Dominguez Hits 20th Homer in 7-2 Loss at Lakeland
August 18, 2022 - Florida State League (FSL)
St. Lucie Mets News Release
LAKELAND, Fla. - The Lakeland Flying Tigers pulled away for a 7-2 victory against the St. Lucie Mets on Thursday at Joker Marchant Stadium.
The Mets scored their only runs on a two-run homer by Carlos Dominguez in the fourth inning. The home run, which traveled 433 feet, was the 20th of the season for Dominguez. He becomes the first St. Lucie Met since Dustin Lawley in 2013 to hit 20 home runs in a season.
Dominguez is now part of the 20/20 club as well (20 homers, 20 stolen bases).
The Dominguez long ball briefly gave the Mets a 2-1 advantage. However, the Flying Tigers scored three runs with two outs in the bottom of the fourth to take the lead. Manuel Garcia hit a RBI single to make it 2-2, then Iverson Leonardo crushed a two-run triple off Jordan Geber to put the Flying Tigers up 4-2.
Lakeland added two more runs against Geber in the seventh inning to pull away. Peyton Graham and Justice Bigbie hit RBI singles for a 6-2 lead. The Flying Tigers added an insurance run in the eighth on a sac fly by Leonardo.
Lakeland's bullpen used four pitchers to throw five shutout innings. Tyler Mattison (1-0) pitched a perfect fifth inning to get the win. The Flying Tigers bullpen has allowed just four runs in 20 innings in the series.
Tyler Stuart, the Mets sixth round draft pick from Southern Miss, made his team debut. He struck out the side in the first inning. Overall Stuart allowed one run on one hit in 1.1 innings. He walked one and struck out four.
The Mets were held to four hits. Eduardo Salazar went 2 for 4.
The Mets (65-45, 25-20) and Flying Tigers (53-56, 21-22) play the fourth game of their series at Joker Marchant Stadium on Friday at 6:30 p.m.
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