BRADENTON, Fla. (August 9, 2026) - The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels defeated the Bradenton Marauders by a final score of 5-3 on Sunday afternoon at LECOM Park.
Fort Myers (58-48, 21-20) sent Callan Fang to the mound to make his 12th appearance of the season. He recorded the first eight outs on strikeouts, setting a career-high in punch outs.
Fang’s nine total strikeouts are the most by a Mussels’ pitcher this season. The previous high was eight, last set by Merit Jones on June 2. Fang’s day was over after 3.2 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit.
The Mighty Mussels continued to close in on their single-season stolen bases record. With three more today, Fort Myers sits at 230 steals on the season, just six off tying the record set last season. They have the most stolen bases in the Florida State League and are fourth in all of Single-A.
Vahn Lackey led off the top of the fourth inning with a bloop double down the right field line, but the Mussels could not bring in the 2026 1st rounder and the game remained scoreless.
With two outs in the top of the sixth, Isaiah Lane and Luis Fragoza recorded back-to-back singles against Bradenton’s (46-60, 15-26) Wifrailyn Jaquez (0-1). After a pitching change, the Mussels finally broke through.
Yovanny Duran went up the middle to score Lane and give the Mussels the lead. The next batter was Colby Turner, who looped a jam-shot single to score two men and put Fort Myers on top 3-0.
The Marauders fought back in the bottom of the frame against Jake Covey (1-0). A two-out, two-run double from Antonio Pimentel cut Fort Myers lead to 3-2. Covey held there, leaving runners at second and third.
Hendry Chivilli (S1) took over in the seventh, recording three groundouts in a 1-2-3 inning.
In the top of the eighth, with Lane and Duran in scoring position, an error by Bradenton pitcher Tony Gonzalez led to two more runs.
Chvilli gave up a solo blast to Triple-A rehabber Nick Cimillo in the eighth, making the score 5-3.
A heavy downpour at LECOM Park caused a weather delay in the bottom of the ninth inning. After 44 minutes, Sunday’s game was called. Bradenton had the tying run at the plate with one out.
Fort Myers has now won back-to-back series on the road after winning four of seven in St. Lucie in late July. They sit in a tie for third place in the FSL West 2nd Half standings, six games off the pacing Tampa Tarpons with 25 games left in the regular season.
UP NEXT: The Mighty Mussels return home on Tuesday, August 11 to begin a six-game series with the Clearwater Threshers. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. with coverage beginning at 6:40 p.m. on the Mighty Mussels Baseball Network.