BRADENTON, Fla. (Interstat) — The Bradenton Marauders scored twice in the second inning and never trailed Sunday, defeating the Tampa Tarpons 6-4 at George M. Steinbrenner Field to earn a series split.

Bradenton built a 4-0 lead before Tampa’s Gregory Bozzo hit a two-run homer in the fourth. The Tarpons pulled within 5-4 in the sixth on another Bozzo RBI, but Marauders catcher Edgleen Perez sealed it with a two-run double in the ninth.

Winning pitcher Brandon Cain threw two scoreless innings of relief. Draven Zeigler earned the save. Bozzo finished with three RBIs for Tampa.

Attendance was 742. The game took 2 hours, 50 minutes. Bradenton improved to 6-9. Tampa fell to 5-10.