Miracle Moments

Ft. Myers is 2-3, tied for second in the FSL South, a half game out of first. Their overall record is 43-29.

Thursday

All the scoring came early as the Miracle defeated the Daytona Cubs 6-4 in Ft. Myers.  Daytona scored three times in the first inning on two singles, a double, a walk, and an error.  The Miracle came back with one in the bottom of the first when Steven Singleton walked, Deibinson Romero singled him to third, and Chris Parmelee delivered a sacrifice fly.  The teams traded single runs in the second, with the Cubs scoring on an error and two singles and Ft. Myers tallying on a Nicholas Romero triple and a ground out to make the score 4-2.  The Miracle took the lead in the third:  Ben Revere and Singleton opened the inning with singles, Deibinson Romero tripled to tie the score and scored on a ground out to put Ft. Myers ahead 5-4.  The Miracle got an insurance run in the fifth when Revere reached on an error, stole second, and scored on Deibinson Romero's double.  Daytona's only other threat came in the seventh, when they got a runner to third with one out, but the runner was thrown out trying to score on a fly out.  Deibinson Romero had four hits and drove in three runs.  Tyler Robertson got the win, giving up four runs (one earned) on seven hits.  Loek Van Mil pitched two scoreless innings of relief, and Blair Erickson pitched one to get the save.

Friday

The Miracle matched Daytona for five innings, but could not do it for the entire game as they fell to the Cubs 8-6.  Each team scored one in the first, as Daytona got a single and a double and Ft. Myers got walks to Ben Revere and Steven Singleton and a single by Chris Parmelee.  Each team scored four times in the fifth, with the Cubs getting three singles, a triple, and a sacrifice fly and the Miracle getting singles from Jair Fernandez, Chris Cates, and Revere, a walk to Deibinson Romero, and a double by Parmelee.  In the sixth, Daytona scored twice on a double, two singles, an error, and a ground out to take a 7-5 lead, and this time Ft. Myers could not match them.  The Cubs added another run in the seventh on a walk, a single, and another error.  The only other tally for the Miracle came when Fernandez hit a solo homer in the eighth.  Parmelee had three hits and drove in three runs;  Fernandez and Cates each had two hits.  Michael McCardell took the loss, giving up seven runs (six earned) on eleven hits in five innings.  Santos Arias pitched two scoreless innings of relief.

Saturday

The Miracle again fell to Daytona, this time 6-4.  The Cubs again scored in the first inning, as three singles produced a run.  Ft. Myers opened the bottom of the first with two singles, but did not score.  In the third, a double, a single, a double, and a single gave Daytona three runs and a 4-0 lead.  The Miracle got on the board in the bottom of the third on singles by Ben Revere and Deibinson Romero, a walk to Evan Bigley, and a single by Nicholas Romero, but they left the bases full.  The Cubs scored twice in the seventh on two triples and a wild pitch to go ahead 6-1.  In the seventh, Ft. Myers cut the lead to 6-2 when Chris Cates singled, stole second, and scored on a single by Revere.  They threatened to get back in the game in the eighth.  Bigley opened the inning with a double, and scored on a one-out single by Rene Leveret.  A passed ball sent Leveret to second, and Chris Parmelee singled him in to make the score 6-4.  Cates then doubled, but Parmelee was thrown out trying to score, a strikeout ended the inning, and the Miracle would never get that close again.  Revere had three hits, and Mark Dolenc, Nicholas Romero, and Cates each had two.  Steven Hirschfeld took the loss, giving up four runs on eleven hits in five innings.  Spencer Steedley pitched a scoreless inning of relief.

Sunday

The Miracle got only one run on four hits as they lost to Daytona again, this time by a score of 4-1.  The Cubs again took a first-inning lead when two singles sandwiched a walk.  They went up 3-0 in the third when a single, a double, and an error scored two runs.  The lone Ft. Myers run came in the fifth when Chris Cates walked, went to third on a single by Nicholas Romero, and scored on an error, but Daytona got it back with interest in the sixth, scoring twice on two singles, a walk, and another single.  The last eleven Miracle batters were retired, and the game was over.  No Ft. Myers player had more than one hit--Rene Leveret and Jair Fernandez each doubled.  Deolis Guerra took the loss, giving up five runs (four earned) on nine hits.  Santos Arias pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, and Blair Erickson pitched a scoreless ninth.

Monday

A three-run seventh helped Ft. Myers snap its losing streak as the Miracle grounded the Lakeland Flying Tigers 5-1 in Lakeland.  Both teams scored once in the second--Ft. Myers got a run on singles by Deibinson Romero and Chris Parmelee, a passed ball, and a ground out; the Flying Tigers scored on a single and a double.  Each team had a threat before the seventh, as Lakeland put two on in the fourth and the Miracle had a runner thrown out at the plate in the fifth.  In the seventh, Parmelee doubled and Evan Bigley reached on an error and stole second, putting runners on second and third.  A walk to Mark Dolenc loaded the bases, and Jair Fernandez unloaded them, driving in all three with a double.  The Romeros produced an insurance run in the eighth, as Deibinson singled and Nicholas doubled him in.  Each Romero had two hits, as did Parmelee and Fernandez.  David Bromberg got the win, giving up a run on five hits in 6.1 innings.  Spencer Steedley pitched the last 2.2 scorelessly, striking out three, to get a save.

Tuesday

Rained out

Wednesday

Rained out

Statistical notes:  The Miracle are second in runs, fifth in doubles, fifth in triples, and eleventh in home runs.  They are second in walks and eighth in stolen bases.  They are first in OBP, tied for fourth in SLG, first in AVG, and second in OPS.

Miracle pitchers are second in ERA, sixth in fewest hits allowed, fifth in fewest home runs allowed, and fourth in fewest walks allowed.  They are sixth in strikeouts and fourth in WHIP.

Ben Revere is tied for second in games (72), fourth in at-bats (270), fourth in runs (45), first in hits (86), fourth in stolen bases (28), first in caught stealing (12), and tied for third in AVG (.319).  Steven Singleton is second in triples (6).  Chris Parmelee is tied for fifth in home runs (9) and tied for third in RBIs (42).  Michael McCardell is tied for second in wins (7), tied for fifth in starts (14), and tied for first in most home runs allowed.  Deolis Guerra is tied for first in losses (8), tied for fifth in starts (14), and first in most earned runs allowed.  Spencer Steedley is tied for third in games (28).  David Bromberg is tied for fifth in starts (14).  Tyler Robertson is tied for fifth in starts (14).  Glen Perkins is tied for third in complete games (1) and tied for first in shutouts (1).

Notes:  Joe Testa was promoted from Beloit to Ft. Myers...Ft. Myers and Lakeland will try to play a doubleheader tonight, making up one of the rained out games.  As this is the last time the two teams are scheduled to play, the other rained out game will not be made up.