Update: Marauders 9, Mets 1

Quincy Latimore continued his hot hitting at McKechnie Field, drilling a grand slam to left field in the fourth to give Bradenton a 9-1 lead over the St. Lucie Mets.
Latimore is 2-for-3 on the night and is 4-for-5 with two home runs and seven RBIs in two games thus far at McKechnie Field.
Latimore has three home runs and 11 RBIs overall.

Marauders 5, Mets 1, bottom 4

The Marauders are on track to snap their two-game skid as they lead the St. Lucie Mets 5-1 heading into the bottom of the fourth at McKechnie Field.
Bradenton scored three runs in the second on an RBI single by Eric Fryer and a two-run hit by Brock Holt. Holt was transferred to the Marauders from the Pirates' short-season Single-A affiliate in State College, Pa., prior to Friday's game.
Tony Sanchez and Jeremy Farrell stroked RBI doubles in the third inning. Farrell has 13 RBIs, tops in minor-league baseball.

Marauders-Mets lineups

Hey folks...

This is John Lembo, coming to you live from McKechnie where the Marauders meet the St. Lucie Mets.

The lineups:
Mets
Jordany Valdespin, ss
Brahiam Maldonado, lf
Stefan Welch, 1b
Eric Campbell, dh
Sean Ratliff, cf
Richard Lucas, 3b
Josh Satin, 2b
Jean Luc Blaquiere, c
Emmanuel Garcia, rf
Scott Moviel, p

Marauders
Brock Holt, ss
Robbie Grossman, rf
Starling Marte, cf
Tony Sanchez, c
Quincy Latimore, lf
Jeremy Farrell, 3b
Calvin Anderson, 1b
Eric Fryer, dh
Greg Picart, 2b
Aaron Pribanic, p

Farrell hits a grand slam

Jeremy Farrell has broken up the first Bradenton Marauders' game at McKechnie Field.
Farrell hit a towering grand slam off Fort Myers Miracle reliever Shooter Hunt, giving the Marauders a 10-2 lead in the fourth inning.
Farrell is the son of Boston Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell.

Grossman goes yard

Robbie Grossman homered to deep right center, giving the Marauders a 5-2 lead over the Fort Myers Miracle in the bottom of the fourth at McKechnie Field.
Grossman also scored a run during the Marauders' two-run third inning.
Quincy Latimore hit the first home run and scored the first run in team history in the second, and singled in the go-ahead run in the third.
5-2 Marauders, bottom of the fourth.

History at McKechnie

The Bradenton Marauders have their first run, courtesy of Quincy Latimore. The outfielder homered off Kyle Gibson in the second inning of the Marauders' game against the Fort Myers Miracle at McKechnie Field.
It was the first hit and run in team history.
The Miracle leads 2-1 in the second inning.

Lineups for tonight's Marauders-Miracle game

Fort Myers Miracle
Drew Thompson, 2b
Chris Hermann, cf
Ramon Santana, lf
Deibinson Romero, 3b
Paul Kelly, ss
Michael Harrington, 1b
Nick Romero, dh
Evan Bigley, rf
Jair Fernandez, c
Kyle Gibson, p

Marauders
Greg Picart, ss
Robbie Grossman, rf
Starling Marte, cf
Tony Sanchez, c
Quincy Latimore, lf
Calvin Anderson, 1b
Jeremy Farrell, 3b
Eric Fryer, dh
Rudolfo Cardona, 2b
Bryan Morris, p