PORT ST. LUCIE \u2013 The Jupiter Hammerheads snapped their seven-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the St. Lucie Mets on Thursday night at Clover Park. The Mets three-game winning streak ended but they still lead the series 2-1.<\/p>\n
Jupiter DH Echedry Vargas hit a two-out, two-run single off Camden Lohman in the seventh inning to give the Hammerheads a 4-3 lead.<\/p>\n
The Mets got a runner to third base with no outs in the bottom of the seventh but Bruin Agbayani hit a comebacker to pitcher Manuel Genao, who threw out Vladi Gomez at the plate to preserve the lead.<\/p>\n
The Mets loaded the bases with out in the inning but Genao got a shallow fly out from Kuhio Aloy then struck out Julio Zayas to escape the jam.<\/p>\n
Genao had an easier bottom of the eighth by striking out the side.<\/p>\n
The Hammerheads added an insurance run in the ninth when Jacob Lombard hit a two-out RBI double off Miguel Mejias to make it 5-3.<\/p>\n
Genao finished off the game by getting a strikeout and a double play in the ninth. He was credited with a save.<\/p>\n
Mets catcher Ryan Tayman had a big day by going 3 for 4 with a home run, double, single and two RBI. His RBI double in the first inning gave the Mets a 1-0 lead and his leadoff homer in the sixth put the Mets up 3-2.<\/p>\n
Mets starter Nate Hall pitched 2.1 innings and gave up two hits on two runs with one walk and three strikeouts.<\/p>\n
Owen Woodward pitched 2.2 innings of scoreless relief behind Hall.<\/p>\n
Lohman took the loss. He was charged with two runs on four hits over 1.2 innings.<\/p>\n
Jupiter starter Jake Clemente pitched 5.0 solid innings, giving up two runs on two hits. He walked three and struck out six. Clemente retired the last seven batters he faced.<\/p>\n
The Mets (23-39, 56-72) and Hammerheads (24-36, 61-65) continue their series at Clover Park with game 4 on Friday. First pitch is 6:10 p.m. It\u2019s Vets at the Mets with all veterans and active military receiving free admission courtesy of LYNQ Real Estate. Kids can run the bases after the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE \u2013 The Jupiter Hammerheads snapped their seven-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172,563],"class_list":["post-390569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-st_lucie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}