JUPITER, FL – The Palm Beach Cardinals (12-9, 45-42) fell to the St. Lucie Mets (7-13, 40-46) on Friday night by a final score of 3-2 at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in the first game back from the All-Star break.
Palm Beach jumped ahead in the bottom of the first inning. Sebastian Dos Santos led off the inning with a solo home run, his second of the season, against St. Lucie starting pitcher Joel Lara to put the Cardinals ahead 1-0.
Randy Guzman provided an immediate response for St. Lucie when he hit a solo home run to left field off the Cardinals’ starting pitcher Brian Holiday to tie the game 1-1 in the top of the second inning.
In the bottom of the second inning, the Cardinals retook the lead. Yordalin Peña connected on a one-out double and was later sent home when Alex Birge hit an RBI fielder’s choice to regain the lead at 2-1 through two innings.
The Mets again tied the game in the top of the third inning when Elian Peña hit his fourth home run of the year, a solo blast, to make the score 2-2.
Holiday finished his start with five innings pitched and allowed just the two solo home runs in a no-decision.
Nelfy Ynfante was the first man out of the bullpen and tossed two shutout innings, and Justin Militello pitched a clean eighth inning. However, the Palm Beach offense could not score in the later innings against Elwis Mijares (W, 4-4) and the game entered extra innings tied 2-2.
In the top of the tenth inning, Chase Meggers hit a sacrifice fly to plate St. Lucie’s placed runner and put the Mets ahead 3-2 against Jesus Garcia (L, 2-1). Palm Beach could not score their placed runner in the bottom of the tenth inning against Miguel Mejias (SV, 2) and fell 3-2.
The Cardinals and Mets continue the series on Saturday, July 18 with first pitch scheduled for 6:00 p.m. Click here to purchase your Palm Beach Cardinals 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.