The St. Lucie Mets snapped a three-game losing streak Saturday evening with a wire-to-wire 4-1 win over the Jupiter Hammerheads at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.
St. Lucie needed only minutes to take control. The first three batters of the game all reached and scored before an out was recorded. Elian Peña opened with a single, Mike Tauchman doubled him home, and Trey Snyder followed with a two-run homer off Walin Castillo for a 3-0 lead.
Julio Zayas added a solo shot with two outs in the third to push the margin to 4-0.
That was more than enough for starter Emilio Obispo, who threw five shutout innings and lowered his season ERA to 1.82. He scattered four singles, walked three and struck out six to earn his fourth win of the year.
Obispo worked out of trouble when it mattered. He struck out Josh Hogue to strand the bases loaded in the third, induced a double play to end the fourth, and retired the side in order in the fifth to finish his outing.
Jupiter loaded the bases against Calvin Ziegler in the sixth. Ziegler struck out Jake McCutheon for the second out before Zack Mack entered and ended the threat with a popout. Mack went 2.1 innings and allowed one unearned run, which came in the eighth when Andres Valor stole third and scored on a throwing error.
Elwis Mijares closed it out with a 1-2-3 ninth on 11 pitches for his second save.
Tauchman, rehabbing a torn meniscus, went 1 for 3 with the double, an RBI and a run while playing six innings in left field in his first rehab game with St. Lucie. Snyder led the offense at 2 for 4 with the homer and two RBI.
The Mets (5-13, 38-46) and Hammerheads (8-12, 45-41) close their six-game series Sunday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. A win would give St. Lucie its first 3-3 series split of 2026. First pitch is 12:30 p.m.