Cardinals Lose Big At Home Against Kingsport

  Game one didn't go the way Johnson City had hoped, falling to the Kingsport Mets, 9-4. However, nobody in Johnson City could've thought that game two would have\ gotten as out of hand as the score did ,12-2. 
  After two solid innings to start the game from Cardinals starting pitcher, Hector Villalobos, the Mets erupted for two big innings. The first eruption came in the top of the third, when the Mets drew first blood and scored three runs to take an early 3-0 lead over the Cardinals. Johnson City was then shut out in the bottom of the third, Mets still lead 3-0.
     The fourth inning was the worst for the Cardinals this year as the Mets' bats exploded and put seven runs up in the top of the fourth to take a 10-0 lead over the Cardinals.
     In the bottom of the fifth inning, trailing 10-2, the Cardinals finally showed some sort of life as Dariel Gomez launched a two-run homerun to cut the lead from 10 to eight. 
  Unfortunately the Mets put up a run in the eighth and ninth to take a 10 run lead, 12-2 and that's where the game would end. 
  Johnson City played their worst game by far, with five defensive errors and 12 runs given up. The Cardinals used five pitchers. Hector Villalobos started the game and got the loss. He pitched three innings, gave up six hits, two earned runs, and had four strikeouts. Colin Schmid was the first reliever used out of the bullpen. He pitched 2/3 of an inning, gave up four hits, seven earned runs, and walked four hitters. David Oca came in to relieve Schmid. Oca threw two and two/thirds innings pitched, and only surrendered three hits, plus he struck out four hitters. Parker Kelly made his 2018 debut tonight. Kelly pitched two and a third innings, giving up three hits, one earned run and had one strikeout. Finally, to avoid burning through the bullpen, the Cardinals brought out outfielder Sanel Rosendo to pitch. He pitched rather well, only throwing four wild pitches, but he only gave up a hit.
     Johnson City has dropped the first two games of the series to the Mets and have lost three-in-a-row. They look to avoid the sweep tomorrow against the Mets. First pitch is at 5 PM ET and gates open at 4 PM ET. For more information on the Johnson City Cardinals, visit jccardinals.com.