Cubs complete five-game sweep
June 13, 2005 - Florida State League (FSL1)
Daytona Tortugas News Release
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla—Open the closet and take out the brooms because the Daytona Cubs have now completed the five-game sweep.
Dealt an awful hand by Mother Nature, the Cubs and Palm Beach Cardinals were forced into playing a rare five-game set including back-to-back double-headers because of previous rainouts, and on Monday night it was the Cubbies who decided to take a few lemons and make the final batch of some tasty lemonade.
Daytona relied on a few of their 2005 All-Stars, as starter Carlos Marmol (6-2) showed flashes of dominance on the mound, and centerfielder Chris Walker came up with the a clutch late-inning hit, as the Cubs held on to win the series finale by a final score of 7-3.
Marmol surrendered just three earned runs in six innings of work and struck out 11 Cardinals batters en route to his sixth win of the season. The right-hander set the tone by fanning four of the first five batters he faced, and Palm Beach seemed to be overmatched the rest of the evening.
Walker turned in a 2-for-5 performance at the plate which included a key fifth inning two-RBI triple, and that gave the Cubs some much needed breathing room down the stretch.
Relievers Jordan Gerk and Adalberto Mendez combined to log three innings of hitless shutout relief in the final three frames, to preserve the win and the series sweep against the Cards.
With the series win the Daytona Cubs are now 34-29 and 3.5 games behind the Vero Beach Dodgers with five games left in the first half of the season. The Cubs will pack up the bus on Tuesday and head south to Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie, Fla for the first of three games against the Eastern Division St. Lucie Mets.
All-Star southpaw Sean Marshall (4-4, 2.39) will make his 12th start of the season for the Cubs. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m. EST.
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