Marauders Hold on for 7-6 Win over Mets
Published on April 27, 2014 under Florida State League (FSL1)
St. Lucie Mets News Release
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (April 27, 2014) - The Bradenton Marauders defeated the St. Lucie Mets by one run for the second straight game on Sunday. The Marauders led the whole way and staved off several Mets rallies to walk out of Tradition Field with a 7-6 victory.
Josh Bell tallied five RBIs on the afternoon, two on a home run in the first inning and two more on a triple in the seventh that extended Bradenton's lead to 7-4.
Gilbert Gomez drove a two-run triple off the left field walk to make it 7-6 in the eighth, but Gomez was thrown out by first baseman Jose Osuna trying to take home on the play. The throw trying to get Gomez at third sailed high, and Osuna tracked it down near the Mets bullpen and threw a strike home to get Gomez as he tried to score the tying run.
The Mets drew two walks with two outs in the ninth to put the tying run in scoring position, but Albert Cordero grounded out to Osuna to end the game.
The Marauders jumped out to a 5-0 lead on Mets starter Luis Cessa. Bell greeted him with the two-run homer in the first, and an error on Eudy Pina in right led to two more runs in the third. Jonathan Schwind plated a run on a ground out in the fifth to make it 5-0.
Cessa would settle down and retire nine in a row. Meanwhile, the Mets came to life at the plate. Phillip Evans double in the fifth and Maikis De La Cruz brought him home with a single off of John Kuchno to make it 5-1.
Pina ripped a two-run double in the sixth and Cordero followed with an RBI single to bring the deficit to 5-4. Cordero advance to third on a fly out and stood 90 feet from home as the tying run with one out. He tried to come home on wild pitch by Ryan Hafner, but the ball bounced hard off the backstop right to Jin-De Jhang, who got Cordero out in a rundown.
Bell provided the eventual winning runs with his two-out, two-run triple in the seventh.
Cessa took the loss, pitching 6 1/3 innings. He gave up six hits and seven runs. Five were earned.
Kuchno earned the victory, and Bryton Trepagnier got the six-out save.
The Marauders (14-9) took two out of three from the Mets (13-10) and leave Port St. Lucie with a one-game lead in the Florida State League South Division.
The Mets continue their six-game home stand on Monday by welcoming the Charlotte Stone Crabs to town. First pitch is at 6:30 p.m. All kids 12 and under get into Tradition Field for free.
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