Long balls lift Stone Crabs past Mets 6-1
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (May 31, 2019) - The Charlotte Stone Crabs used a pair of home runs to power past the St. Lucie Mets 6-1 at Charlotte Sports Park Friday.Stone Crabs (28-26) infielders Taylor Walls and Jim Haley each delivered homers against St. Lucie (27-27) starter Dedniel Nunez (0-1) as
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (May 31, 2019) - The Charlotte Stone Crabs used a pair of home runs to power past the St. Lucie Mets 6-1 at Charlotte Sports Park Friday.
Stone Crabs (28-26) infielders
Crabs starter
In a scoreless game in the bottom of the first,
Still up by that count in the bottom of the third, Walls singled to center. Two batters later, Haley cranked a two-run dinger to left to extend the lead to 5-0.
Up five in the fifth, Charlotte catcher
Haley capped an incredible month of May on a high note, collecting two more hits and RBI in Friday's victory. The Penn State product finished the month batting .318 with six home runs and 26 RBI in 27 games. The Stone Crabs finished the month with a 17-12 record.
Charlotte will go for the series victory Saturday at 6 p.m.