Lewis drives in two, Tortugas fall to Mets, 6-4

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Daytona Tortugas saw an early lead slip away late as the St. Lucie Mets scored four runs over the final three innings to hand Daytona a 6-4 loss Friday night at Jackie Robinson Ballpark.

The Rundown

St. Lucie opened the scoring in the first.

After a leadoff walk by Elian Peña and a bunt single from Sam Robertson, Randy Guzman lined an RBI single to center to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.

Daytona answered with its biggest inning in the third. Ichiro Cano and Jacob Friend reached to start the frame, and Bernard Moon worked a walk to load the bases. A wild pitch brought home the tying run before Tyson Lewis delivered a two-run single to left, giving the Tortugas a 3-1 advantage.

St. Lucie trimmed the deficit in the fourth on a solo home run from AJ Salgado, but Daytona responded in the fifth.

Kyle Henley reached on an error, stole second, moved to third, and came home on a wild pitch to extend the lead to 4-2.

The Mets chipped away late. In the seventh, Chase Maggers led off with a double down the third base line and later scored on an RBI double by Sam Biller to make it a one-run game. St. Lucie then broke through in the eighth, capitalizing on a pair of walks and a two-run single from Maggers, to take a 5-4 lead.

The Mets added an insurance run in the ninth when Robertson scored on a groundout, pushing the lead to 6-4.

Daytona threatened in the bottom of the ninth, putting two aboard with no outs, but a strikeout and game-ending double play ended the rally.

Stat of the Game

4 — Daytona was held to just four runs after scoring 25 runs over the previous two games.

Notes

• Daytona falls to 5-8 on the season and 3-4 at home.
• The Tortugas dropped Game 4 of the six-game series after winning the previous two games.
• Tyson Lewis recorded two hits and drove in two runs, giving him 9 RBI on the season.
• Ichiro Cano posted his first multi-hit game of the series with two hits.
• Daytona went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.
• The Tortugas pitching staff struck out 10 batters in the loss.
• Ovis Portes allowed two runs over 5.0 innings and struck out seven in the start.

• Andrew Shaffner suffered the loss (0-2) throwing the final two innings and giving up three runs

Next Up

Daytona continues its series against St. Lucie on Saturday, April 18^th at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m. ET.