Jupiter Blanks Brevard County in Series Opener


Clint Terry
Clint Terry
The Brevard County Manatees hit the road Friday night, starting a four-game series against the Jupiter Hammerheads. It was a tough night for the Manatees’ offense as they were shut out 2-0, at Roger Dean Stadium.

Brevard County (14-27) scattered five hits, all singles. Johnny Davis led off the game with an infield hit, against Hammerheads starter Dillon Peters. That hit extended his consecutive on-base streak to 26 games. He got it out of the way early, but did not get another hit the rest of the night. Angel Ortega followed with a single and it looked like the Manatees were in business. Unfortunately, Dustin DeMuth followed with a strikeout and Davis was then caught on the front end of a double steal. Ortega was safe, but he was stranded there when Fidel Pena struck out.

Clint Terry (0-1) made a spot start for the Manatees, in place of Kodi Medeiros, who missed the start presumably because of the back spasms he suffered last weekend in his start at Dunedin. Terry made his last appearance in the same game against Dunedin, pitching three scoreless innings, earning the save.

Friday marked his first start of the season and he ran into trouble early. Justin Bohn tripled with one out in the bottom of the first and came home on a Brian Anderson’s 11th double of the season. Terry would give up one more single in the inning, but kept Jupiter from adding to the lead.

Ortega led off the fourth with a single. It was the first hit for the Manatees since his single back in the first. It also made Ortega the only Brevard County batter to have a multi-hit game, going 2-for-4. He also stole second in the inning, but was stranded there.  That would be the last time a Manatees’ runner would reach second.

Jupiter (21-21) tacked on another run in the fourth. John Norwood led off with a double and moved to third on a ground out by Brian Schales. Dexter Kjerstad singled him home, giving the Hammerheads a 2-0 lead. That was more than enough for Peters (4-2), who was on his game. He went six innings, giving up four hits and striking out eight. 46 of his 69 pitches were strikes. Scott Lyman relieved him with two innings of one hit baseball and Ryan Reid pitched the ninth, picking up his second save.

Terry did not pitch badly by any means, giving the Manatees five innings, allowing two runs on seven hits. He did not walk a batter and struck out one. He threw 72 pitches, 47 for strikes. Kender Villegas came out of the bullpen in the sixth and struck out the first batter he faced. He then inexplicably lost control. He hit Schales in the shoulder and Kjerstad in the helmet. Thankfully, both batters were okay and Villegas got a visit from the umpire and the Manatees coaching staff. He regained his composure and ended up getting out of the inning.

Villegas went on to pitch the final two innings, three in all and struck out five without allowing a hit. He threw 36 pitches, 25 for strikes. Considering the way, the sixth inning started, that’s pretty impressive.

For more info: Brevard County @ Jupiter boxscore

Game notes: Malik Collymore made his Advanced-A debut with the Manatees on Friday, after being called up from Helena on Thursday. He will have better nights but went 0-for-3 Friday, striking out and hitting into two double plays.


Roster news: The Brewers signed Minor League free-agent right-handed pitcher Gage Smith on Friday. He was assigned to Brevard County; a team he is familiar with. He made two appearances against the Manatees earlier this season as a member of the Lakeland Flying Tigers. He last pitched May 13, against Daytona.

This article originally appeared on the now defunct Examiner.com on 5/20/16

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