Marauders Earn Gritty Victory in Eleven-Inning Thriller

Marauders Earn Gritty Victory in Eleven-Inning Thriller

Palm Beach, Fla. – The Bradenton Marauders earned a gutsy 6-5 win over the Palm Beach Cardinals in eleven innings on Wednesday night at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.

The win marked Bradenton’s third in an extra-inning contest, and evened the series at a game apiece.

Bradenton jumped on the board first in the top of the third when Yordany De Los Santos drove in Richard Ramirez with a one-out RBI single.

After Palm Beach pushed across one in the fourth and two in fifth to take a 3-1 lead, the Marauders rallied again in the top of the seventh.

With two outs, Ramirez and Eddy Rodriguez launched back-to-back doubles to cut the deficit to 3-2.

In the top of the eighth, the Marauders loaded the bases on a single and two walks. With one out, Estuar Suero barreled a two-run double to left that flipped the score to 4-3.

In the bottom of the same frame, Christian Martin led off with a solo homer to right that knotted the game at 4-4.

After both sides held the game scoreless through the ninth, the Marauders took a 5-4 lead in the top of the tenth when Ethan Lege roped a two-out single to left to score Jhonny Severino.

However, in the bottom of the frame, Palm Beach tacked on a run to tie the game at 5-5.

With one out in the top of the eleventh, Edward Florentino lofted a ground-rule double to left that forced home the automatic runner Ian Farrow to push Bradenton ahead 6-5.

Jose Garces recorded the final three outs in the bottom of the inning to secure the win.

With the victory, Bradenton moved to 51-59 overall, and 21-23 in the second half. Palm Beach fell to 53-55 overall and 21-22 in the second half. The two return to Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium on Thursday night with first pitch set for 6:30 p.m. Coverage begins at 6:15 p.m. on the Marauders Broadcast Network.