Clearwater Downs Sarasota 9-6 on Saturday

The Threshers offense came out with their bats blazing on Saturday night as the team jumped out to a 9-0 lead after four innings of play. The Reds would make a game of it though as they rallied for six runs in the bottom of the fourth to narrow the gap to 9-6.

The Threshers got things going in the first when Quintin Berry singled to start the game. He moved to second on an out by Adrian Cardenas, then stole third and scored on a wild pitch. Two batters later Gus Milner would crush a solo home run to put the boys up 2-0 after one inning.

2008 F.S.L. All-Stars Announced

The 2008 Florida State League All-Star team will be announced on Friday, but you can say you heard it here first. Gus Milner, Brett Harker, Edgar Garcia and Matt German will all represent the Clearwater Threshers at the game. Congratulations to these players on the well deserved honor.

In addition, as the defending FSL Western Division Champs the Clearwater Threshers coaching staff will be on hand to lead the Western Division team in the game. The game will be played on Father’s Day weekend in Viera, Florida home of the Brevard County Manatees. I will certainly be there, and I hope to see many of you there as well.

Wednesday Recap for the Week Ending 5/27/08

The Clearwater Threshers finished another week with a 3-3 record and currently sit at 21-30 on the year twelve games out of first place with 19 games remaining until the end of the first half of the season. Barring a complete collapse by all five of the teams ahead of our club in the standings it seems unlikely that that team can secure a playoff berth in the first half of the season to try and defend their 2007 FSL crown. Of course as we say here just about every year, there’s always the second half .

Despite the team’s record the club is not as bad as their record would indicate. Offensively the team has made some strides while beginning to get some extra base hits which is certainly promising. After trailing the league most of the season they moved up three places to ninth (of twelve) in slugging percentage this week. Unfortunately the pitching also ranks ninth in ERA with a 4.11 mark on the year and the Threshers staff has surrendered the most HR in the league having given up 45 so far on the year while the offense has managed to hit just 23 HR of their own.

Threshers Split Double Header

Happy Memorial Day Everyone

Thank a Veteran Today

They sacrificed for all of us.

Well I’ve only been writing this site since the beginning of the 2008 season, though I’ve run another much more in depth Threshers website for seven or eight years. I notice today that this page is ranked #2 in Google behind only the Threshers official site. I guess I can’t complain, but I certainly don’t know why.

Savery Returns to Form in Threshers Win

The Clearwater Threshers had Joe Savery on the mound on Wednesday night as they tried to close out their series with a win to leave Daytona even at 2-2 in the four game set. After a few really tough games Savery looked to get back to his early season form, and that he did. Savery would go seven very strong innings scattering five hits and giving up just one run with seven punch outs and one walk.