PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — The Daytona Tortugas opened the second half with a 5-3 loss to the St. Lucie Mets on Friday night at Clover Park, despite two early home runs and four scoreless innings from the bullpen.
The Rundown
Daytona started the second half with a big swing. Tyson Lewis led off the game with a solo home run down the right-field line, his fourth homer of the season, giving the Tortugas a quick 1-0 lead.
St. Lucie answered immediately in the bottom of the first against Sheng-En Lin. Branny De Oleo doubled to open the inning and scored on a sacrifice fly before Chase Meggers brought home another run with a single. After a balk moved two runners into scoring position, Jeremy Rodriguez lined a two-run single to right-center, putting the Mets ahead 4-1.
The Tortugas pulled closer in the third. Anielson Buten reached on an error, stole second and scored when Drew Davies launched a two-run homer to right-center field, his second of the season, cutting the deficit to 4-3…