Keenan Delivers Pinch-Hit Homer, Mussels Drop Fourth Straight to Threshers
BOX SCORE CLEARWATER, Fla. (September 4, 2026) - The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels fell 13-9 against the Clearwater Threshers on Friday night at BayCare Ballpark. Jimmy Keenan’s pinch-hit game-tying homer in the eighth inning was not enough, as Fort Myers fell for the fourth straight game in Clearwater. In the
CLEARWATER, Fla. (September 4, 2026) - The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels fell 13-9 against the Clearwater Threshers on Friday night at BayCare Ballpark.
Jimmy Keenan’s pinch-hit game-tying homer in the eighth inning was not enough, as Fort Myers fell for the fourth straight game in Clearwater.
In the top of the third, Fort Myers opened the scoring with a two-out rally. Colby Turner began the rally with an opposite field single. Double-A rehabber Poncho Ruiz followed with a single to left. Isaiah Lane then shot a two-run triple down the right field line. It was Lane’s fourth triple in 22 career games. He leads the Florida State League in three-baggers since his debut on July 30.
After a pair of nine pitch innings to begin his outing, Clearwater plated a run off of Matt Barr in the third, making it 2-1.
Fort Myers answered in the fourth. Charlie Scholvin, Turner, and Ruiz each delivered two-out singles to extend the lead 5-1. The Mussels sent nine men to the plate in the frame.
All five runs across the third and fourth innings scored with two outs, and the Mussels connected on six two-out hits in those frames.
Barr allowed three consecutive extra-base hits to begin the bottom of the fourth. A pair of homers from Macon Winslow and Will Vierling made it 5-4. Brad Rudis entered with one out and a runner at first. Rudis issued a walk but retired the next two batters to hold the lead. He went 1.2 innings in total, keeping Clearwater off the board.
Minnesota Twins 8th rounder Thomas Burns made his professional debut in the sixth. Burns topped out at 97.3 mph.
In the seventh, Fowler delivered an RBI single through the right side of the infield to make it 6-4.
Burns walked the bases loaded to begin the bottom of the seventh. Nolan Beltran cleared the bases with a double down the right field line, giving Clearwater its first lead 7-6. Adam Falinksi (2-3) entered and allowed the inherited runner to score two batters later, making it 8-6. A triple from Jack Hopko extended the margin to 9-6.
Scholvin and Turner were both hit by pitches to begin the eighth. Jimmy Keenan then blasted a pinch-hit game tying home run into left center. It was the first pinch-hit homer for Fort Myers since Khadim Diaw on September 8, 2024. For Keenan, the home run was his second in as many games.
Falinski allowed a homer to Tyler Spangler, the No. 36 pick in this year’s draft, to put the Threshers back in front 10-9. Later in the frame, Vierling connected on a three-run shot, giving him a five RBI game and making it 13-9.
UP NEXT: The series continues on Saturday, September 5. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. with coverage beginning at 6:20 p.m. on the Mighty Mussels Baseball Network.