Daytona Dominates Doubleheader Against Manatees

Zach Hirsch
Zach Hirsch
The Daytona Tortugas and Brevard County Manatees returned to the field on Wednesday, after enjoying a day off on Tuesday. The two teams played a doubleheader at Jackie Robinson Ballpark, with the Tortugas taking game one, 12-0 and game two 4-1, sweeping the twin bill.

Javi Salas, who was a member of the Manatees starting rotation in 2015, returned from Double-A Biloxi on a rehab assignment, as the game one starter. He struggled mightily in this one, as the Tortugas sent 10 men to the plate and put five runs on the board, in the bottom of the first.

Blake Trahan singled and came home on a two-run homer by Shed Long. Salas retired the next two batters, but the next five reached and brought Garrett Boulware to the plate with the bases loaded. He grounded to shortstop Wendell Rijo, who short-hopped the throw past Jose Cuas at first, resulting in two more runs and giving the home nine a 5-0 lead.

The second inning was not much better for Salas, who faced nine more batters in the second, including five straight hits to start the inning and three more runs for the home nine, making it an 8-0 lead after two innings of work. Salas would not return for the third, needing 52 pitches (32 strikes to get through two innings. He gave up eight runs (six earned) on nine hits, walked one and struck out one.

Zach Hirsch came out of the Manatees bullpen and kept the Tortugas from adding on, striking out the first four hitters he faced. Brian O'Grady’s single to start the bottom of the fifth was the only hit Hirsch allowed in his three innings of work. He walked one and struck out six, throwing 27 of his 43 pitches for strikes.  

On the other side, Daytona starter Jonathon Crawford gave up just two hits in his five innings of work. Corey Ray led off the game with a double and Elvis Rubio singled in the top of the second. That was the extent of the Brevard County offense in game one.

Daytona added four more in the bottom of the sixth, against reliever Josh Uhen. The first three hitters reached, loading the bases and Reydel Medina cleared them with a three-Run triple, making it 11-0. The final run came on an RBI grounder by Chad Tromp.

The Tortugas ended the night with 14 hits in game one, with five Tortugas putting up multi-hit performances. Long (3-for-4, 2 runs, 1 HR and 2 RBI’s) and Medina (3-for-4, 3 R and 4 RBIs), leading the way.

For more info: Brevard County @ Daytona boxscore (game 1)

Blake Allemand
Blake Allemand
It didn’t take the Manatees (12-27, 35-72) long to break their scoreless streak in game two. Blake Allemand took the third pitch of the night from Daytona starter Ismael Guillon, over the right field wall, getting Brevard County on the board.

The Tortugas (59-47) got right back in track in the bottom of the second with Gavin LaValley tying things up with one swing of the bat, taking Bubba Derby deep over the left field wall. The hits just kept coming, as the Tortugas sent nine men to the plate and tallied three more times, extending their lead to 4-1.

Despite giving up the long ball to Allemand in the first, Guillon settled down nicely. He struck out two Manatees in each of the first three innings and went on to retire 14 in a row, including striking out the side in the top of the fifth. He would not get a chance to continue that streak, as he gave way to Juan Martinez on the mound in the sixth. 

He retired the only three batters he faced, before Daytona closer Jimmy Herget, who closed things out despite giving up a walk to George Iskenderian to break the streak with one out in the ninth. With that, the Manatees dropped the second game and the sweep was complete. They have now lost 10 of 12 games.

For more info: Brevard County @ Daytona boxscore (game 2)

The home-at-home series continues Tuesday at Space Coast Stadium.

This article originally appeared on 27OutsBaseball.com on 8/3/16

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