The Clearwater Threshers headed to St. Lucie on Saturday night for their first meeting of the year with the St. Lucie Mets. Yohan Flande got the start for the Threshers and looked very good on the mound.

The offense staked him to an early 1-0 lead by grabbing a quick run in the top of the first inning, and the team would never look back. Cody Overbeck extended the lead with a solo blast in the fourth inning to make the lead 2-0, but the Mets answered in the fifth with a run to cut the Threshers lead back to a single run.

In the top of the seventh Derrick Mitchell put the sharks back up by two runs when he lead off the inning with a solo shot to make the game 3-1 in favor of Clearwater. That lead would only last one inning as the Mets picked up a run in the eighth to cut the deficit back to one by getting a run off of reliever Darren Byrd who lasted just 2/3 of an inning giving up a run on two hits and a walk.

Michael Schwimer came on to record a trike out and end the eighth inning, and sent the game to the ninth inning. Jesus Villegas tapped a two-out double, but that was it for the offense, and Michael Schwimer returned to the hill for the bottom of the ninth.

The Mets got a leadoff double to start the inning, and then added two runs with one out to come from behind and send the Clearwater squad to the showers on the short end of this game.

Yohan Flande picked up the SCHMIDT LIST player of the game award for his job on the mound.

PLAYER	Pos.	H/AB	Details
Arlon Quiroz	CF	3-4	BB, Run
Fidel Hernandez	2B	0-4	-
Dominic Brown	RF	0-3	BB
Tim Kennelly	DH	1-3	Double, RBI
Michael Durant	1B	1-4	-
Cody Overbeck	3B	1-4	HR
Luis Arzeno	C	1-4	-
Derrick Mitchell	LF	1-4	HR
Jesus Villegas	SS	1-4	Double

PITCHER	IP	R	H	K	BB
Yohan Flande	7.0	1	4	6	1
Darren Byrd	0.2	1	1	0	2
Michael Schwimer	0.2	2	3	1	0

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