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St. Lucie loses for 15th time in last 16 road games
ST. LUCIE METS PRESS RELEASE: FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 1, 2023) – The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels held the St. Lucie Mets to two hits in a 5-1 victory at Hammond Stadium on Thursday night (Box Score).
Mussels
starter C.J. Culpepper tossed 5.0 hitless innings. He scattered three walks and
struck out six while throwing only 58 pitches.
Reliever
Jarret Whorff pitched the next two innings and gave up one run on two hits.
Juan
Mendez struck out the maximum six batters in the final two innings to close out
the game.
The Mets
scored their lone run in the sixth inning when Jacob Reimer smoked a ball 105
mph off second baseman Jorel Ortega for a RBI infield hit that plated Jett Williams. The run cut the Mets deficit to 3-1.
The
Mussels opened up a 5-1 lead in the bottom of the seventh when Carlos Aguiar
crushed a two-run homer, his eighth of the year, off Mets reliever Saul Garcia.
Elieser Hernandez made a MLB rehab start for St. Lucie. He pitched a 1-2-3 first inning
for the second time in five days.
The
Mussels went to work against new pitcher Candido Cuevas in the second inning.
Mike Perez worked a one-out walk and scored on a double by Rubel Cespedes for
the first run of the game. Later with two outs Alec Sayre blooped a RBI single
to score Cespedes for a 2-0 lead.
Rafael
Cruz lofted a sac fly in the third inning to make it 3-0.
Cuevas
took the loss. He allowed three runs (two earned) on two hits in 3.0 innings.
He walked three and struck out three.
Yeral Martinez went 1 for 3 with a walk and the other hit for the Mets.
The Mets
lost their seventh straight road game and have lost 15 of their last 16 away
from Clover Park.
The Mets
(13-33) and Mighty Mussels (27-20) will play a doubleheader on Friday. First
pitch in game 1 is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
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