Game Recap: Hammerheads Cruise Past Mets, 9-0

St. Lucie drops 4^th straight 

JUPITER, Fla. (July 22, 2022) – The St. Lucie Mets lost their first game out of the All Star break, falling 9-0 at the Jupiter Hammerheads on Friday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. (Box Score)

The Hammerheads took advantage of a pair of walks and crucial error to quickly put up four runs in the first inning. Lefty Mike Montgomery, on MiLB rehab assignment, walked consecutive batters with one out in the inning before surrendering a RBI single to Brady Allen that made it 1-0. 

Zach Zubia followed with a potential double play ball hit to MiLB rehabber JT Riddle at shortstop, but Riddle tossed the throw to second base away into right field allowing a run to score to make it 2-0 Jupiter. 

Carlos Santiago followed with a RBI double for a 3-0 lead and Jorge Caballero lifted a sac fly to make it 4-0. 

Jupiter scored two more runs in the second inning on a RBI single by Javier Sonaja and a two-out throwing error by Mets second baseman Justin Guerrera that made it 6-0. 

The Mets settled down on the mound and on defense from there. Jace Beck pitched a scoreless fourth inning. Joel Diaz followed Beck by pitching three perfect innings. The Hammerheads finally got to Diaz in the eighth with four singles, including two infield hits. Joe Mack hit a two-run single that made it 8-0. A final run scored on a wild pitch by Miguel Alfonseca.

 The Mets offense was limited to four singles by the duo of Jake Walters and Justin Fall. 

Walter (1-0) got the win by pitching the first five innings. He scattered two hits, walked one and struck out five. 

Fall pitched the final four innings to get his first save. He also allowed just two hits and struck out five. Fall has held the Mets to one run in 15 innings this year. 

Montgomery (0-1) took the loss. He was charged with four runs (two earned) on two hits over 1.1 innings. 

Omar De Los Santos, Guerrera, Raul Beracierta and Eduardo Salazar had hits for the Mets. 

The Mets (51-36, 11-11) and Hammerheads (45-41, 11-11) play game 2 of their three-game series on Saturday. First pitch at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium is 6 p.m.