TARPONS AT MIGHTY MUSSELS

FORT MYERS, Fla. (Interstat) — A five-game series between the Tampa Tarpons and Fort Myers Mighty Mussels concludes Sunday afternoon at CenturyLink Sports Complex. First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. under clear skies with a forecast game-time temperature of 90 degrees.

Tampa (15-17) will start right-hander Matthew Dalquist, who is 0-1 with an 11.57 ERA this season, though no other statistical lines have been provided for his previous outings. Fort Myers has not announced a starting pitcher for Sunday’s series finale.

The Mighty Mussels (18-14) took the opener of the series Saturday, an 11-9 victory that evened the five-game set at two wins apiece. The home team has won four of the five meetings this week. Fort Myers dropped the middle three games (Interstat) — a 6-2 loss Friday, a 10-6 loss Thursday and a 4-3 loss Wednesday (Interstat) — after Tampa won the Tuesday opener 9-8.

The Tarpons enter Sunday’s finale having lost two of their last five games overall. Fort Myers has won four of its last six.

This will mark the sixth straight game between the two Florida State League clubs and the final contest of the season series at CenturyLink. The teams do not meet again in 2026.

Players to watch

Tampa outfielder Luis Durango has produced consistently against the Mighty Mussels this week. In five games at CenturyLink, he is 11-for-22 with eight RBIs. Over his past nine games overall, Durango is batting .348 with 10 RBIs.

Fort Myers first baseman Jayson Bass is 4-for-12 against Tampa in the series with two RBIs. In his last 10 games, Bass has four multi-hit performances, including a 3-for-5, two-RBI effort Saturday. He also had a three-hit, five-RBI game April 30 at Daytona.

Simulation

Interstat’s game simulator projects a 7-3 victory for the Tarpons.

Up next

Tampa returns home for a six-game series against Dunedin beginning Tuesday. Fort Myers travels to Bradenton for a six-game set starting Tuesday.