Lakeland Ends Slide, Scoots Past Clearwater
John Murrian had three hits while Daniel Fields hit a two-run homer as Lakeland got by Clearwater 4-3 on Wednesday. Fields’ blast over the left field wall came on a 3-2 pitch with Murrian aboard in the third. The Threshers scored solo runs in the fifth and seventh innings to tie the game at 2-all. Brent Wyatt led off the bottom of the seventh with a walk while Murrian followed with a single. Wyatt then scored on a sacrifice fly by Gustavo Nunez while Murrian later scored on a single to right by Brandon Douglas who is hitting .500 in his last 12 games. The two teams play Thursday at 7 pm at Joker Marchant Stadium.
| Recap – Box | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Clearwater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | |
| Lakeland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | x | 4 | 8 | 1 | |
Tags: baseball, clearwater, florida, fly, Lakeland, threshers
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