Blue Jays come back, defeat Mets 5-4 in 11

Winningham goes 3 for 5 with a double

DUNEDIN, Fla. (June 20, 2018) – The Dunedin Jays completed a sweep of the St. Lucie Mets with a 5-4 win in 11 innings in the series finale on Wednesday at Dunedin Stadium.

Dunedin’s Nash Knight lifted the game-winning sac fly to center field to plate Alberto Mineo in the bottom of the 11^th. The Blue Jays won four games over the Mets in the last three days of the first half.

The Mets took a 4-3 lead in the top of the eighth inning on a hit by Dash Winningham. The Blue Jays tied the game 4-4 on a two-out RBI single by Mineo in the bottom of the eighth inning. This is the first time the Mets have lost when taking a lead after the sixth inning.

Mets starter Michael Gibbons allowed three runs over 5.2 innings and matched a season-high with six strikeouts. All three runs came on a home run from Eduard Pinto that made it 3-0 in the third inning.

The Mets scrapped back to tie it 3-3 in the fourth. Luis Carpio ripped a RBI double and Dan Rizzie brought home the tying run with a sac fly.

However, the Mets missed out on more chances for runs throughout the game. They went 3 for 21 with runners in scoring position.

Winningham went 3 for 5 with a double, run and RBI. Desmond Lindsay went 2 for 5 with two runs and a double.

The overused Dunedin bullpen had to turn the game over to position player Jonelvy Molina in the top of the 11^th. The reserve catcher faced four Mets batters and retired three of them without allowing the free runner on second base to score. Molina got the win.