Mets Outlast Pirates for Series-Sweep
KINGSPORT, Tenn.- The Kingsport Mets outlasted the Bristol Pirates 11-8 Saturday nightt at Hunter Wright Stadium to secure its first series-sweep of the season in a back-and-forth affair that saw four lead changes and a combined eight pitchers throughout the night. After trailing by two runs early on, Kingsport (18-24)
KINGSPORT, Tenn.- The Kingsport Mets outlasted the Bristol Pirates 11-8 Saturday nightt at Hunter Wright Stadium to secure its first series-sweep of the season in a back-and-forth affair that saw four lead changes and a combined eight pitchers throughout the night.
After trailing by two runs early on, Kingsport (18-24) scored seven unanswered runs in innings three and four before blowing the lead in the fifth. Bristol (9-34) plated six runs in the sixth to retake the lead before the Mets tied it in the bottom of the frame and pulled away for good in the two innings that followed.
The K-Mets picked up its firsts weep since sweeping Bristol in the final series of the 2016 season at Hunter Wright Stadium last season from August 30-Septemeber 1. The Mets have won three in-a-row since being swept at Elizabethton in the previous series.
Bristol jumped out in front first for the second time this series by taking advantage of consecutive singles to lead off the game. Following a wild pitch, runners were at second and third base as the runner at third,
The visitors added to the lead in the inning that followed when
Kingsport finally answered in the bottom of the third frame as the home team tallied three runs off five hits in the frame. Five players drilled five singles in the third as two scored on a two-run knock from
After three innings of play, the Mets held a 3-2 lead.
An inning later in the fourth, Kingsport added four more thanks to a two-run ground-rule double from
The lead did not last long as the Pirates scraped across six runs in the top of the fifth thanks to three hits and an error defensively. 10 batters came to the plate in the frame while three batters walked in runners at one point or another.
Down for the second time in the ballgame, the K-Mets did not falter as
The inning that followed saw Terrazas score a run off a fielding error from Contreras in center field that put Kingsport back out in front 9-8. From there, the Mets scored two more runs off a two-run double from Anthony Dircoie in the seventh. Kingsport held on to win the back-and-forth affair 11-8 for its first series-sweep of the season.
Kingsport, who pounded out 17 hits on the night during the 11-run effort, saw five players record multi-hit days, led by Terrazas, Paulino and Garay with three. Moreno, Gladu and Paulino all drove in two runs during the win while Hall's homer tied the game in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Kingsport will now hit the road to TVA Credit Union Ballpark in Johnson City, Tenn. and begin a three-game series against the Cardinals begin Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Coverage of the series can be found on the Kingsport Mets Baseball Network.