Rogers Rolls Tortugas to 11-7 Triumph over Cardinals

September 3, 2022 – Florida State League (FSL) – Daytona Tortugas News Release

JUPITER, Fla. – RF Jack Rogers tied a career-high with three hits and drove in another three runs, while the Daytona Tortugas racked up a season-best-matching 15 hits in an 11-7 victory over the Palm Beach Cardinals on Saturday night at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.

After falling behind in the first on a C Jimmy Crooks (3-4, 2 R, 3B, HR, 4 RBI) solo home run to right – the second of his career – Daytona (20-37, 49-73) for one of their biggest innings of the season.

C Logan Tanner (2-4, R, 2 RBI, BB, SO) inconspicuously started the inning with a walk before taking second on a passed ball. After moving to third on a looping single by SS Edwin Arroyo (1-5, R, SO), LF-CF Justin Boyd (2-4, 2 R, RBI, BB) uncorked a knock through the middle – scoring Tanner and sending Arroyo to third – tying the game at one.

On the very next pitch, 1B Yassel Pino (2-3, R, RBI, BB) carried a sacrifice fly out to center field, giving the Tortugas a 2-1 advantage. Following a ground out that advanced Boyd to second, the Oregon State University alum came in on DH Wilfred Astudillo’s (1-3, R, RBI) single to center.

Now up a pair, 3-1, 3B Austin Callahan (1-5, R, RBI, 2 SO) kept the attack rolling with a base hit through the right side of the infield. LF Blake Dunn (2-3, 2 R, RBI, BB) pounded the second offering of his at-bat back into center for another RBI hit, stretching Daytona’s cushion to 4-1.

Rogers produced his first run batted in of the game, chasing Palm Beach’s starter LHP Alex Cornwell (1.2 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 7 ER, BB) with a run-scoring double to left-center. With men at second and third, in his second plate appearance of the frame, Tanner greeted the new arm by dunking a two-run single into shallow right.Daytona sent 11 batters to the plate and scored seven runs on seven hits to snare a 7-1 advantage. However, Palm Beach (34-24, 64-58) brought the game back to even before the fifth frame.

The Cardinals clawed three runs back in the bottom of the second courtesy of LF Nathan Church’s (2-4, R, RBI, BB, SO) single to right, a fielder’s choice grounder off the bat of Crooks, and a wild pitch.

With the Tortugas’ edge dwindling to 7-4, the Redbirds tied it in the fourth. Crooks cranked a three-base hit into the right-field corner with men at the corners and one out thanks to a pair of walks and a wild pitch. Both men came in to pull Palm Beach within one, 7-6. 1B Thomas Francisco (1-4, RBI, BB) tallied…