pena and scored on an RBI ground out from Gonzalez. Swarzak was strong going 6.0 innings allowing one run on five hits while walking one and striking out eight.

The same two teams meet Tuesday night at a special start time of 6:06 p.m. The Miracle send RHP Kevin Slowey (2-1, 1.33) to the hill against Yankees RHP William Horne (3-2, 4.99). The game can be heard live on Sports Radio 770 ESPN. It is Naples Daily News "Two for One Tuesday" presented by WCKT 100. It is also a special Halloween 6/6/06 promotion at the ballpark.

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