Miracle win 10th in a row

Special to the Cape Coral Daily Breeze

TAMPA — The Fort Myers Miracle’s second-half playoff push continued to roll Wednesday night with a 5-2 road victory over the Tampa Yankees at Legends Field.

The Miracle have won 10 straight games, a Florida State League season-high, and have put together the second-best win streak in Miracle history.

Erik Lis blasted another home run early Wednesday, helping the Miracle (30-23) pull within three games of first place in the FSL’s second-half standings.

After Brian Dinkelman’s leadoff double in the first, Lis connected with his third home run in two nights, a two-run shot to right, staking the Miracle to a 2-0 lead. After Edward Ovalle’s RBI-single, a throwing error by Marcos Vechionacci at third base and an RBI-groundout by Dwayne White, the Miracle had sent all nine hitters to the plate in a five-run, six-hit onslaught to begin the game.

The five runs was plenty of run support for Miracle starter Jeff Manship, who gave up an RBI-double to Jared Greenwood in the second inning and a run-scoring single to Perez in the sixth. Manship (7-3) went six innings, allowing two runs on seven hits, a walk and five strikeouts.

Relievers Kyle Aselton, J.P. Martinez and Eddie Morlan slammed the door the rest of the way.

The Miracle go for win No. 11 and a three-game sweep of Tampa Thursday night.