MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-PORT CHARLOTTE – After a back-and-forth affair, the Daytona Cubs (23-25) put up a five-spot in ninth inning to comeback and beat the Charlotte Stone Crabs (26-24), 6-1.

The Cubs had plenty of opportunities to score, but could not scratch across a run. Daytona loaded the bases up in the first inning with only one out before Downs struck out Jovan Rosa and Dylan Johnston to end the threat. Johnston came up once again with the bases loaded in the fifth inning, but would suffer the same fate against the Stone Crabs starter. In all, both teams would combine to strand 23 runners in the game.

Charlotte broke up a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth inning with a single run off of Cubs reliever Steve Vento. Second baseman Cody Cipriano started off the frame with a double to the wall in left-center. He moved to third on a ground ball and would score on a very close play at home. Reid Fronk grounded a ball to shortstop Starlin Castro who came home with the baseball, but the throw was just off the mark and Cipriano slid in safely to give the Crabs a 1-0 lead.
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The lead lasted just three innings for Charlotte, as the Cubs tied up the game in the seventh. All-Star Starlin Castro drew a lead-off walk, stole second base and advance to third on a wild pitch. After Nathan Samson struck out for just the fifth time in 2009 and Robinson Chirinos walked, Jovan Rosa came up for the fourth consecutive time with a runner in scoring position. This time he came through with a bloop single down the right field line to score Castro.

Daytona rallied in the ninth for win. Tony Campana begin the frame with his third hit of the night. The speedy centerfielder stole his second base of the game before Castro joined him on the basepaths when he was hit by a pitch. Samson then dropped down a bunt, which was fielded by the pitcher Austin Hinkle and thrown into the stands behind third base to score Campana. With the 2-1 lead, Robinson Chirinos recorded his 16^thRBI in the last six games as he drove in Castro on single past the shortstop. Not done yet, Jovan Rosa cleared remaining runners with a two-RBI triple. He finished with three on the night. Before the inning ended, a throwing error by the shortstop on a Marwin Gonzalez grounder to push Rosa across home for the fifth and final run of the inning.

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