De Los Santos homers, drives in 3 to lead offense
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (May 31, 2022) – After two weeks on the road, the St. Lucie Mets made a successful return to Clover Park with a 5-2 win over the Daytona Tortugas on Tuesday. (Box Score)
Omar De Los Santos hit a go-ahead two-run homer off of Javi Rivera in the bottom of the sixth to give the Mets a 3-2 lead.
De Los Santos ripped a RBI double in the bottom of the eighth to bring home an insurance run. He later used his speed to score from second base on a ground out to put the Mets up 5-2.
De Los Santos went 2 for 4 with a home run, double, three RBI and two runs scored. In his previous game on Sunday he hit two home runs, a triple and drove in four runs.
Mets starting pitcher Luis Moreno (4-0) earned the win. He limited the Tortugas to two runs (one earned) over 6.0 strong innings. He walked two and struck out a season-high eight batters. Moreno finished the month of May with a .067 ERA (two earned runs in 27.0 innings).
Reliever Daniel Juarez pitched three perfect innings to close out the game for his third save.
Carlos Dominguez went 1 for 2 with a home run. The long ball put the Mets up 1-0 in the second inning. It was his 11th of the season which tied him for the Florida State League lead.
William Lugo went 2 for 4 with two runs scored.
Rivera (1-3) took the loss for Daytona. He was tagged for four runs and four hits over 3.0 innings.
The Mets (30-16) improved to 16-3 this season at Clover Park. They host the Tortugas (19-27) again on Wednesday at 6:10 p.m.
Carlos Dominguez jumps into the #Mets minor league lead with his 11th home run for St. Lucie.
— Jacob Resnick (@Jacob_Resnick) May 31, 2022
105 mph off the bat. Blast. pic.twitter.com/QKGzMJILaK
Omar De Los Santos hit a two run go ahead HR and had 3 RBIs to lead St. Lucie to a 5-2 win. #Mets #LGM #MetsTwitter @ernestdove @BTB_MikeII @MiLBMetsMadnesshttps://t.co/tJrn4mpG0D pic.twitter.com/gSCe1wJfEc
— John From Albany (@JohnFromAlbany) June 1, 2022
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