Game Recap: Tilien Sets HR Record, St. Lucie Mets Outslug Blue Jays 11-9

 


 

St. Lucie ties team record with 6 homers, Tilien hits 3 

DUNEDIN, Fla. (May 29, 2022) – Junior Tilien set a St. Lucie Mets team record by hitting three home runs in a single game as the Mets outslugged the Dunedin Blue Jays 11-9 on Sunday at TD Ballpark. (Box Score)

The Mets hit six home runs as a team, tying the franchise record for a single game set on May 6, 2009 against Palm Beach. Tilien blasted three, Omar De Los Santos hit two and Carlos Dominguez hit one, his team-leading 10th of the season. 

On Thursday the Mets hit five home runs against the Blue Jays, tying for the second most homers in a game all time. Overall the Mets crushed 13 long balls in the six-game series. 

The Mets fell behind 5-2 in the third inning. Tilien cracked the first of his home runs sky high to left field off Julian Valdez to make it 5-4. 

Trailing 7-4 in the fifth, De Los Santos hit a one-out homer to left off Valdez. Two batters later Dominguez hit a homer to left to get the Mets within one run, 7-6. 

Tilien blasted a two-run shot in the sixth inning against Justin Kelly (0-3) to give the Mets an 8-7 lead they would not relinquish. 

Later in the sixth De Los Santos launched another two-run shot to make it 10-7. 

Tilien's third and final home run was his most impressive. He hit it on the 11th pitch of the at-bat against lefty Braden Scott and it went 405 feet off the scoreboard in left-center field. That made it an 11-7 score. 

The Mets pieced the game together on the mound with six pitchers. Levi David (1-1) pitched a perfect fifth to get the win. Nate Lavender pitched a perfect sixth. 

Trey McLoughlin tossed the seventh and eighth innings, giving up a two-run homer to Damiano Palmegiani that cut the Mets lead to 11-9. 

Nate Jones got a double play and a fly out in the ninth to convert his third save. 

Tilien finished 3 for 4 with the three homers, five RBI and three runs scored. 

De Los Santos went 3 for 5 with two homers, a triple, four RBI and three runs scored. 

With the victory the Mets split the series with Dunedin. They finished their road trip with a 6-6 record. 

The Mets (29-16) are off on Monday. They return to Clover Park on Tuesday to start a six-game home stand vs. the Daytona Tortugas. First pitch is 6:10 p.m. 

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