Jupiter Earns First Home Win With 7-4 Victory Over Fort Myers

JUPITER, FL – The Jupiter Hammerheads (3-5) earned their first win at home this season as they defeated the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (5-3) by a final score of 7-4 on Saturday night at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. The win also snapped a season-high four-game losing streak.

For the first time in this series, the Hammerheads scored the first run of the game as they jumped out to an early lead in the bottom of the second inning. After Jake McCutcheon walked and Carlos Sanchez was hit by a pitch, Echedry Vargas hit a ball off the left field wall for an RBI double to score McCutheon. Abrahan Ramirez followed with another double, which scored Sanchez and Vargas to give Jupiter an early 3-0 lead.

In the top of the third inning, Hammerheads starting pitcher Walin Castillo walked three hitters to load the bases with two outs. Ryan Sprock hit a ground ball at the shortstop Andrew Salas but it went under his glove for his first error of the season which allowed a run to score. Salas recovered and threw home on the same play to prevent down a potential second run from scoring as the Mighty Mussels cut the score to 3-1.

Castillo finished his second start of the season with three innings pitched and allowed just the one unearned run on one hit, three walks, one hit-by-pitch, and three strikeouts in a no-decision.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Hammerheads went back to work on offense. McCutheon led off the frame with a single and Sanchez drew a walk. Vargas delivered again with an RBI single to score McCutheon. On the same play, Fort Myers’ centerfielder Byron Chourio had the ball go under his glove and to the warning track which allowed Sanchez to score from first base and Jupiter took a 5-1 lead after four innings.

The Mighty Mussels got a run back in the top of the fifth inning off of Michael Perez (W, 1-0) in his second inning on the mound. With Bryan Acuña at first base with a single, Jorel Ortega hit an RBI double to left field to cut the Jupiter lead to 5-2. Perez finished three innings where he allowed just one run while striking out five.

However, Jupiter wasted no time getting that run back. After Carter Johnson led off the bottom of the fifth inning getting hit by a pitch, Salas dropped a sacrifice bunt to move Johnson to second base. Then, PJ Morlando smacked an RBI single to left field to score Johnson, and the Hammerheads took a 6-2 lead.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Vargas led off with a single and was pushed to third with Andres Valor’s first hit of the season. Valor stole second base and Vargas scored when the throw trickled into center field, giving Jupiter a 7-2 lead.

Fort Myers answered in the top of the seventh when Yilber Herrera hit his first home run of the season, a solo home run to get a run back. Later in the inning, Ryan Sprock hit an RBI double which scored Irvin Nunez from second base which cut the Jupiter lead to 7-4.

In the top of the eighth inning, Fort Myers pushed runners to first and second which prompted Jupiter to bring in Samuel Carpio (Sv, 1) to escape the jam. Carpio walked the first hitter he faced but struck out Jorel Ortega and made Nunez pop out to end the inning with no runs scored. Carpio went back out for the top of the ninth inning and preserved the 7-4 win for Jupiter and secured his first save of the season.

Vargas led the offense after he went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Ramirez also went 2-for-4 with two RBIs at the plate. Eight of the nine starting position players reached base at least once in the ballgame. The Hammerheads only left four runners on base and went 5-for-14 with runners in scoring position.

The Hammerheads and Mighty Mussels face off in the series finale on Sunday, April 12^th with first pitch scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Click here to purchase your Jupiter Hammerheads tickets.

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Opening in 1998, the 110-acre complex/stadium is specially designed to house two Major League and two Minor League Baseball Teams. The stadium is home to the Miami Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals for Spring Training. The Florida State League’s Jupiter Hammerheads (Class A Affiliate of the Miami Marlins) and Palm Beach Cardinals (Class A Affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals) make their home at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium from April through September. Branded as “America’s Busiest Ballpark,” this year-round facility can accommodate everything from birthday parties to corporate outings to tournaments, while never forgetting that every fan is our most important priority.