Miracle beat Mets for sixth time of seven

The Fort Myers Miracle have the number of the St. Lucie Mets this season.

Thursday night, they beating the Mets for the sixth time in seven meetings, 9-4 at Hammond Stadium.

Justin Olson was starting just his second professional game and picked up his first win as a starter. Olson allowed one run on four hits in five innings.

The Miracle offense pounded out 13 hits and was able to get to the young Mets phenom, Yusmeiro Petit. Petit, who pitched in the Futures Game during the All-Star Weekend, had allowed just one run on three hits in 11.2 innings while with St. Lucie.

The Miracle's Brett Tamburrino finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored and Danny Matienzo went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored.

The same two teams meet tonight at 7:05. The Miracle send John Thomas (2-1, 3.18) against the Mets' Wayne Ough (0-2, 15.63). Also tickets are still available for the Rock N Roll Concert on Saturday evening. Game time is 5:05 p.m. with the concert featuring Chubby Checker beginning shortly following the game. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased by calling the Miracle office at 239-768-4210 or going to the Web site at www.miraclebaseball.com.