Mets Can't Hold 6-0 Lead, Fall to Miracle 8-6
Published on June 25, 2014 under Florida State League (FSL1)
St. Lucie Mets News Release
FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 25, 2014) - The St. Lucie Mets scored six runs in the first inning but were shut out the rest of the way and fell to the Fort Myers Miracle 8-6 on Wednesday at Hammond Stadium.
The Mets roughed up B.J. Hermsen for six runs on six hits in the top of the first but that was only the start to a wild inning.
John Lannan, the former major league pitcher signed by the Mets in the offseason, made his St. Lucie Mets debut and had trouble out of the gate. Lannan walked the first two batters he faced, then had to endure a 20 minute lightning delay.
When play resumed, Nate Roberts singled home a run to make it 6-1. Lannan struck out Adam Brett Walker but then walked Lance Ray to load the bases and Stuart Turner to force in a run to make it 6-2. Lannan was then removed.
Seth Lugo came in and allowed an RBI single to Dalton Hicks. Max Keppler followed with a two-run single to make it 6-5.
Lugo loaded the bases again on a walk but struck out Niko Goodrum, the 11th hitter of the inning, to maintain the 6-5 lead.
Including the 20 minute delay, the first inning took one hour and two minutes to play.
The game settled down until the fourth. Goodrum singled against Lugo with two outs. Nate Roberts clubbed a double to center that plated Goodrum to tie the game 6-6.
Ray greeted Lugo with a leadoff home run in the fifth to put Fort Myers up 7-6.
The Mets only had one real chance to score after the first inning. It came in the seventh when Alex Wimmers gave up a two out hit to Jairo Perez and walked Cam Maron and Aderlin Rodriguez to load the bases. However, Cole Frenzel struck out on three pitches to end the threat.
Wimmers retired the side in order in the eighth. Jorge Polanco added an insurance run with a two out single against T.J. Chism in the bottom of the inning to make it 8-6.
Brandon Peterson closed the game out with a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save.
In the first inning, Cam Maron hit an RBI double to extend his hitting streak to 16 games. Eudy Pina lined a two-run single.
Lannan was charged with five runs and four walks in just 1/3 of an inning.
Lugo struck out seven in 4 2/3 innings but suffered his first loss.
Wimmers only gave up two hits and two walks in four scoreless innings to pick up the win.
Rodriguez went 3 for 3 for the Mets.
Roberts had the only multi hit game for the Miracle. He went 3 for 4.
The Mets (44-32, 4-3) and Miracle (46-30, 5-2) meet again at Hammond Stadium on Thursday at 7:05 p.m. The game can be heard on www.stluciemets.com with the Voice of the Mets Adam MacDonald.
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