Byran Holaday’s first career grand slam highlighted a six-run seventh inning as Lakeland rallied for a 7-6 win over Bradenton on Wednesday. The Marauders took a 6-0 lead with a four-run third inning on a pair of homers and a two-run fifth inning. The Flying Tigers got one run back in the sixth as Holaday scored on a single by Francisco Martinez. In the big sixth, Lakeland sent 10 men to the plate on just three hits. In addition to the Holaday slam, Jordan Lennerton drove in two runs with a double to center. Jared Gayhart came on in relief in the eighth with the bases loaded and struck out the two batters he faced to record the save. The two teams continue their three-game series on Thursday with a 7 pm game at Joker Marchant Stadium.
| Recap – Box | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Bradenton | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 2 | |
| Lakeland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | x | 7 | 10 | 3 | |
Bio: Wayne Koehler has worked in the Florida State League since 1983. He began as the Public Address Announcer for the Winter Haven Red Sox from 1983-84 before moving to the Lakeland press box in 1985-86 as a reporter for the Tampa Tribune. Koehler then moved to the game operations staff in 1987 and has worked in some capacity ever since including 11 seasons as the PA voice of the Tigers. Currently he is a statistical reporter for Minor League Baseball covering the Flying Tigers. His "day job" is as assistant webmaster and staff photographer for Florida Southern College where he has worked since his graduation from the college in 1983. He spend 15 of those years as the college's director of sports information. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Koehler grew up in St. Petersburg and moved to Lakeland in 1981.
