LAKELAND – Offensive woes continued for the Fort Myers Miracle in a 4-0 loss to the Lakeland Tigers Thursday night.

Itis the third time in the last seven games the Miracle have been shut out, also losing 5-0 and 1-0 to Clearwater last week at Hammond Stadium.

The Miracle managed just five singles, losing their fourth straight game, and ninth in their last 11. Even with the recent skid, the Miracle remain one game back of St. Lucie in the FSL South with 16 games to play.

The teams were scoreless until the Tigers rallied for all four of their runs with two outs in the sixth inning against Miracle starter Logan Darnell. Tony Plagman hit a double down the first base line to keep the inning alive. After a walk, Darnell surrendered four consecutive singles to give the Tigers a 4-0 lead.

That was more than enough for Tigers starter Victor Larez (4-3), who allowed just five hits in seven shutout innings for the win. Darnell (2-1) was tagged with his first loss of the year, giving up four earned runs on nine hits in six innings.

Miracle reliever Andrew Albers was a bright spot, striking out five of six batters in two scoreless innings. Used as both a starter and reliever this season, Albers has been nearly unhittable coming out of the bullpen, extending a scoreless innings streak to 20 tonight.

The Miracle (28-26) look to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Tigers (29-25) when they wrap up the four-game seres Friday at 7 p.m. It is the final game for the Miracle against North Division teams in the first half, before finishing with 15 games against South foes, starting with three games against Jupiter Saturday night at Hammond Stadium.