Stone Crabs blank Mets 7-0
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (August 16, 2019) - The Charlotte Stone Crabs shut out the St. Lucie Mets 7-0 on Friday night at Charlotte Sports Park.Three Stone Crabs pitchers combined for the shutout. Starter Tommy Romero lowered his FSL-best ERA to 1.99 by throwing five scoreless innings. He gave up two
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (August 16, 2019) - The Charlotte Stone Crabs shut out the St. Lucie Mets 7-0 on Friday night at Charlotte Sports Park.
Three Stone Crabs pitchers combined for the shutout. Starter
Relievers
New York Mets outfielder
The Stone Crabs started out slow on offense. Their only two runs against Mets starter
Charlotte blew the game open with three runs in the sixth inning.
Moises Gomez crushed a long two-run homer in the seventh inning to make it 7-0.
All five hits for the Mets were singles.
The Mets have now gone three consecutive games without recording an extra base hit. They have scored three runs in their last three games.
Cavallaro took the tough loss. He scattered three hits and two runs over five innings. He walked three and struck out seven. At one point he retired nine in a row, including five by strikeout.
The victory for Charlotte increased its division lead over the Mets to 4.5 games with 15 games left in the season. The Stone Crabs are 10-3 against the Mets this season.
The Mets (35-21, 67-55) and Stone Crabs (40-17, 75-48) play the middle game of their series on Saturday. First pitch at Charlotte Sports Park is 6 p.m.