McKnight gets W

By Buck Davidson on May 23, 2016

Photo Buck Davidson

Palm Beach Cardinals pitcher Blake McKnight allowed just one unearned run and three hits over eight innings to lead his team to a 5-1 win over the Clearwater Threshers Sunday at Bright House Field in Clearwater. Third baseman Casey Turgeon collected three hits, drew a walk and scored a run for the victorious Cardinals, who improved to 20-24 on the season. The two teams meet again Monday night at 7:00 pm at Bright House Field.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9			R	H
Palm Beach (20-24)	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1			5	10	2
Clearwater (26-17)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0			1	3	2

Palm Beach Cardinals
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG*
Casey Turgeon	3B	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.309
Darren Seferina	2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	.224
Orlando Olivera	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.238
1- Vaughn Bryan	PR-RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255
Casey Grayson	1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.243
Blake Drake	CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.248
Oscar Mercado	SS	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.190
Andrew Brodbeck	DH	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237
Cole Lankford	LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.250
Chris Rivera	C	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	.265
Totals		37	5	10	1	1	1	5	4	11	.227

1-Ran for Olivera in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Seferina (4, Eshelman).
3B: Turgeon (1, Therrien).
HR: Lankford (1, 8th inning off Joaquin, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Grayson 2; Turgeon 5; Drake; Rivera 2; Seferina 2; Lankford 4.
RBI: Rivera 2 (3); Grayson 2 (17); Lankford (1).
2-out RBI: Rivera 2; Lankford.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Brodbeck; Seferina; Mercado 2.
SF: Grayson.
Team RISP: 2-for-9.
Team LOB: 10.BASERUNNING
SB: Seferina (10, 2nd base off Therrien/Lino).
CS: Seferina (4, 3rd base by Therrien/Lino).FIELDING
E: Turgeon (3, fielding); Mercado (13, missed catch).

Clearwater Threshers
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Scott Kingery	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.256
Cord Sandberg	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257
Carlos Tocci	CF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.259
Andrew Pullin	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.229
Mitch Walding	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.263
Zach Green	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.267
Kyle Martin	DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.245
Gabriel Lino	C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205
Malquin Canelo	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229
Totals		30	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	5	.241

BATTING
TB: Lino; Martin; Tocci.
RBI: Walding (26).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Canelo, M; Kingery.
SF: Walding.
Team RISP: 0-for-2.
Team LOB: 6.FIELDING
E: Walding 2 (7, fielding, missed catch).

Palm Beach Cardinals
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA*
Blake McKnight (W, 1-4)	8.0	3	1	0	2	3	0	3.35
Kyle Grana	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4.86
Totals	9.0	3	1	0	2	5	0	3.27

Clearwater Threshers
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tom Eshelman (L, 2-2)	5.2	8	3	1	2	8	0	3.77
Ulises Joaquin	2.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1.62
Jesen Therrien	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	2.29
Totals	9.0	10	5	3	4	11	1	2.92

Game Scores: McKnight 75; Eshelman 51.
WP: McKnight; Eshelman.
HBP: Green, Z (by McKnight).
Pitches-strikes: McKnight 104-66; Grana 14-9; Eshelman 104-70; Joaquin 35-25; Therrien 29-13.
Groundouts-flyouts: McKnight 11-7; Grana 0-1; Eshelman 7-3; Joaquin 2-4; Therrien 0-1.
Batters faced: McKnight 31; Grana 3; Eshelman 28; Joaquin 8; Therrien 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Joaquin 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Jonathan Parra. 1B: Matt Snodgrass.
Weather: 82 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 7 mph, L to R.
First pitch: 12:59 PM.
T: 2:18.
Att: 1,619.
Venue: Bright House Field.