Lis’ two blasts pace Miracle

Special to the Cape Coral Daily Breeze

DAYTONA BEACH — A pair of two-run homers by Erik Lis in his perfect 5-for-5 night at the plate paced the Fort Myers Miracle to an 8-5 win over the Daytona Cubs Monday night.

Lis added three singles, including a run-scoring hit in the ninth to help provide insurance in the win. The Miracle (22-23) had a hit in every inning and ended the evening with 13.

Lis’ first homer came after Brian Dinkelman’s leadoff walk. After the Cubs tied the game 2-2, a one-out double by Danny Valencia came in front of Edward Ovalle’s sacrifice-fly to the base of the wall in right that pushed the Miracle into a 3-2 lead.

Again, the Cubs tied the game.

Steve Tolleson’s two-out single kept the inning alive for Lis in the seventh. A fastball from Scott Taylor ended up a no-doubter for Lis and a 5-3 Miracle lead.

Daytona fought back again. A two-out single from Jonathan Mota cut the lead to 5-4.

Three unearned ninth-inning runs for the Miracle was started by Toby Gardenhire reaching on a throwing error. With runners at the corners and one down, Lis registered his fifth hit of night, scoring Gardenhire, to make it a two-run cushion.

Another two-out single by Juan Portes and a wild pitch gave the Miracle the four-run lead.

The teams square off again Tuesday night.