TAMPA, Fla. (Interstat) — Drew Davies homered and drove in three runs to lead the Daytona Tortugas to a 12-8 win over the Tampa Tarpons on Thursday night at George M. Steinbrenner Field.

Daytona broke the game open with an eight-run fourth inning after Davies opened the scoring with a homer in the third. The Tortugas added three runs in the fifth to take a 12-1 lead. Tampa scored single runs in the third and fifth, then scored three in the seventh and three in the ninth but could not catch up. Daytona finished with 12 hits, while Tampa had nine.

Mason Morris (4-6) earned the win, allowing three earned runs on six hits over 6 1/3 innings with three strikeouts. Edinzo Marquez (1-2) took the loss.

Jirvin Morillo went 2-for-5 with three RBIs, and Ichiro Cano drove in two runs for Daytona. Brando Mayea homered and drove in a run for Tampa, Luis Escudero went 2-for-2 with two RBIs, and Dax Kilby drove in one. Attendance was 772, and the game lasted 2:57. The Tortugas improved to 55-62, while the Tarpons fell to 66-50.