St. Lucie 6, Daytona 2
It was a good day for Hansel Robles, who retired the 12 Cubs that he faced en route to his third victory of the 2013 campaign. Robles went five solid innings and allowed just two hits over that span, striking out five and walking none. He struck out the side to open the game. The only run he allowed crossed the plate in the fifth, where allowed a triple to Jorge Soler and he scored on a sacrifice fly.
Outside of Angel Cuan allowing a solo home run in the top of the seventh, the St. Lucie bullpen combined to close out the rest of the game relatively uneventfully. You can thank Cuan himself, along with Frank Francisco and Randy Fontanez for that much. Francisco pitched in his second straight game and the velocity/movement on his pitches all seemed to be there. It is safe to say that he is nearing his return to the MLB.
On offense, Rylan Sandoval was the spark plug in the fourth, as he doubled home a run and was eventually brought around to score himself on a Charles Thurber grounder. The St. Lucie Mets ripped five straight hits to open up the bottom of the fifth, capped off by Aderlin Rodriguez‘s bases loaded double, which plated three men. Dustin Lawley had provided an RBI single right before that.
T.J. Rivera had a ridiculous five-hit afternoon – and two of them went for doubles.
Key Stats
T.J. Rivera: 5-for-5, 2 2B, 1 R
Aderlin Rodriguez: 2-for-4, 2 2B, 3 RBI
Dustin Lawley: 1-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 R
Rylan Sandoval: 1-for-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 SB
Hansel Robles: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 BB, 1 ER, 5 K
Angel Cuan: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 HR, 1 ER, 4 K
Frank Francisco: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER
Randy Fontanez: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K
