Tortugas Ride Rogers, Faltine to Extra-Inning Win, 8-5

August 27, 2022 – Florida State League (FSL) – Daytona Tortugas News Release

JUPITER, Fla. – The Lone Star state was well represented for Daytona on Saturday night. Spring native DH Jack Rogers registered his first career multi-home run game, while his old friend and Richmond resident SS Trey Faltine clubbed the first blast of his career, as the Tortugas rallied to usurp the Jupiter Hammerheads, 8-5, in 10 innings at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.

Down a run entering the top of the ninth, RF Blake Dunn (0-3, R, BB, 2 SO) ignited the game-tying rally with a one-out walk. C Hayden Jones (1-4, SO) cracked the very next pitch into center field, enabling Dunn to scamper to third. After Jones was lifted for a pinch runner, LF Wendell Marrero (1-3, 2 RBI, SO) smashed a ball down the right-field line. The ball was tracked down but carried deep enough to score Dunn with a sacrifice fly, knotting the game at four.

After inducing a double play in the bottom of the frame to force extra innings, Daytona (19-33, 48-69) quickly took the lead for good in the top of the 10th. CF Héctor Rodríguez (2-5, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, SO) rifled the second pitch of the inning into the right-field corner for an extra-base knock. 3B Austin Callahan (2-5, 2 R) – who started the frame as the automatic runner at second – pranced home to give the Tortugas a 5-4 lead.

Rogers (2-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, BB, SO) followed by eviscerating a ball beyond the left-center field fence. The Spring, Texas native clubbed the offering 441 feet in the direction of the Miami Marlins’ offices for his second home run of the game. Rogers’ team-leading 10th clout of the campaign padded the advantage to three, 7-4.

Two batters later, Faltine (2-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI, 3 SO) joined in on the fun. The Cincinnati Reds’ seventh-round pick clocked the first pitch he saw beyond the left-field wall for the first home run of his career, granting Daytona an 8-4 edge.

Jupiter (23-30, 57-60) brought in one in the bottom of the inning but left the tying run in the on-deck circle. DH Cameron Barstad (3-5, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 SO) picked up an RBI double to right with one out, but a leaping catch by Faltine at short and a pop fly to first sealed the Tortugas’ first road series win of the year and an 8-5 victory.

Scoreless through the first two innings, Daytona jumped in front first. Callahan slapped a one-out single to left and advanced into scoring position on a wild pitch. Rodríguez carried his first extra-base knock of the night…