Tampa Yankees lose in 9th

Jonathan Ortiz is as reliable as any minor league closer, but the Lakeland Flying Tigers scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Tampa Yankees,5-3.

The Yankees had taken a 3-2 lead in the top of the ninth on Jesus Montero's first home run of the season. The Tigers stole home to tie the game before Chris Carlson hit a walk off 2-run home run to win the game.

Jeremy Bleich allowed two runs on six hits in 4.2 innings, with two walks and four strikeouts. Brandon Laird led the Yankees with three hits and an RBI.

	April 11, 2009
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tampa 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 1 Lakeland 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 12 2 W: S. Green (1-0, 9.00); L: J. Ortiz (0-1, 20.25) HR: TAM: J. Montero (1). LAK: C. Carlson (1).