Zwack, Askew combine for 15 Ks in 5-2 Mets win
Newton, Dominguez crush homers as Mets down Tortugas
PRESS RELEASE PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (April 27, 2022) – St. Lucie pitchers Nick Zwack and Keyshawn Askew combined for a dominant performance in a 5-2 Mets win over the Daytona Tortugas on Wednesday at Clover Park. (Box Score)
Zwack got the start and hurled 4.0 shutout innings, fanning the Tortugas nine times. He scattered three singles and walked just one batter.
Askew pitched the final 5.0 innings without surrendering a hit. He did not walk a batter and struck out six. The Tortugas scraped across two unearned runs on ground outs after pair of errors started the eighth inning.
Shevyen Newton smashed a two-run homer, his first of the season, in the third inning to increase the Mets lead to 3-0.
Carlos Dominguez hit a line drive home run in the fourth inning to make it 4-0.
Alex Ramirez blooped a run-scoring single in the seventh for a 5-0 advantage.
William Lugo went 2 for 4 with a double and a run.
Daytona starter Arij Fransen took the loss after getting tagged for four runs in 4.0 innings.
The Mets (11-6) and Tortugas (8-9) play the third game of their series at Clover Park on Thursday. It's Dollar Night with $1 Bud and Bud Light (8 oz. cans), $1 soda, $1 popcorn and $2 hot dogs. First pitch is 6:10 p.m.
Shervyen Newton off the batters eye! pic.twitter.com/P57R5L2moV
— St. Lucie Mets (@stluciemets) April 27, 2022
Carlos Dominguez just hit his fourth home run of the season for St. Lucie, tying Francisco Álvarez for the second-most in the organization.
— Jacob Resnick (@Jacob_Resnick) April 27, 2022
106 off the bat for Dominguez, who has an .883 OPS on the season. #Mets pic.twitter.com/q0mXAyQf7h
Keyshawn Askew came in DEALING tonight ♦️♠️ .
— St. Lucie Mets (@stluciemets) April 27, 2022
2 Ks in his first three batters faced.
Tortugas 0
Mets 4
Bottom 5th pic.twitter.com/8x8iZy4aeL
Dominant outing for Mets LHP prospect Nick Zwack tonight for St. Lucie:
— Jacob Resnick (@Jacob_Resnick) April 27, 2022
4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K, 43% CSW
Zwack (2021 17th-rd pick) leads the organization with a 46% strikeout rate through four outings. pic.twitter.com/cve5VhEBsK
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