Game Recap: Hammerheads beat St. Lucie Mets 1-0 in game 1, game 2 suspended

 

Teams will resume game 2 next month at Clover Park

 

ST. LUCIE METS PRESS RELEASE: JUPITER, Fla. (June 25, 2023) – The Jupiter Hammerheads edged the St. Lucie Mets 1-0 in game 1 of Sunday’s doubleheader at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. Game 2 was suspended due to unplayable field conditions in the top of the fourth with Jupiter leading 1-0 (Box Score). The game will resume next month when the teams meet at Clover Park.

 

In game 1, the Hammerheads scored the lone run on a two-out RBI single by Harrison Spohn off Mets starter Jawilme Ramirez in the fifth inning. Chase Luttrell began the inning with a single and advanced to second on the second out. He came around to score on the Spohn hit.

 

It was a tough-luck loss for Ramirez. He pitched 5.0 inning and allowed just the one run on three hits. He did not walk or strikeout a batter. He threw an efficient 56 pitches.

 

SeanReid-Foley (Tommy John surgery) continued his minor league rehab assignment with a scoreless sixth inning.

 

Karson Milbrandt got the win for Jupiter. He blanked the Mets over 5.0 inning. He scattered three hits, walked one and struck out five.

 

Evan Taylor pitched a 1-2-3 seventh for his 10^th save.

 

The Mets best chance to score came in the fifth inning when Karell Paz hit a one-out single and Jose Hernandez drew a walk. Milbrandt recovered to retire YeralMartinez and Kevin Villavicencio on ground outs.

 

WilfredoLara went 2 for 3 with a double. His double came with two outs in the sixth and he was stranded in scoring position.

 

In game 2, Brett Roberts led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run against Mets starter Felipe De La Cruz for the game’s only run to this point.

 

The Mets got back-to-back singles from Martinez and Blaine McIntosh off Jupiter starter Collin Lowe with one out in the fourth right before the game entered a delay.

 

When the game resumes at Clover Park at a day at time TBD in July, the Mets will have the tying run at second and the go-ahead run at first with one out. The Mets will remain the visiting team.

 

The Mets (1-1, 25-42) are off on Monday and Tuesday. They return to Clover Park on Wednesday to start a six-game series vs. the Dunedin Blue Jays. Wednesday will be a Silver Sluggers game with first pitch at 6:10 p.m.