Flying Tigers Blank Mets 4-0 in Series Opener
April 18, 2023 - Florida State League (FSL)
St. Lucie Mets News Release
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - The Lakeland Flying Tigers shut out the St. Lucie Mets 4-0 in the series opener at Clover Park on Tuesday evening.
Four Flying Tigers pitchers combined for a two-hit effort. Starter Edgardo Ibarra fired 4.0 hitless innings. Jett Williams was the only Met to reach base against Ibarra. Williams was hit by a pitched and walked.
Quinn Gudaitis pitched two innings behind Ibarra to get the win. Gudaitis got a key double play ball with the bases loaded in the sixth inning to keep a 1-0 lead. Max Alba chipped in with two innings and Trevin Michael closed out the ninth in a non-save situation.
Mets starting pitcher Layonel Ovalles was solid over 4.0 innings. He allowed one run on three hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
Lakeland's Dominic Johnson created his own run to break a scoreless tie in the fourth inning. Johnson hit a two-out single, stole second and third base and scored on a wild pitch to put the Flying Tigers up 1-0.
The Flying Tigers broke the game open with a three-run seventh inning. Andrew Jenkins hit a run-scoring single, and later with two outs Manuel Sequera punched a two-run single to make it 4-0. The three runs were charged to reliever Benito Garcia.
The two hits for the Mets came on a double by Jefrey De Los Santos in the fifth inning and a single by Adrian Hernandez in the eighth. De Los Santos was thrown out trying to stretch his double to a triple. The double made it 10 games in a row to start the season with an extra base hit for the Mets.
The Mets (3-7) and Flying Tigers (5-5) play the second game of their series on Wednesday. First pitch from Clover Park is 6:10 p.m.
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