PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (Interstat) — The Palm Beach Cardinals rallied for four runs in the ninth inning to beat the St. Lucie Mets 8-7 on Saturday at Clover Park.

Palm Beach scored three runs in the first inning on a single by Ryan Mitchell, a triple by Jonathan Mejía and a groundout. St. Lucie answered with five runs in the sixth, keyed by a two-run double from Simon Juan and a two-run single by Chase Meggers.

Mejía hit a solo homer in the eighth for Palm Beach, but the Mets scored twice in the bottom half on a wild pitch and an Elian Peña single to tie it at 7. In the ninth, Alex Birge singled home the tying run, Trevor Haskins doubled in the go-ahead run and Ryan Weingartner added an RBI single.

Ty Van Dyke struck out five over five scoreless innings for Palm Beach. Jovi Gálvez earned the win with 1⅓ scoreless innings. Ryan Dollar took the loss.

Palm Beach improved to 15-5. St. Lucie fell to 10-11. Attendance was 1,591. Time of game was 3:06.