May 17, 2022 – Florida State League (FSL) – Fort Myers Mighty Mussels News Release
The Mighty Mussels hit the road Tuesday to start an eight-game series with the Clearwater Threshers at BayCare Ballpark.
After the completion of a suspended game, RHP Travis Adams will pitch against RHP Oswald Medina in the regularly-scheduled contest.
Coverage of this week’s series can be heard on the Threshers Baseball Network.
MUSSELS EARN FIRST SIX-GAME SWEEP IN FRANCHISE HISTORY
The Mighty Mussels earned their first six-game sweep in franchise history Sunday, taking every game at home against the Palm Beach Cardinals. The Fort Myers pitching staff was thoroughly dominant, spinning four shutouts in the series.
May 10-15 W-L ERA K/9 WHIP
vs Palm Beach 6-0 0.72 12.1 0.76
BACK TO CLEARWATER!
The Mussels travel to Clearwater Tuesday for their second series in as many months at BayCare Ballpark. Fort Myers swept Clearwater in the opening series of the season. Since then, the Threshers have gone 18-9 and beat the Mussels in two out of three in Fort Myers. Due to three rainouts during that series, this week’s series will feature eight games in six days. The teams will wrap up a suspended game on Tuesday before playing traditional doubleheaders on Wednesday and Friday.
FEDKO & FESTA PROMOTED, BAEZ BROUGHT IN
The Twins promoted two of the Mussels’ top early-season performers last week. On Monday, RHP David Festa was sent to High-A Cedar Rapids after being named FSL Pitcher of the Week. Festa led the Mussels to a no-hitter on Tuesday, spinning six hitless innings. He held the opposition to a .148 batting average while posting a 0.64 ERA and 0.75 WHIP over five starts. Fort Myers outfielder Kyler Fedko was promoted Thursday. The former UConn star ranked Top-10 in the Florida State Leauge in batting average (.318), OBP (.422), OPS (.888), hits (28), walks (17) and runs (19).
To replace him on the roster, Minnesota transferred OF Luis Baez to Fort Myers from the complex. The Dom. Rep. native hit…
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