Yeral Martinez St. Lucie Mets Team Set
Martinez clubs 9th homer, drives in 4 runs
ST. LUCIE METS PRESS RELEASE: DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (August 4, 2023) – The St. Lucie Mets earned a wire-to-wire 8-2 victory over the Daytona Tortugas on Friday night at Jackie Robinson Ballpark (Box Score).
The Mets jumped out to a 2-0 lead two batters into the game. Diego Mosquera led off with a single and Carlos Dominguez followed with a two-run homer off Mason Pelio to make it 2-0. It was Dominguez’s third homer of the season.
The Mets opened up a 4-1 lead in the fourth inning when Yeral Martinez cranked his ninth homer, a two-run shot with two outs against Pelio.
Three Mets pitchers combined for a terrific effort on the mound. Starter Landon Marceaux gave up a homer to leadoff hitter Victor Acosta in the first inning but that would be the only hit allowed by Marceaux. He pitched 3.0 innings and was charged with two runs (one earned). He walked four and struck out three.
Ramon Henriquez and Joe Joe Rodriguez combined to shut out the Tortugas over the final 6.0 innings. Henriquez took over with no outs and one on in the fourth inning. He pitched 3.1 innings and scattered three hits. One inherited run from Marceaux scored on a sac fly. Henriquez walked two and struck out four.
The Mets opened up a six-run lead in the top of the seventh. Daytona reliever Nicolo Pinazzi walked two and hit a batter to load the bases. With one out, Jefrey De Los Santos worked a walk to force in a run that made it 5-2.
Martinez hit a two-out, two-run single later in the inning. A third run scored on the hit on an error by left fielder Yerlin Confidan that made it 8-2.
Rodriguez took over from Henriquez in the bottom of the seventh with one out and the bases loaded. He struck out Cam Collier and got a ground out to post a scoreless inning.
Rodriguez pitched a perfect eighth and worked around a two-out walk in the ninth. He pitched 2.2 hitless innings to finish the game in a non-save situation.
Martinez led the way at the plate, going 2 for 4 with four RBI.
The Mets evened the series 2-2.
The Mets (35-64, 11-23) and Tortugas (42-55, 13-19) play the fifth game of their series at Jackie Robinson Ballpark on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.
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