Palms 7, Orioles 4

Tuesday, June 23, 2020 – Coca-Cola Palms Park

By Vin Castillo

Sometimes the cure for a losing streak is simple.

Come home. See a few hits fall in. Put a crooked number on the board.

After four straight losses and a quiet offensive weekend in Chicago, the Miami Palms rediscovered their bats Tuesday night, scoring early and often in a 7–4 win over Baltimore to open a long homestand at Coca-Cola Palms Park.

The victory pushes Miami back to 40–40, snapping the skid and restoring a little life to the clubhouse.

The Palms wasted no time responding after falling behind early.

Baltimore struck first with a run in the second and then briefly grabbed momentum when Trey Mancini launched a three-run homer in the third. But Miami had already done its damage — and kept adding.

The game turned in the bottom of the second inning when the Palms erupted for four runs. Matt Wieters started the rally with an RBI double, Greg Garcia added a two-run triple, and Frank Sohn capped the inning with a run-scoring single that suddenly flipped a 1–0 deficit into a 4–1 Miami lead.

Baltimore clawed back to tie the game 4–4 after Mancini’s blast, but the Palms didn’t let the momentum linger.

Frank Sohn continued his strong season with three hits, including an double that helped Miami reclaim the lead in the sixth. Garcia finished with two runs and two RBIs, while Yairo Muñoz and Brock Holt each collected two hits as the Palms piled up 13 total knocks.

On the mound, the bullpen delivered exactly what manager Scott Hatteberg needed.

After Blake Johnston allowed four runs over four innings, Braden Shipley steadied the game with two scoreless frames to earn the win. Wandy Peralta followed with two clean innings of his own before Chris Martin closed the door in the ninth for his 23rd save of the season.

The relief corps allowed just one hit over the final five innings, preserving the lead and giving the offense time to stretch it out.

More importantly, it felt like a reset.

 Miami Palms 7, Baltimore Orioles 4

 Tuesday, June 23, 2020

 

 

 Baltimore Orioles (0-1)                                  Miami Palms (40-40)                                     

 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      

 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      

 Iglesias ss     4  0  0  0  1  1  1  1  0  0   .000      Munoz ss        5  0  2  2  0  0  0  5  0  0   .293

 Hays cf         4  0  1  0  0  0  4  0  0  0   .250      Koch 2b         5  0  1  1  0  0  1  1  0  2   .253

 Santander lf    4  1  1  0  0  0  3  0  0  3   .250      Grant rf        4  0  0  0  1  1  2  0  0  4   .289

 Nunez 1b        4  1  2  0  0  0  7  1  0  0   .500      Encarnacion dh  4  1  2  0  0  1  0  0  0  0   .266

 Mancini dh      4  2  2  3  0  1  0  0  0  0   .500      Korb 3b         4  1  1  0  0  1  0  2  0  0   .273

 Diaz rf         3  0  0  0  1  0  1  0  0  0   .000      Wieters c       4  1  1  1  0  1  5  1  0  0   .251

 Ruiz 3b         4  0  0  0  0  1  1  3  0  1   .000      Holt lf         4  1  2  0  0  1  5  0  0  2   .248

 Alberto 2b      4  0  1  1  0  0  2  2  0  0   .250      Garcia 1b       3  2  1  2  1  0  12 0  0  0   .217

 Holaday c       4  0  1  0  0  1  5  2  0  2   .250      Sohn cf         4  1  3  1  0  0  2  0  0  0   .275

 

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---            

 Totals          35 4  8  4  2  4  24 9  0  6             Totals          37 7  13 7  2  5  27 12 0  8  

 

 

                           1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9      R  H  E

                           -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -

 Baltimore Orioles         0  1  3  0  0  0  0  0  0      4  8  0  

 Miami Palms               0  4  0  0  0  1  0  2         7  13 0  

 

 

 

 LOB- Baltimore Orioles 6, Miami Palms 8; 2B- Alberto(1), Encarnacion(15), Wieters(8),

 Holt(10), Sohn(20), Munoz(13); 3B- Garcia(1); HR- Mancini(1); RBI- Mancini 3(3),

 Alberto(1), Koch(27), Garcia 2(16), Wieters(27), Sohn(25), Munoz 2(23); RLSP- Santander 2,

 Ruiz, Holaday 2, Koch, Holt, Grant 2;  

 

  

  

 

 

 Baltimore Orioles            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Sampson                      5.0  9  4  4  1  2    7.20  

 Harvey(L 0-1)                1.0  2  1  1  0  1    9.00  

 Castro                       2.0  2  2  2  1  2    9.00  

 

 Miami Palms                  IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Johnston                     4.0  7  4  4  2  1    4.28  

 Shipley(W 1-1)               2.0  0  0  0  0  2    6.21  

 Peralta(H,7)                 2.0  1  0  0  0  1    3.52  

 Martin(S,23)                 1.0  0  0  0  0  0    1.75  

 

 Pitches-strikes- Sampson 63-42, Harvey 14-10, Castro 38-24, Johnston 57-35, Shipley 21-13,

 Peralta 16-11, Martin 7-4; Batters faced- Sampson 25, Harvey 5, Castro 9, Johnston 21,

 Shipley 6, Peralta 7, Martin 3; 

  

 

  

 Temp - 87, Sky - PArtly Cloudy, Wind - SE 12MPH 

 

The Palms now settle in for a 13-game homestand: three against Baltimore, three with Texas, four against Boston, and three with Tampa Bay. It’s the kind of stretch that can reshape a season — especially with reinforcements arriving soon from the injured list.

But on a warm June night in Miami, the most important thing was much simpler.

The Palms finally looked like themselves again.

And after the week they just had, that was exactly what the doctor ordered.