Threshers Shut out Mets 3-0
Published on July 23, 2018 under Florida State League (FSL1)
St. Lucie Mets News Release
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - The Clearwater Threshers shut out the St. Lucie Mets 3-0 on Monday at First Data Field.
Mets pitcher Anthony Kay was excellent again in a tough luck defeat. The lefty first rounder from 2016 did not allow an earned run over six innings. He scattered four hits, walked three and struck out three.
Kay has pitched a quality start in all four of his outings for St. Lucie. He lowered his ERA to 1.42.
Threshers starter Alejandro Requena blanked the Mets over six innings. He gave up just two singles and two walks.
Jonathan Hennigan pitched two scoreless innings and Addison Russ tossed a perfect ninth for his third save.
The Threshers scored their only run off of Kay in the third inning. Grenny Cumana reached on an error and would go on to score on a Mickey Moniak sac fly.
Clearwater added two insurance runs in the eighth. Edgar Cabral laced a RBI triple and Kyle Martin followed with a RBI double to make it 3-0.
For the Mets, Luis Carpio went 1 for 2 with a single and a walk. He extended his hitting streak to nine games.
Cabral went 2 for 3 with a walk, RBI and run.
The Mets (11-18, 38-58) and Threshers (18-12, 50-48) play the middle game of their series on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
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