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Salazar
scores team-record 5 runs, Mets work 15 walks
ST. LUCIE METS PRESS RELEASE: PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (May 4, 2023) – The St. Lucie Mets snapped an eight-game losing streak in emphatic fashion on Thursday, dismantling the Jupiter Hammerheads 18-4 at Clover Park (Box Score).
The Mets
were assisted by 15 walks issued by Hammerheads pitching, including four with
the bases loaded to force home runs. No. 9 hitter Blaine McIntosh drew a walk
in four consecutive innings, three of which came with the bags full.
Wilfredo Lara went 3 for 6 with a home run, double and five RBI. Eduardo Salazar went 2
for 4 and scored five runs, which is a franchise record for an individual
player.
The Mets
pounded out 11 hits in addition to the 15 walks. They scored in six consecutive
innings. The Mets scored six runs in the sixth inning and four more runs in the
seventh.
Meanwhile,
Mets pitchers were equally as impressive. Starter Felipe De La Cruz pitched 5.2
innings and gave up just one hit, an infield single in the fourth inning. He
was charged with two runs (both unearned). De La Cruz walked three and struck
out seven. He earned his first win of the season.
Brian Gursky struck out Javier Sanoja to end the sixth. Eli Ankeney pitched the
seventh and eighth innings. He struck out six of the seven batters he faced.
The other batter reached on an error.
Jupiter
took a brief 2-1 lead in the third inning when De La Cruz balked in a run. The
Mets flipped the script when Lara blasted a two-run homer off Jupiter starter
Juan Reynoso to give the Mets a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the third.
The Mets
scored twice in the fourth without a hit to go up 5-2. They loaded the bases on
an error and two walks. McIntosh took the first of his four straight free
passes to bring in a run and chase Reynoso from the game.
Justin
Fall entered and got a double play to bring in a second run, but Fall was
roughed up in the fifth and sixth inning. Salazar hit a run-scoring single in
the fifth and Adrian Hernandez’s ground out scored two runs when Harrison Spohn
made a throwing error. The Mets led 8-2 after the fifth.
The Mets
sent 11 batters to the plate in the sixth against Fall and Maycold Leon. DyonCampos and McIntosh worked back-to-back walks with the bases loaded. Lara, who
started the inning with a single, came back up and bashed a two-run double that
made it 14-2.
In the
four-run seventh inning Campos hit a RBI infield single, McIntosh took another
bases loaded walk, Jett Williams was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and
Lara picked up his fifth RBI on a ground out to extend the lead to 18-2.
Reynoso
took the loss, allowing five runs on three hits and six walks in 3.0 innings.
Fall was
tagged for nine runs (five earned) in 2.1 innings. He walked five. Leon issued
four free passes.
The Mets
set season highs in runs scored, walks taken and margin of victory.
The Mets (6-18) and Hammerheads (14-10) play the fourth game of their series at Clover Park on Friday. First pitch is 6:10 p.m. It’s Keep Port St. Lucie Beautiful Night. Fans who bring two non-perishable food items to donate to the Treasure Coast Food Bank will receive a free ticket to the game.
He’s only been here for 3 days😳 pic.twitter.com/0RT7QNAcA7
— St. Lucie Mets (@stluciemets) May 4, 2023
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