Lakeland Flying Tigers (1-0)
Peter CF
Roof 2B
Dirks LF
Bertram 1B
Ciriaco SS
Kaiser RF
Tucker DH
Tomas 3B
Casanova C
Pitching: Thad Weber
Tampa Yankees (0-1)
Krum CF
Fryer LF
Montero C
Laird 3B
Sublett 2B
Romine DH
Rufino RF
Hilligoss 1B
Maruszak SS
Pitching: Dellin Betances
UPDATE, 7:03 p.m.: Game just got underway with a walk by Betances to the Lakeland lead off batter Peter
UPDATE, 7:05 p.m.: Peter steals second on a close throw by Montero. Montero seemed to pop up pretty quickly
UPDATE, 7:06 p.m.: Peter steals third easily with no throw from Montero. Betances punches out the second baseman Roof after having a few good pitches fouled off into the Yankee dugout. Roof looked pretty upset with himself with his swing and miss.
UPDATE, 7:07 p.m.: A very nice play by the Yankee second baseman Damon Sublett on a sharply hit ball between first and second. Sublett dove and extended his body completely to nab it, tossing the ball on his knees to first for the out. On the play, Peter tagged and scored. 1-0 Lakeland.
UPDATE, 7:11 p.m.: Dellin Betances strikes out the left fielder Dirks to end the inning.
UPDATE, 7:14 p.m.: Eric Fryer gets on base with a single and advances to second with a steal. The throw is very close but he's in there safely. With big Jesus Montero up with a man in scoring position, this could be a chance for the T-Yanks to get on the board early.
UPDATE, 7:17 p.m.: Montero pops one up into the foul territory beside the home field dug out. The first baseman Hilligoss calls off the advancing pitcher and second baseman to make the out.
UPDATE, 7:22p.m.: Here in the top of the second, after getting two quick outs, Betances is back to the stretch after allowing back to back singles to bottom part of the lineup.
UPDATE, 7:24p.m.: Betances gets out of the 1st and 2nd jam by picking up another swinging strikeout in the form of the catcher Raul Casanova. That's 3 strikeouts in 2 innings now for Betances.
UPDATE, 7:34p.m.: There's another no-hit inning for Betances. He didn't pick up a strikeout here in the top of the third but he did manage to coax out quite a few swings and misses. His command is a bit off right now but he looks to be bringing the heat.
UPDATE, 7:37p.m.: Addison Maruszak slaps a broken bat single over the short stops head to lead off the bottom half of the third. And man, his bat shattered! It looked lke it just disintegrated into the infield.
UPDATE, 7:42p.m.: After a passed ball thrown by Weber, Maruszak raced to second and rounded his way to third. The ball got to the third baseman a good two or three feet before his slide and he was called out. Krum popped up to end the inning.
UPDATE, 7:45.m.: Uh-oh, close call Yankees fans. Jesus Montero was on the ground, grabbing his leg. It looked like the ball got down and bounced up and hit him where his pads weren't covering him. The trainer, coach, and Betances came over to help him out. After stretching it out, Montero bounced back up and stayed in the game. Nice round of applause from the fans here. Phew.
UPDATE, 7:47.m.: Another strikeout for Betances as Audy Ciriaco goes down swinging. This kid has got dynamite stuff.
UPDATE, 7:49.m.: The Flying Tigers seem to be really testing Montero's throwing arm tonight. There's another stolen base for the Tigers by the right fielder Kaiser. That's 3 already tonight here in the fourth. Joe Tucker strikes out swinging to end the inning.
UPDATE, 7:52.m.: Eric Fryer gets on for the second time tonight for Jesus Montero. Montero shot a line drive right at the first baseman, doubling off Fryer for a double play.
UPDATE, 7:54 m.: Laird drives a line drive single into left field with the second baseman Damon Sublett on deck.
UPDATE, 7:57.m.: Sublett hit a liner at the right fielder Kaiser who dropped it in the outfield. Laird is held up at third by the third base coach. Romine ends the inning with an out.
UPDATE, 7:59.m.: I am going to go down with Kelli to see if we can snap a few photos of Austin Krum and Adddison Maruszak. Will update when I return.
UPDATE, 8:20.m.: I am back in the booth. We were able to get a few good photos. My camera's battery died on me so I had to use Kelli's. The Yankees raced out to a 2-1 lead while we were shooting photos. Both Krum and Montero picked up the RBI. Betances is still on the mound here in the top of the sixth. He has looked strong, just 2 hits surrendered so far.
UPDATE, 8:25p.m.: And there's another stolen base for the Flying Tigers. Montero's throw was on line but had far too much arc. The runner was into second easily. Betances works out of a first and third jam by coaxing out a ground ball to close out another scoreless inning. That's five straight scoreless innings with the one run coming in the first.
UPDATE, 8:31p.m.: Sublett strikes out looking to begin the bottom half of the sixth with Austin Romine headed up to bat.
UPDATE, 8:32p.m.: Romine skies one into center field for an out. Rufino coming up to the plate with two out and no one on.
UPDATE, 8:36p.m.: Wady Rufino drives one hard into the left field corner but is held up at first. He may have made it into second but that throw from the left fielder was a frozen rope.
I am going down to enjoy the game from up close. When we get a few more readers, I will make sure to blog the entire game. Recap to come!
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