Vero Beach blow out Miracle,
8-2

By Special to the Naple Daily News

FORT MYERS — The Vero Beach Devil Rays scored eight unanswered runs on Thursday night in a rain-shortened 8-2 win over the Fort Myers Miracle. After close to a two-hour delay and an attempt to get the field back in playing shape, the game was called after the seventh-inning stretch due to unplayable field conditions at Hammond Stadium.

The Miracle scored a pair of runs in the opening inning taking an early 2-0 lead. After Luis Ugueto and Erik Lis drew two-out walks, Edward Ovalle cleared the bases with a two-run triple plating the only Miracle runs of the night.

The Rays tied it in the second with a pair of runs as Rhyne Hughes delivered a RBI-double scoring Patrick Cottrell, who led off the inning with a single to right. Hughes would later score the tying run on Jackson Brennan’s fielder’s choice to second.

Former Miracle Erold Andrus gave Vero Beach their lead for good leading off the third with his team-leading eighth home run, a solo shot just inside the foul poul in right for a 3-2 Rays lead. Two more visitor runs would come across on a Miracle error and an Aaron Sisk sacrifice fly giving the Rays a three-run lead.

A Rays run in the sixth and a pair in the seventh would round out scoring on the Thursday night. Vero Beach pounded out 11 hits helping to snap the three-game Miracle win streak. The third game of the series will take place at 7:05 p.m. on Friday night as the Miracle send RHP Yohan Pino (1-2, 1.87) against the Rays RHP Jeff Kamrath (1-5, 6.82).