St. Lucie Mets Win Brawl-Filled Game Over Fort Myers Miracle 3-2

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MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - FORT MYERS, F.L. – An ugly series between the Fort Myers Miracle and St. Lucie Mets finally reaching its boiling point on Wednesday night as a bench-clearing brawl in the 9^th inning highlighted a Miracle comeback, before a Mets run in the top of the 11^th decided the 3-2 contest. In all, eight players were ejected at Hammond Stadium, four from each side, as the Mets capped off a series winning three in a row.

With the Mets up 2-1 entering the ninth, Mets reliever Emary Frederick hit Juan Portes in the ribs with a fastball that started the bench clearing incident. Portes and Mets reliever Emary Frederick exchanged words, catcher Josh Thole then stepped in, pushing Portes, as both benches emptied.  

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After the lengthy delay, Danny Santiestiban would become the pinch-runner at first followed by pinch-hitting Garrett Olson. Olson drew a walk, pushing Santiestiban to second, before an RBI-single to left by Eli Tintor and fielding error by Brahiam Maldonado plated Santiestiban with the tying-run. With the game-winning run 90 feet away, Danny Lehmann lined into a double play with the infield drawn in to end the inning.  

In the Mets 11^th, a one-out walk to Thole put the winning run on board for Luis Rivera. Rivera sent a ground ball to first that Whit Robbins fired to second, only to have Yancarlos Ortiz misplay it, allowing Thole to slide in safely. After a strikeout by D.J. Wabick, Maldonado would pick up the RBI-single to center scoring the difference maker.

St. Lucie got on the board with a couple of runs thanks to groundouts by Ruben Tejada and Shawn Bowman before the Miracle tied it with an RBI-single by Ortiz in the fifth, and Tintor’s single in the ninth.

The Miracle will now head to Clearwater to begin a three-game series with the Threshers and the start of a six-game road trip. RHP Deolis Guerra (10-4, 4.42) will start for the Miracle at 7:00 p.m. from Bright House Field.

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