Lakeland's Big 5th Inning Dooms Mets
July 24, 2016 - Florida State League (FSL1)
St. Lucie Mets News Release
LAKELAND, Fla. - For the second straight game, the Lakeland Flying Tigers put together a seven-run fifth inning and went on to beat the St. Lucie Mets 9-3 on Sunday at Henley Field.
The Mets entered the fifth up 1-0 but Ross Kivett immediately tied the game on a home run to start the inning. Lakeland would go on to get RBI singles from Tyler Bortnick, Christin Stewart and Joey Pankake. Finally, Kivett came up again and delivered a two-run single to put the Flying Tigers up 7-1. All the damage was done against starter Casey Delgado.
Lakeland recorded seven hits in the fifth inning and sent 12 batters to the plate.
Kevin Taylor made it 7-2 when he opened the sixth with his eighth home run of the year, but the Mets wouldn't get any closer.
Patrick Biondi went 2 for 3 to claim the only multi-hit game for St. Lucie.
The Mets ended up splitting the four-game series after they won the first two games against the Flying Tigers. The Mets dropped to 1.5 games behind the Jupiter Hammerheads for first place in the FSL South Division.
Next Up: The Mets (52-45, 17-13) are off on Monday. They return to Tradition Field on Tuesday to face the Bradenton Marauders. First pitch is 6:30 p.m.
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