Flying L’s Score Early, Then Hold Off Northeast For 7-5 Victory
Brad Smith stepping up to the mound in the 7th inning, closing it out for the win.
Fort Lauderdale defeated the Northeast Hurricanes Tuesday night by a score of 7-6 despite being out hit. The Flying L’s were able to get on the board early but had to hold off a late Hurricanes rally to preserve the win.
The Flying L’s scored two in the bottom off the first on just one hit. The lone hit came from Christian Shields, a two-RBI triple. He drove in Shelby Geisler and Brad Smith, whom both reached via walks.
Northeast struggled on the mound early and starting pitcher Juan Fuentes was pulled after three consecutive walks to begin the bottom of the second. All three walks scored and the Flying L’s added two more runs to push the lead to 7-0. Fort Lauderdale had just one hit in the inning, a RBI single by Geisler.
The Hurricanes did not fold after trailing early, they would score three in the top of the third on a couple hits and an error. Fuentes singled and scored and cleanup hitter Daniel Swanson had a single to drive in a run.
Matthew Schotanus relieved Fuentes on the mound and gave his team a chance to battle back. He held Fort Lauderdale scoreless from the third inning on allowing just three hits over that span.
Northeast added two more in the sixth on three hits but that would be all they could get. Anthony Horvat led the inning off with a single and would score on a bunt single by Angel Lara. Schotanus knocked in the final run of the game on a fielder’s choice to third-base.
“I was hugely disappointed in our defense down the stretch” said Fort Lauderdale Head Coach Terry Portice, ” We have to play better defense or it’s going to be tough to win.”
Alex De La Cruz started and went three innings for Fort Lauderdale and Smith would earn the win working the final four innings allowing two runs and three hits.
“I thought our guys threw well” said Portice of his pitchers, ” If we would have fielded the ball a little bit better we could have been out of here sooner.”
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The final score was 7-5, Northeast never scored a sixth run. There was confusion at a play at home and the umpire called the player out and the scorekeeper put up a run and an out. Therefore, the run did not score and the final was 7-5.
The final score was actually 7-6. Nice article. I was just a bit surprised that coach portice wasn’t grateful for the win, when his team was out hit by the opponents. He was quoted as saying that they would have been out of there sooner, with better fielding. They could have very easily been out of there sooner, but perhaps with a defeat.