Mets rally to beat Yankees; Cardinals lose

Palm Beach Post Staff Reports

PORT ST. LUCIE — The St. Lucie Mets scored a run in both the seventh and eighth innings to come from behind and beat the Tampa Yankees 7-6.

Dustin Martin, Nick Evans and Ender Chavez each drove in two runs for the Mets.

St. Lucie's Jose De La Torre (3-6) earned the win by pitching two scoreless innings.

David Robertson (0-1) got the loss by allowing two runs in two innings.

Martin drove in the tying run on a double in the bottom of the seventh off Robertson, and Chavez got the winning RBI in the eighth when he drove in Dan Murphy on a one-out single.

The Mets scored four runs in the third inning to take a 5-1 lead, but the Yankees quickly responded against St. Lucie starting pitcher Tobi Stoner with five runs in the top of the fourth.

Threshers 7, Cardinals 6: James Rapoport had a two-run triple, but Palm Beach couldn't hold on to a two-run lead in a 7-6 loss to visiting Clearwater.

Rapoport's triple was part of a four-run second inning for the Cardinals.

But the Threshers scored three runs in the seventh inning off reliever Matthew Trent (0-1), who took the loss. Palm Beach starter Adam Ottavino allowed four runs on seven hits over 51/3 innings.

Clearwater's Zac Stott (4-5) got the win by throwing 3 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of starter Ben Pfinsgraff.

Miracle 4, Hammerheads 1: Lorenzo Scott Jr. drove in Jupiter's only run in a 4-1 loss to host Fort Myers.

The Miracle's Oswaldo Sosa (4-5) pitched seven innings, allowing no earned runs to get the win.

Jupiter starter Chris Volstad (7-8) pitched a complete game, giving up four runs, three earned, in eight innings. The Hammerheads managed only five hits in the game.