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St. Lucie 6-1 in last 7 road games
ST. LUCIE METS PRESS RELEASE: JUPITER, Fla. (June 15, 2023) – The St. Lucie Mets won their third straight game with a wild 8-7 victory over the Palm Beach Cardinals at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium on Thursday (Box Score).
Junior Tilien hit a go-ahead three-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning to turn a 6-5 deficit into an 8-6 lead.
The Cardinals scored a run on two-out RBI double by Lizandro Espinoza in the bottom of the eighth that cut the Mets lead to 8-7. Runners advanced to second and third on the extra base hit. Luke Bartnicki escaped with the lead when Won-Bin Cho lined out sharply to right-center field.
Joey Lancellotti struck out two in a scoreless ninth for his first save in his first opportunity. With the tying run on second base and two outs, Lancellotti struck out Michael Curialle on a slider to end the game.
The Mets trailed three different times in the game. They won for the first time when trailing after seven innings. They were previously 0-33.
Rhlyan Thomas went 4 for 5 with three doubles. He became the first Met to register four hits and three doubles in a game this season. His two-out single against Joseph King in the eighth sparked the game winning rally.
Jett Williams reached base four times on three walks and a hit-by-pitch. He followed Thomas’ single in the eighth with a walk that brought up Tilien.
The homer for Tilien was his sixth of the season and fourth in his last 12 games.
First baseman Jose Hernandez went 2 for 4 with two singles, a walk and two RBI. His two-run single in the fifth inning broke a 3-3 tie and put the Mets up 5-3.
Karell Paz went 1 for 4 with three RBI. He drove in runs on a ground out, sac fly and single.
Mets starter Douglas Orellana held the Cardinals to three runs on three hits over 5.0 innings. He walked three and struck out three. In a seven-batter span in the second and third innings five Cardinals reached base. After Chris Rotondo hit a RBI single to put the Cardinals up 3-2, Orellana retired the next nine in a row to finish his outing.
Bartnicki got credit for his first win despite allowing three runs, three hits and three walks in two innings.
Cardinals starter Cade Winquest left with apparent injury two batters into the game without recording an out. The Cardinals bullpen has had to pitch 17 out of 18 innings the last two games.
The Mets won for the sixth time in their last seven road games. They had previously lost 15 of 16 on the road. The Mets are 9-4 in their last 13 games and 14-8 in their last 22.
The Mets (22-37) and Cardinals (34-26) play the fourth game of their series at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium on Friday. First pitch is 6:30 p.m.
Jose Hernandez breaks a 3-3 tie with a 2-run single in the 5th! 5-3 Mets mid 5. pic.twitter.com/f8NHhsYFgr
— St. Lucie Mets (@stluciemets) June 16, 2023
JUNIOR TILIEN!!! He hits a two-out, 3-run homer in the 8th inning to give us an 8-6 lead! pic.twitter.com/ImWLYTybEm
— St. Lucie Mets (@stluciemets) June 16, 2023
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