CLEARWATER, Fla. (Interstat) — Anthony Potestio singled in one run and hit a two-run homer, and Yostin Pena tripled in a run and hit a two-run homer as the Tampa Tarpons defeated the Clearwater Threshers 6-1 on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at Spectrum Field. Tampa scored one run in the second and third innings and two runs in the fifth and sixth. Clearwater took an early lead when Jonathan Hogart led off the bottom of the first with a solo home run, his 15th. Potestio’s RBI single in the second tied it, and Pena’s run-scoring triple in the third put Tampa ahead for good. Pena’s two-run homer in the fifth extended the lead to 4-1, and Potestio’s two-run homer in the sixth made it 6-1. Tampa had 10 hits, Clearwater had five. Greysen Carter (5-0) earned the win, and Brad Pacheco (6-6) took the loss. The game drew 1,627 and lasted 2:35. Tampa improved to 59-43, while Clearwater dropped to 61-40.