Tortugas top Tarpons 4‑2 in doubleheader opener
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Interstat) — The Daytona Tortugas defeated the Tampa Tarpons 4-2 on Saturday evening in the first game of a doubleheader at Jackie Robinson Ballpark.
Daytona struck first in the bottom of the second inning. Henry Hunter singled to right field, and a fielding error allowed Anielson Buten and Ichiro Cano to score. Tampa answered in the top of the fourth when Luis Escudero reached on a throwing error by Cano, scoring JoJo Jackson and Luis Durango.
The Tortugas reclaimed the lead in the fifth inning on Drew Davies’ RBI double that scored Jacob Friend.
Starter Sheng-En Lin earned the win, pitching five innings while allowing five hits and no earned runs with five strikeouts. Dominic Scheffler got the save with two scoreless innings, striking out three. Tyler Boudreau took the loss.
Buten led Daytona’s six-hit attack with two hits. Davies, Kyle Henley and Anthuan Valencia each had one hit. Hans Montero had one of Tampa’s seven hits.
Attendance was 2,042. The game lasted 2 hours, 11 minutes. Daytona improved to 18-32, Tampa fell to 24-26.