Ramirez, Lugo homer in loss
JUPITER, Fla. (May 7, 2022) – The Palm Beach Cardinals put a halt to the St. Lucie Mets seven-game winning streak with a 13-9 victory at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Tyler Reichenborn broke a 4-4 tie with a two-out, bases clearing double in the bottom of the sixth that put the Cardinals ahead 7-4.
Palm Beach collected six hits and scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh to take a commanding 12-4 lead. Luis Rodriguez clubbed a solo home run in the eighth to make it 13-4.
The Mets put together a spirited rally in the top of the ninth to close the gap to four runs. Alex Ramirez crushed a leadoff home run, his second of the season. Carlos Dominguez ripped a two-run double and William Lugo blasted two-run homer to make it 13-9. Edgar Manzo got the next two batters to end the game.
Ramirez went 3 for 4 with a homer, double and three RBI. It was his fourth three-hit game of the series. He is 13 for 24 in the series with a home run, three doubles and a triple. Ramirez raised his batting average to .380.
Dominguez, Lugo and Shervyen Newton also had two hits apiece. Every Mets batter in the lineup had at least one hit. The nine runs matched a season high.
The 13 runs scored by the Cardinals were the most allowed by the Mets this season. It was just the second time this season the Mets allowed more than six runs in a game.
Mets starter Dominic Hamel gave up four runs on four hits while walking four in 4.1 innings. He struck out five.
Trey McLoughlin took the loss and allowed three runs in 1.1 innings in his season debut.
The Mets (18-8) and Cardinals (10-16) play their series finale at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium on Sunday at noon.
There is one out of four Mets minor league teams you can truly love. Syracuse, on the other hand, is hitting .211 with a 6.00 ERA. Worst in the league in both, and yet somehow not worse than 9-19.
ReplyDeleteRamirez is 38 for 100. He hits like a mother.
In the 3rd inning i feel like Lucie 2B should have made the play on a grounder. They are calling it a deflection and not an error that scored two runs. So Hamel pitched better than the stat line.
ReplyDeleteHamel has not been perfect, but to me, it seems he is racking up innings and experience and will do fine - just my sense. And yes, a few unnecessary runs can make an early season ERA look worse than it should.
ReplyDeleteTold you we did well in that draft in pitching.
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