• Find team by: Affiliation | Class | Geography
     
08/14/2007 10:10 PM ET
Lis powers Miracle to ninth straight win
Florida State League's reigning Player of the Week drives in five
By Michael Blinn / Special to MLB.com
In the past eight games, Erik Lis has collected five home runs and 15 RBIs. (Jerry Hale/MLB.com)

ADVERTISEMENT
• Tuesday's box score
• Erik Lis' player page
• Flip on a Fort Myers lid

Erik Lis blasted two homers and plated five runs to power Fort Myers to an 8-6 win at Tampa on Tuesday.

Lis cranked a three-run shot in the fifth inning and added his 15th homer, a two-run blast, in the seventh. It was the second time in eight days, he has accounted for two homers and five RBIs, a feat he accomplished Aug. 6 at Daytona.

Over the past eight games, he has five home runs and 15 RBIs, which helped earn him Florida State League Offensive Player of the Week honors. The 23-year-old designated hitter now has three career multi-homer efforts and five games with at least five RBIs, including six RBIs at Wisconsin on Aug. 5, 2006 with Class A Beloit.

Lis also clubbed a solo homer off of Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens in his first Minor League start of the season May 19.

Steven Tolleson went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI for the Miracle (29-23), who won their ninth straight.

Fort Myers reliever David Shinskie (7-4) allowed two runs on three hits over 2 1/3 frames. Danny Powers tossed a scoreless eighth, and Robert Delaney pitched around a hit in the ninth for his fifth save.

Christopher Malec drove in three runs and Kevin Russo went 3-for-3 with three runs scored. Andres Perez hit his second homer for Tampa (33-19) in the second.

Yankees starter Phil Coke (7-3) gave up six runs on seven hits over five innings with five strikeouts and two walks.

Michael Blinn is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.