Despite Baez brothers big day, Lakeland sweeps Mussels
FORT MYERS – The Baez brothers both had big games Sunday, but the Mighty Mussels dropped a doubleheader to the Lakeland Flying Tigers by scores of 4-2 and 8-4 at Hammond Stadium.
Nate Baez went 2-for-2 with a walk and Luis Baez clubbed his first home run of the season, but the Flying Tigers (60-59, 28-25) scored five runs off the Mighty Mussels’ (62-53, 21-30) bullpen to win Game 2 by an 8-4 margin.
Luis Baez’ homer was his first home run season in 196 plate appearances. His three-run shot in the fourth inning temporarily put Fort Myers in front 4-3.
Trailing 4-3 in the top of the fifth, Tigers designated hitter Eric De La Rosa singled before Danny Serretti walked. The next batter was Roberto Campos, who hammered a two-run triple to the gap to give Lakeland a 5-4 lead. Two batters later and after a pitching change, Mike Rothenberg pulled a single into right to make it 6-4.
Serretti and Adinson Reyes added RBI hits late to cap the scoring at 8-4.
Like Nate Baez, Misael Urbina also reached base three times in the loss.
In Game 1, Tanner Schobel went 2-for-2 with a walk but the Mussels couldn’t string enough hits together in a 4-2 loss.
Fort Myers will visit the Bradenton Marauders for a six-game series beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Coverage begins at 6:15 p.m. on the Mighty Mussels Baseball Network.
Mussels claim 6-2 win in rain-shortened doubleheader
FORT MYERS – The Mighty Mussels claimed a 6-2 win over the Lakeland Flying Tigers in a rain-shortened game Saturday at Hammond Stadium.
The game was called in the bottom of the sixth due to thunderstorms and subsequent unplayable field conditions.
Game 2 was scheduled to be made up as part of a doubleheader Sunday. Both games were set to be seven innings.
The Mighty Mussels entered Saturday’s game with a 4-2 lead in the bottom of the third inning. With two outs and a man on third, Alec Sayre grounded an RBI single up the middle to make it 5-2.
Still up by that margin in the bottom of the fourth, Tanner Schobel homered to deep left field to extend the Fort Myers advantage to 6-2.