Saturday night the Marauders hosted their first annual Breast Cancer Awareness night at McKechnie Field. Players wore special pink jerseys which were auctioned off during the game with the proceeds benefiting the American Cancer Association. Aaron Pribanic started the game for the hot-hitting Marauders, who had amassed over thirty hits in their past two games. Opposing, Pribanic was Jupiter’s Johnny Dorn. The Marauders scored first, when Quincy Latimore doubled in Starling Marte. Jupiter took the lead in the top of the third by scoring two runs. Daniel Pertusati sent a single into right, bringing in Emilio Ontiveros who had reached base on a double. Javier Guzman scored the second run of the inning on a fielder’s choice from Paul Gran. Jupiter’s lead did not last long, as Quincy Latimore tied the game in the bottom of the inning with a solo home run, his 15th of the year.
The benches cleared for the first time in Marauder’s history in the seventh inning. Adam Davis slid hard into second base to break up a potential double play. Jupiter’s Ontiveros had a few words for Davis as he got to his feet. Slight pushing occurred, which sent both teams streaming on to the field, clearing out both dugouts and bull pens. The managers and umpires settled the players down and play continued with out ejections.
Unfortunately, Bradenton lost their momentum and gave up four runs in the eighth inning. Daniel Pertusati led off with a home run. Paul Gran reached base on a throwing error from Shelby Ford. Ben Lasater moved Gran to third after hitting a ground rule double. Jacob Smolinski singled to center, driving in Gran and moving Lasater to third. Smolinski stole second. Thomas Hickman hit a sacrifice fly to right, which enabled Lasater to score and Smolinski to advance to third. Bradenton pitcher Yerfi Tavaras hit Miguel Fermin with a pitch, sending him to first. Ernesto Manzanillo hit a sacrifice fly to left, which allowed Smolinski to score. Bradenton finally got out of the inning after Jupiter batted around the line up and Pertusati lined out to Adam Davis.
The Marauders made a valiant effort to come back in the bottom of the ninth. Eric Fryer led off with a single, and Calvin reached base after being hit by Corey Madden with a pitch. James Skelton struck out and Adam Davis popped out, forcing the Marauders into a two out situation, down four runs. Madden loaded the bases by walking Jordan Newton. Shelby Ford singled to left, scoring Fryer and advancing the runners. With the bases loaded, Bradenton manager, PJ Forbes, sent Jeremy Farrell to pinch hit for Austin McClune. With Farrell, the potential winning run, at the plate, Madden threw a low pitch which passed by catcher Miguel Fermin. Calvin Anderson scored, and all other runner advanced on the play. Farrell connected with the next pitch sending it out in the direction of left field, approximately ten feet shy of the fences. The Marauders were defeated by a final score of 6-4.
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In the third game of the series the Lakeland Tigers sent Shawn Teufel to the mound to oppose Bradenton’s Brian Leach. The Tigers got to Leach early and often, shelling the right hander with seven hits and six runs in two innings. Bradenton had solid relief efforts from Jhonathon Ramos and Duke Welker who both pitched three scoreless innings. Teufel on the other hand, gave up only hits including a home run from Aaron Baker. Pittsburgh Pirates infielder, Steve Pearce, made his first rehab apperance. Pearce played six innings at third base but did not get a hit. The Marauders struggled on offense until the ninth inning when Lakeland’s nearly automatic closer, Kenny Faulk appeared. Faulk allowed two hits and three runs in two thirds of an inning. With two outs and runners on second and third, Lakeland sent in Matt Little to finish off Bradenton. Little gave up a double to Adalberto Santos, which scored two runs (both charged to Faulk). But Little was able to close out the game getting Elevys Gonzalez to strike out to end the game with a final score of 6-5.
