5/8/14

Palm Beach 6 - St. Lucie 1



Thomas Lee shut down St. Lucie over six-plus innings and the Palm Beach Cardinals defeated the Mets 6-1 on Wednesday at Tradition Field.

Lee limited the Florida State League’s top offense to one run on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out three.

The Mets’ lone run came in the third inning when Lee gave up a leadoff hit to Phillip Evans and threw a wild pitch that allowed Evans to move to second. Evans came home on single by Maikis De La Cruz.

The Cardinals provided their pitcher all the run support he needed in a disastrous fourth inning in the field for the Mets. Michael Fulmer retired the first two hitters but gave up a single, a walk and threw a wild pitch to put runners at second and third. Jesus Montero drove in a run to tie the game 1-1 on a dribbling infield single up the third base line.

The back breaker came when Ildemaro Vargas hit a routine ground ball to Evans at short, but Evans threw the ball out of Dilson Herrera’s reach at second base on what would have been the final out. A run scored, and the inning continued for Charlie Tilson who lined a two-run double to make it 4-1.

David Washington added a two-run homer in the fifth to complete the scoring at 6-1.

Lee was lifted with two outs in the seventh. Reliever Corey Baker came on to retire De La Cruz for the final out in the inning. Baker faced the minimum in the eighth and stranded runners at second and third in the ninth to finish the game.

Ryan Fraser and Randy Fontanez each pitched two scoreless innings for the Mets.

Cam Maron and De La Cruz had two hits apiece.

Fulmer took the loss. He gave up eight hits and six runs, three earned, in five innings.

Tilson went 3 for 5 for the Cardinals. - team press release

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