Blanchard’s Brilliance, Duno’s Drive Deliver Win in Doubleheader Split

Tortugas take game one duel in extras, held to three hits in game two defeat

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla—Beau Blanchard spun 6.0 scoreless innings and Alfredo Duno’s extra-innings blast provided the difference in 3-2, eight-inning win for Daytona Tortugas in the opener of a doubleheader before the St. Lucie Mets took game two 6-1 to split the Saturday twinbill at Clover Park.

Daytona (17-17, 46-54) earned their third extra-innings victory in game one, as Blanchard turned in just the second 6.0-inning effort in the opener, before St. Lucie (25-10, 59-41) turned the tables by holding the Tortugas to just three hits in the second contest…

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