The Lakeland Flying Tigers set a new home attendance record this season with...
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
Dunedin scored a solo run in the top of the 10th to defeat Lakeland 4-3 in extra innings on Tuesday. Lakeland took a 2-0 lead in the second as Chris Sedon led off the inning with his second homer of the year and two outs later, Gustavo Nunez tripled and scored on Pat McKenna's double. After Dunedin added solo runs in the 5th, 6th and 8th innings, the Flying Tigers tied it in the bottom of the 8th on a RBI single by Daniel Fields. Jordan Lennerton hit three doubles in the contest for Lakeland. Mark Sorensen worked 6.0 strong innings, giving up two runs, one earned while striking out eight. The same two teams play Wednesday at 7 pm at Marchant Stadium. recap - box 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Dunedin 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 9 0 Lakeland 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 15 2
THE FLYING TIGERS (31-31, 68-64) – Lakeland dropped a 6-1 decision at Daytona on Sunday, despite collecting 10 hits, and now has a 4-2 record in the last six games. The loss drops Lakeland to 31-31 in the second half, 8.5 games behind the Division-leading Tampa Yankees and 2.0 games behind third place Brevard County. [...]
Newcomers Gabriel Purroy and Luis Castillo combined for five of Lakeland's 10 hits, but the Flying Tigers could manage just one run in falling 6-1 to Daytona in the final road game of the season for Lakeland. Purroy, playing in just his third game for Lakeland, went 3-for-4 while Castillo, playing in his tenth game in a Flying Tiger uniform went 2-4. Jordon Lennerton singled in Pat McKenna for Lakeland's sole run coming in the first inning. Lakeland has Monday off and returns home on Tuesday to open a six-game homestand to close the season. recap - box 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Lakeland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 3 Daytona 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 x 6 7 2
Luke Putkonen and Bruce Rondon combined for a four-hit shutout as Lakeland blanked Daytona 3-0 on Saturday. Putkonen worked 7.2 innings and held the Cubs to four hits with four strikeouts. Rondon tossed the final 1.1 innings and struck out two to pick up his first save. Francisco Martinez provided the offense for Lakeland with three hits and drove in a run and scored one. Alexander Moreno drove in the Flying Tigers final run with a single. Lakeland plays Sunday at Daytona in its final road game of the season. After a day off Monday, the Flying Tigers open a six-game homestand on Tuesday to close the season. recap - box 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Lakeland 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 7 0 Daytona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
The Flying Tigers travel to Daytona for their last away stand of the season...
Dunedin pushed across a run in the bottom of the eighth without the benefit of a hit to record a 3-2 win over Lakeland in game one of a doubleheader. After the Blue Jays scored a run in the first, Lakeland tied the game on a Daniel Fields homer in the second. The Flying Tigers then went ahead 2-1 on Chris Sedon's first home run of the year. It was the second straight game Lakeland has scored all of its runs on solo home runs. Chad Nelson made his Lakeland debut working five innings to hold Dunedin to just one hit on four strikeouts. Shawn Teufel, Michael Torrealba, and Dan Gentzler combined on a four-hit shutout as Lakeland downed Dunedin 3-0 to earn a split of a doubleheader played Wednesday. Teufel, making his first Lakeland start, tossed 2.1 no-hit innings and struck out four of the first six batters he faced. Torrealba came on in relief and worked 2.2 innings, allowing three hits to get the win. Gentzler gave up one hit in the final two innings to record his first save. Pat McKenna and Francisco Martinez, batting in the 1-2 slots, combined for Lakeland's four hits and three runs in the seven-inning contest. The Flying Tigers now head to Daytona on Friday to open a three-game series. recap - box 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Lakeland 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 2 5 0 Dunedin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 x 3 2 0 Game Two recap - box 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Lakeland 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 x x 3 4 0 Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x x 0 4 3
Daniel Fields and Bryan Holaday each homered while Mark Sorensen and Jared Gayhart combined on a two-hit shutout as Lakeland blanked Dunedin 2-0 in the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader. Field's home run, his seventh of the season, was over the right center field on a 1-2 pitch and came with one out in the second. Holaday's blast came on the second pitch he saw to lead off the fourth inning and was deposited over the left center field fence. Sorensen got the win for the Flying Tigers going six innings and holding Dunedin to two hits on five strikeouts. Gayhart came on in the seventh inning and struck out two of the three batters he faced to pick up his ninth save of the season. Game two of Wednesday's doubleheader at Dunedin has been postponed and will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Thursday at 5 pm recap - box 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Lakeland 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 x x 2 5 0 Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x x 0 2 0
Lakeland has scored just twice in the last three games and has now lost three of the last four games. They hope to turn it around for the season homestretch. The Flying Tigers head to Dunedin for their last away series with the Blue Jays. Read the rest...
One day after shutting out Lakeland 4-0, the Tampa Yankees held the Flying Tigers to 1 run in each game in sweeping Lakeland in a doubleheader on Sunday, winning 4-1 and 8-1. The Flying Tigers were held to four hits in game one including a pair of singles by Jordan Lennerton and doubles by Gustavo Nunez and Kyle Peter. Lennerton homered and doubled in game two while Daniel Fields added a pair of base hits as Lakeland totalled six hits. The same two teams go at it again at 5 p.m. on Monday in Lakeland as the Flying Tigers host the Yankees in a doubleheader. recap - box 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Lakeland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x x 1 4 0 Tampa 0 0 1 2 0 1 x x x 4 6 1 Game Two recap - box 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Lakeland 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 x x 1 6 0 Tampa 1 0 2 4 1 0 x x x 8 9 0
Jacob Turner tossed struck out seven over five shutout innings, but the effort was wasted as the bullpen had a rare collapse allowing Tampa to score four times for a 4-0 loss to the Yankees. Tampa outhit Lakeland 12-4 as the Yankees shutout the Flying Tigers for the fifth time this season. Jordan Lennerton was held hitless in three at bats to see his hit streak snapped at ten games. Lakeland plays a doubleheader at Tampa at noon on Sunday. recap - box 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tampa 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 12 0 Lakeland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 photo credit: Tom Hagerty for Lakeland Local
Bio: Growing up in Detroit, Tom Hagerty dreamed of watching baseball in sunny Lakeland, Florida. That dream came to fruition in 1998 when he moved to Lakeland. Tom has a passion for the Detroit Tigers, the Lakeland Flying Tigers and all things Detroit. His interests include reading, writing and photography. Tom and his wife have two daughters, four cats, one dog and a guinea pig.
