Cardinals beat Miracle at Hammond Stadium

By THE NEWS-PRESS STAFF

The Palm Beach Cardinals scored twice in each the sixth and seventh innings to erase a two-run deficit and pick up a 4-2 win over the Fort Myers Miracle in Florida State League play at Hammond Stadium on Thursday.

Brendan Ryan singled through the right side, scoring Matt Dryer with the winning run in the seventh. Brian Martin later added a RBI single for an insurance run.

Both runs came off reliever Julio DePaula, who started the inning in relief of starter Justin Jones.

Jones pitched the first six frames, allowing seven hits and two runs with four strikeouts.

The Cardinal's Eric Haberer picked up the win with a solid seven innings of work. He allowed six hits and two runs while striking out six.

Andy Cavazos and Mark Worrell each pitched an inning of hitless relief to preserve the win.

Justin Arneson drive in Fort Myers' first run in the second inning with a sacrifice fly and Kyle Geiger drove in the second run off a groundout in the third.

Palm Beach improved to 13-9 with the win, while the Miracle fell to 10-9.