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| 8.9 vs Daytona - Elian Pena double, photo courtesy of the St. Lucie Mets |
Tortugas hold off Mets 5-4 in Sunday finale, win series 4-3 Peña goes 1 for 4 with 2B to stretch hitting streak to 11 games
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (August 9, 2026) – The Daytona Tortugas held off the St. Lucie Mets for a 5-4 victory in the series finale between the teams on Sunday at Clover Park. Daytona won the series 4-3.
The Tortugas scored five runs across the fourth and fifth innings to take a 5-0 lead. The Mets scored three in the sixth and another run in the eighth to close the gap to one. But Daytona pitchers Lisnerkin Lantigua and Jesus Colina retired the last six Mets in a row to finish the game.
Mets starter Joel Lara cruised through the first three innings, allowing just one base runner on a walk. However, Lara struggled with his command in the third, walking the first three batters. Lara threw a wild pitch that brought home Ichiro Cano for the first run. Then with two outs Anielson Buten hit a two-run single to make it 3-0.
Jean Brito replaced Lara with one on and out in the fifth inning. Cano hit the first pitch from Brito for a two-run homer that made it 5-0.
Meanwhile Daytona starter Justin Henschel was cruising. Henschel shut out the Mets over 5.0 innings on 75 pitches. He scattered three hits, walked one and struck out four. He got the win.
Elian Peña started the Mets comeback bid in the sixth inning with a leadoff double against Lantigua. The double extended Peña’s hitting streak to 11 games. Later in the inning with two outs Kuhio Aloy ripped a two-run double to get the Mets on the board. Simon Juan followed with a RBI single to make it 5-3.
The first two Mets reached base to start the eighth inning vs. Lantigua but the Mets only got a sac fly by Juan to make it 5-4.
Colina retired the side in order in the ninth with a fly out and back-to-back strikeouts to notch his first save.
The first seven batters in the Mets order recorded a hit. Reed Stallman went 2 for 4.
Julio Zayas went 1 for 3 win a single, walk and run to add to his bid for FSL Player of the Week.
Austin Brown (undrafted 2025 – Chipola JC) made his team debut by pitching two scoreless innings in the seventh and eighth. He struck out three.
The Mets (16-25, 49-58) are off on Monday. They return to action on Tuesday when they begin a six-game commuter series at the Jupiter Hammerheads. First pitch from Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium is 6:30 p.m.
Kuhio Aloy gets us on the board! pic.twitter.com/DGDyBIFfr9
— St. Lucie Mets (@stluciemets) August 9, 2026
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