Mets falter twice on Saturday against Flying Tigers
LAKELAND, Fla. (June 10, 2017) - It was an ugly Saturday at Joker Marchant Stadium for the St. Lucie Mets. The Flying Tigers won the resumption of Friday's suspended game 6-5 in 14 innings, then the Flying Tigers cruised to a 9-1 win in Saturday's regularly scheduled game. The teams resumed
LAKELAND, Fla. (June 10, 2017) - It was an ugly Saturday at Joker Marchant Stadium for the St. Lucie Mets. The Flying Tigers won the resumption of Friday's suspended game 6-5 in 14 innings, then the Flying Tigers cruised to a 9-1 win in Saturday's regularly scheduled game.
The teams resumed Friday's suspended game with score 5-5 in the top of the 12th. The Mets couldn't get anything going on offense, as Lakeland relievers
Finally in the bottom of the 14th inning the Flying Tigers loaded the bases on two singles and an intentional walk against
In the next game, the Flying Tigers scored seven of their nine runs with two outs and got two massive home runs from
Hinkle hit his two-run bomb with two outs in the first inning off of
The Mets could only muster one run on a sac fly from
The Flying Tigers lead the series 3-0. The Mets have only scored in three of the 32 innings in the series.
The Mets (30-30) will look to avoid the sweep when the teams meet for the final time in 2017 on Sunday at 1 p.m.