Hansell leads St. Lucie past Cards 8-3 By MIKE MELTON Special to The Palm Beach Post PORT ST. LUCIE - St. Lucie pitcher Greg Hansell led the Mets to an 8-3 victory over the St. Petersburg Cardinals Friday night at the St. Lucie County Sports Complex. Hansell, acquired from the Winter Haven Red Sox July 28, was one of five players on the list the New York Mets presented to the Boston Red Sox in a trade for Mike Marshall. He was 7-10 for Winter Haven and was 1-2 in his first three starts for St. Lucie. Hansell overcame a rough start to hold the Cardinals to two runs, allowing seven hits over seven innings. He walked three and struck out three. went said St. Lucie pitching "*Greg got stronger as the game coach Joel Horlen. "I like that. He's still a little inconsistent with his release, but his changeup's really improved. It's now his number two pitch." Hansell was pleased with his outing. "I had a rough start," he said. "But my hitters put me right back in the ballgame. That's something 1 didn't have earlier (at Winter Haven). Here, two runs isn't anything." Loy McBride and Alan Zinter were two reasons Hansell wasn't worried by a 2-0 deficit in the first inning. McBride had an RBI single and scored four runs and Zinter went 3-for-3 with three RBI. "I'm fortunate to be seeing the ball real well right now," said McBride, who is 14-for-41 (.341) FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE over the last 12 games. "I'm trying to keep a good attitude about the game. Being in the lineup every day helps, and it feels good to be healthy.' McBride has seen more playing time since D.J. Dozier was promoted to Class AA Jackson in the Texas League, and his injured hamstring apparently has healed. Zinter played his second game since going on the disabled list July 23 with a sore left wrist. "I'm happy to be back," said Zinter. "I did a lot of visualization while I was off, looking at my videotapes. I feel like I haven't missed a game. Batting left-handed I'm 100 percent, right-handed alSt. Lucie 8, St. Pete. 3 ST. PETERSBURG ST. LUCIE ab bi ab Shireman 2b 0 0 0 000 0 May cf 3 Fiore 3b 1 2 0 McBride If - Martinez If 5 1 2 0 Riesgo 1b Grier Totals Abreo Sellick Thomas Federico DeLoach cf ss dh c rf 1b 35 4 4 5 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 Totals Zinter Graves Saunders Morrisette Butterfield Henderson dh c 2b rf 3b s5 29 00 000 00-0000- 0 0 00 0 0 7 5 St. Pete. 200 000 010 St. Lucie 230 110 01x - E-Pacheco, Federico 2, Thomas, Riesgo. DP-STL 1. LOB- STP 11; STL 9. 28-Fiore, Zinter, May. 38. McBride. SB-May, Saunders 2. 2. IP R ER BB 50 St. Petersburg 1⅔ - 00 Pacheco L.0-3 Green 3½ ON ON AN Crimes O- Vargas St. Lacie Hansell W.9-12 Newton Johnson WP-Pacheco. PB- ThomO-N HBP. by Hansell. as. 1-2:57. A- 647. most 100 percent. I hope to be catching again any day now." St. Lucie (30-22) tied the score in its half of the first inning. Lee May and McBride both walked, and Cardinals pitcher Al Pacheco overthrew first baseman Joe Federico while attempting a pickoff, allowing May to score and McBride to go to third. Federico then overthrew third baseman Mike Fiore, allowing McBride to score. The Mets took a 5-2 lead in the second as St. Lucie took advantage of five walks from Pacheco and a two-run single by Zinter. West Palm Beach 4, Clearwater 0 WEST PALM BEACH - Chris Pollack, named Pitcher of the Month for July in the Montreal organization, allowed two hits in seven innings as the Expos beat the Phillies at Municipal Stadium. WP Beach 4, Clearwater 0 CLEARWATER WEST PALM BEACH bi ab bi Totals 28 1 3 0 Totals 33 410 2 Urbon rf 0 0 0 Siddall c Waller 3b 4 O Lake rf Brown If 0 Mayo cf 5010 Rosado Paulsen Tenhunfeld c dh rf 2 000000000000- 0 0 0 O 0 Mello Williams Weimerskrch 3b dh If i -00000 Robertson 2b 4 0 0 Santangelo 2b 4 2 2 Woodruff cf 3 1 0 Martin ss 4121 Trevino 1b 4 2 0 Fulton 1b 01 Millette 5s McDevitt 2b Clearwater 000 000 000 0 WP Beach 011 010 10% E-Mello. LOB- 4: WP 2b- Weimerskirch, Santangelo. 38- Woodruff. HR- Martin. R ER BB SO Clearwater Tabaka L4-1 eta Christopher 00 -04 -O Gunderson 1% West Palm Beach Pollack W. 13-2 8 Cal Kerrigan HBP. Gunderson. WP-Tabeka. BK-Tabaka. T-2:40. A- -3.421.
