Gavin Cecchini broke a 1-1 tie with a grand slam to lead the St. Lucie Mets past the Charlotte Stone Crabs 7-4 on Thursday.
The Mets completed the three-game sweep of the Stone Crabs and won their sixth straight game. They improved to 50-32 overall and 10-3 in the Florida State League’s second half.
Cecchini silenced the 6,942 in attendance at Charlotte Sports Park who were hoping for a Crabs win to go along with the postgame fireworks show. Instead, Cecchini launched a Zach Cooper pitch deep to left in the sixth inning that traveled over the bullpen and off the top of flag pole beyond the outfield boardwalk.
It was the first FSL homer for Cecchini, the Mets first round draft pick in 2012. He joined St. Lucie from Savannah on June 19.
Albert Cordero followed Cecchini’s grand slam with a double and Jeff McNeil drove Cordero in with a single to make it 6-1.
The Crabs got a run back against Mets starter Luis Cessa in the bottom of the sixth, but the Mets answered right back in the seventh. L.J. Mazzilli cranked a double, moved to third on a single by Aderlin Rodriguez and scored on catcher Justin O’Conner’s throwing error.
Mets reliever Tim Peterson ran into trouble in the seventh. He walked three, gave up a hit and threw a wild pitch that allowed a run to score. However, he struck out Goeddel to end the inning and limit the damage to two runs.
Paul Sewald worked a perfect eighth and ninth to earn his fifth save in his last six appearance. He dropped his ERA to 0.79.
The Mets got on the board first on Phillip Evans’ two-out RBI single that drove in McNeil.
The Crabs tied the game 1-1 in the third on an infield hit by Tyler Goeddel that plated Patrick Leonard. The Crabs loaded the bases with one out later in the inning, but Cessa got to fly outs to keep the game tied.
Cessa went six innings and allowed two runs and six hits. He walked four and struck out two. He improved to 6-5.
McNeil went 3 for 4. He reached base seven times in the series.
Evans, Rodriguez and Mazzilli had two hits apiece.
Evans played third base for the first time this season. He fielded all five balls hit to him cleanly and started two double plays. - team press release
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