PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (Interstat) — The St. Lucie Mets defeated the Palm Beach Cardinals 12-2 on Sunday afternoon at Clover Park. The Mets took command early, scoring three runs in the second inning on an inside-the-park home run by Simon Juan that drove in three. Randy Guzman added a two-run homer in the third, and St. Lucie stretched its lead with two runs in the fourth. Palm Beach scored single runs in the fifth and sixth, but the Mets answered with two in the sixth and three in the eighth on a Francisco Toledo home run.

Nicolas Carreno earned top star honors, allowing one hit and no earned runs over four innings with five strikeouts. Emilio Obispo picked up the win, working four innings with two hits and one earned run. Ethan Young took the loss for Palm Beach. The Mets improved to 10-11, while the Cardinals fell to 15-6. Attendance was 813, and the game lasted 2 hours, 50 minutes.