Munoz hits slam in the 14th to sink Mets

JUPITER, Fla. (June 24, 2015) - Felix Munoz hit a pinch hit grand slam in the 14th inning to lift the Jupiter Hammerheads to a 6-2 win over the St. Lucie Mets on Wednesday at Roger Dean Stadium.
 
Munoz's walk-off long ball came on a 1-2 pitch from Julian Hilario with one out. It hit off the right field foul poll.
 
The Mets finish the Florida State League's first half with a 35-35 record. They have lost four of their last five.
 
Jupiter's bullpen stymied the Mets over nine shutout innings. The Hammerheads pen retired 24 of the last 26 batters it faced. Esmerling De La Rosa tossed the final three innings and retired all nine he faced, including six by strikeouts.
 
In the first 10 innings, the Mets had a runner at third base with two outs four different times. They went 0 for 4 in those situations.
 
The Mets scored one run in the first on an RBI fielder's choice ground out by Dominic Smith. Phil Evans grounded into a double play with no outs and the bases loaded in the second inning to bring in a run and make it 2-0.
 
In the bottom of the fourth, Blake Barber hit a two-out, two-run single up the middle off of Rob Whalen to tie the game. Both runs were unearned, as an error earlier in the inning extended the frame.
 
No runs scored after the bottom of the fourth until the grand slam by Munoz. Munoz was only in the game because starting DH Justin Bohn of the Hammerheads was ejected earlier in extra innings for arguing a called third strike.
 
Whalen allowed just the two unearned runs in five innings. Mike Hepple, Robby Coles, Kyle Regnault and Kelly Secrest all threw two scoreless innings out of the Mets bullpen.
 
The Mets (35-35) open the second half of the FSL season on Thursday when they host the Bradenton Marauders at Tradition Field at 6:30 p.m.