JUPITER, FL – The Palm Beach Cardinals (17-14) allow 10 unanswered runs, including eight in the top of the ninth inning, to the Jupiter Hammerheads (14-17) in a 10-1 defeat on Friday night at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. For the Cardinals, their three-game win streak comes to an end.
Jupiter had a great scoring opportunity in the top of the second inning but was denied as Carter Johnson started the inning with a double and Julio Henriquez followed with a single and later stole second base, but Cardinals starting pitcher Leonel Sequera stranded five runners from the second to fourth innings to keep it scoreless.
The Cardinals got on the scoreboard first in the bottom of the fourth inning. After Jupiter starting pitcher Walin Castillo (W, 1-1) retired the first 11 batters he faced, Josh Kross launched his league-leading eighth home run of the season, a solo home run to left field, to make it a 1-0 Palm Beach lead…