Cardinals rally past Tortugas with walk-off wild pitch
JUPITER, Fla. (Interstat) — Sebastian Dos Santos scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Palm Beach Cardinals a 6-5 victory over the Daytona Tortugas on Thursday, Sept. 3, at Roger Dean Stadium.
Palm Beach took a 4-2 lead in the fourth after Trevor Condon doubled in two runs. Daytona surged ahead in the eighth on Jirvin Morillo’s RBI single and consecutive sacrifice flies from Ian Francis and Sherman Johnson. Palm Beach tied it in the bottom half when Dee Kennedy scored on Tristan Smith’s wild pitch, then won it on another wild pitch by Smith in the ninth.
Dos Santos homered in the third and finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Arnaldo Lantigua homered in the second and drove in two runs. Earle Zulueta pitched 3 1/3 shutout innings in relief, allowing two hits and striking out five. Bryan Salgado tossed three scoreless innings with four strikeouts for Daytona. Nathan Shinn worked a scoreless ninth to earn the win. Smith took the loss.
Palm Beach improved to 64-65 with nine hits. Daytona fell to 58-70 with seven hits. The game drew 472 and lasted 2:49.