Juaner Aquasvivas singled home Jordan Lennerton as Lakeland downed Dunedin 2-1 in 17 innings. After Dunedin had scored in the top of the 17th, Gustavo Nunez led off the bottom half with a walk, Lennerton followed with a single with Nunez scoring under the tag on a single to right by Daniel Fields. Lakeland starter Cole Nelson tossed 7.0 innings of no-hit ball while Bruce Rondon and Matt Little each followed with two more no-hit innings. Wilfredo Ramirez threw an additional two no-hit innings before surrendering a 1-out single in the top of the 14th to break up the no-hitter. Lakeland drew 649 to the game to set an all-time franchise single season attendance record with 61,455, eclipsing the old mark of 61,255 set in 1987. The two clubs conclude their three-game series Thursday at 7 at Marchant Stadium.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | R | H | E | |
| Dunedin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Lakeland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
Two out when winning run scored.
photo credit: Tom Hagerty for Lakeland Local
31 Aug 2010
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