Miracle win 1 game; second is rained out

LAKELAND — The Fort Myers Miracle were able to get one game in Tuesday at Joker Marchant Stadium, defeating the Lakeland Tigers 8-7 in a Florida State League contest that was resumed from Monday.

The Miracle came back from 3-0 and 5-3 deficits. Doug Deeds was key for the Miracle, going 3-for-4, driving in three runs and also scoring two.

With the Miracle trailing 3-0 in the fourth, they loaded the bases with one out. Kaulana Kuhaulua ripped a double to left that scored two runs. Felix Molina followed with a sacrifice fly to tie the game at 3.

Trailing 5-3 in the fifth, the Miracle took their first lead. Deeds hit a bases-clearing double to right-center.

In his next at-bat, Deeds tied the Miracle career record for triples with his 11th this season.

Ricky Barrett worked three innings for his fifth win and Pat Neshek worked the ninth to pick up his eighth save.

Tuesday's scheduled game was rained out and will be made up as part of a doubleheader starting at 5:05 p.m. today.