Walkoff HR tops Tritons, 5-4
It was a roller coaster kind of night for the Mariner Tritons.
After the Tritons gained a 3-0 lead, the Fort Myers Green Wave scored four unanswered runs on the way to a 5-4 victory over the District 4A-11 rival Tritons Friday night.
Kevin Cavanagh (2-for-4) doubled to lead off the Tritons’ sixth inning and scored the tying run on an RBI single by Ryan Hutson (2-for-3).
Justin Gubelman (2-2), who had surrendered just four hits and struck out 11, served up a one-out walkoff home run ball to the Wave’s Brendon Sanger in the bottom of the seventh inning. The blast also made a winner of Sanger, who pitched just over one inning in relief.
The loss puts the Tritons (7-3) at 2-2 in district play. They travel to Sarasota Monday to face Coral Springs in the opening round of the four-day Sarasota Classic.
Mariner210 001 0 – 4 6 2
Fort Myers031 000 1 – 5 5 3
W – Sanger. L – Gubelman (2-2).
2B – Cavanagh (M), Sanger (FM). HR – Sanger (FM).
Riverdale 11, Cape Coral 4: David Itterley scattered four hits and struck out six as Riverdale handed Cape Coral its second consecutive defeat.
The Seahawks tied the game 2-2 with a pair of runs in the third inning, but the Raiders responded with nine unanswered runs to open an 11-2 cushion.
Cape rallied for two runs in the seventh, but it was too little, too late.
Koji Spangler doubled for the Seahawks while three teammates added singles.
The Seahawks (7-3) host Ida Baker Tuesday.
Cape Coral 002 000 2 – 4 4 5
Riverdale 202 106 x – 11 13 1
W – Itterley. L – Marshall (2-2).
2B – K. Spangler (CC).
Estero 5, Island Coast 2: Estero strung together five straight hits with two out in the fifth inning to seal a victory over Island Coast.
Matt Pierce clubbed a home run while Will Anderson and Ryan Withstandly doubled during the Wildcats’ three-run rally in the fifth. Anderson picked up the win, allowing two runs and scattering eight hits for the Wildcats (10-0).
Nelson Candelario was the only Gators batter with two hits.
In the fourth inning the Gators loaded the bases with no one out, but failed to add to their 1-0 lead at the time. An inning-ending double play halted the rally.
Pablo Matos (4-1) was tagged with the hard luck loss for the Gators (8-2), who play Tuesday at LaBelle.
Island Coast100 000 1 – 2 8 1
Estero000 230 x – 5 7 0
W – Anderson. L – Matos (4-1).
2B – Anderson (E), Withstandly (E). HR – Pierce (E).


