The St. Lucie Mets of the High-A Florida State League were forced to play a double-header on Thursday after Wednesday night’s game against the Daytona Tortugas was postponed.
In game one, former Florida first baseman Pete Alonso hit a solo home run in the fourth inning for the only score of the 1-0 Mets victory.
Game two provided many more fireworks, however.
In a 4-4 game in the bottom of the seventh (yes, double-headers are only 7 innings each in the FSL), former Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow casually strolled into the batters box and smacked a first pitch opposite field home run for the walk off win.
TIM TEBOW WALK-OFF HOMER IN BOTTOM 7 —>>>VIDEO @Mets #Mets #LGM #NYM pic.twitter.com/mL9XIceGhJ
— Bill Whitehead (@BillWhiteheadFL) July 14, 2017
The hit extended Tebow’s hitting streak to eleven games. The two teams will play again on Friday at 6:30 PM.
Tebow’s walkoff home run completes a doubleheader SWEEP!!! Mets take the first game 1-0, win second game 5-4. #STLMets pic.twitter.com/xQUOy1jyyz
— St. Lucie Mets (@stluciemets) July 14, 2017
Tebow is now hitting .326 with a .915 OPS since being promoted to St. Lucie.
[…] Tebow’s average has fallen to .298. He has hit 3 home runs, including a walk-off homer on Thursday. […]