ports Marauders Blast Mets 12-1

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BRADENTON — The Marauders (11-11) blasted the St. Lucie Mets (11-11) 12-1 at McKechnie Field on Friday night. CF Austin Meadows and LF Justin Maffei combined to score seven runs in the game. Meadows went 3-for-6 at the plate.

RHP Felipe Gonzalez W (1-2) pitched six sharp innings, retiring the final 13 batters he faced in order.

The righty struck out Mets star Michael Conforto twice on the way to a six strikeout night with no walks

2B Erich Weiss drove in four runs in the game as the Marauders went 9-for-21 with runners in scoring

position. Bradenton plated nine unanswered runs in the rout of the Mets.

The game began at 6:33 p.m. under sunny skies, 80 degrees, wind blowing 17 mph from left to

right. Jin-De Jhang doubled in his fourth at-bat to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. 12 runs is the

most scored by the Marauders in a game this season. The Marauders have snapped three separate

losing streaks after three games this season.

Today the Marauders travel to Port St. Lucie to face the Mets again at 6:30 p.m. The Marauders will

send RHP Frank Duncan to the hill and St. Lucie will have RHP Rob Whalen on the mound. Live streaming audio will be available online at www.BradentonMarauders.com and via the TuneIn App.