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Martinez
goes 3 for 3 with HR, 2B
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE ST. LUCIE METS: PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (May 5, 2023) – The Jupiter Hammerheads edged the St. Lucie Mets 5-4 at Clover Park on Friday night in front of a crowd of 2,828 (Box Score).
Holding a
one run lead late, Jupiter reliever Breidy Encarnacion retired the side in
order in the eighth and ninth innings to close out the game for his second
save. Encarnacion has now pitched against the Mets in five games this season
and has not given up a run in 6.1 innings. He has nine strikeouts against just
one walk.
Mets
reliever Saul Garcia kept the Mets in the game. He retired all nine batters he
faced in the final three innings, including four on strikeouts, to finish out
the game for St. Lucie.
Jupiter
scored the eventual winning run in the sixth inning. Mets reliever Luke Bartnicki retired the first two batters he faced in the inning but then walked
Harrison Spohn and plunked Torin Montgomery. Chase Luttrell then hit a
two-strike single into right field to plate Spohn for a 5-2 Jupiter lead.
Mets first
baseman Yeral Martinez clubbed a two-run homer off Yeremin Lara in the bottom
of the seventh to cut the deficit to 5-4. Kevin Villavicencio followed with a
single but was picked off first. The Mets did not have runner reach base
afterwards.
The
Hammerheads got on the board first in the first inning when Javier Sanoja hit a
RBI single against Mets starter Javier Atencio. Atencio avoided further damage
when he induced a double play ball to end the inning.
The Mets
tied the 1-1 in the second when Eduardo Salazar blasted a home run 416 feet to
left field.
Jupiter
scored three time off Atencio in the fourth inning. Cameron Barstad lofted a
sac fly, Montgomery bashed a RBI double and Luttrell plated a run with a ground
out to make it 4-1.
Martinez
made the score 4-2 with a RBI double off Jupiter starter Karson Milbrandt in
the fifth inning.
Martinez
went 3 for 3 and fell a triple short of the cycle. He was on deck when
Encarnacion struck out Dyron Campos to end the game.
Milbrandt
got the win. He pitched 5.0 innings and allowed two runs.
Atencio
took the loss. He also pitched 5.0 innings but allowed four runs on seven hits.
The Mets (6-19)
and Hammerheads (15-10) play the fifth game of their series on Saturday. First
pitch at Clover Park is 6:10 p.m. There will be postgame fireworks!
Eduardo Salazar hits his first HR of the year - St. Lucie Mets tie the game at 1 in the 2nd. #Mets #LGM #MetsTwitter @ernestdove @MiLBMetsMadness pic.twitter.com/ZbnGkHJweG
— Mets News and Links (@JohnFromAlbany) May 5, 2023
Yeral Martinez hits his first homer of 2023 to pull the @stluciemets close but they fall to the Hammerheads 5-4. #Mets #LGM #MetsTwitter @ernestdove @MiLBMetsMadnesshttps://t.co/4yhmwYy3nX pic.twitter.com/VFFQX4Dt29
— Mets News and Links (@JohnFromAlbany) May 6, 2023
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