Charlotte Stone Crabs vs Clearwater Threshers

Port Charlotte, Florida: The Charlotte Stone Crabs opened the week with a three game set against the Clearwater Threshers. The Stone Crabs fueled by a strong pitching effort and a powerful offensive attack blanked the visiting little Phillies 7-0 on Tuesday night at Charlotte Sports Complex.

The Stone Crabs broke the scoreless tie in the bottom of the third inning. Taylor Walls singled followed by walk issued to Rays rehabbing catcher Mike Zunino. A double by Thomas Milone scored Walls for the first run of the game. Then a two run single by Moises Gomez scored Zunino and Milone to give the Stone Crabs a 3-0 lead.

The Stone Crabs added to their lead in the bottom of the fifth inning. Zunino and Ronaldo Hernandez singled followed by Jim Haley reaching after being hit by a pitch to load the bases. Carl Chester then drove home a run the hard way, getting struck by a pitch to score Zunino to increase the lead to 4-0. 

Charlotte added a pair more in the sixth. Walls doubled to center then scored on an RBI double by Zunino. Zunino later scored on a sac fly by Hernandez to make it 6-0.

The Stone Crabs added one more in the seventh on a sac fly by Russ Olive to score Haley and give the Stone Crabs the 7-0 margin of victory.

Stone Crabs starter Tommy Romero struck out five in four shut-out frames before turning over the ball to Tobias Myers who tossed three more scoreless inning for the win. Alex Valverde pitched the final two scoreless inning to preserve the shut-out.

Click on the photo above to view my Stone Crabs/Threshers photo gallery.

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