New York Mets hang on to defeat the Miami Marlins

The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.  The game took place at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida and the final score was 6-5.  Jason Vargas started for the Mets an he pitched pretty well.  Wilson Ramos and Dominic Smith each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Vargas pitched five innings giving up eight hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Vargas earned his first win of the season.  Robert Gsellman pitched an inning giving up two hits and no runs with a couple of strikeouts, Seth Lugo pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with a walk and Justin Wilson earned his first save of the season pitching 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Jose Urena pitched four innings giving up seven hits and five runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Urena took his second loss of the season.  Tyler Kinley pitched an inning with two walks, Wei-Yin Chen pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with two walks and two strikeouts and Tayron Guerrero pitched a perfect inning.  Austin Brice pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Jeff McNeil had a hit and Robinson Cano had a hit.  Michael Conforto had a hit and drew a walk, Wilson Ramos had two hits and an RBI and Dominic Smith had two hits and an RBI.  Amed Rosario had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Juan Lagares had an RBI and drew a walk and J.D. Davis drew a walk.  Rosario hit a double and the Mets were 3-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Rosario had a stolen base.  Cano committed an error. 

Miguel Rojas had a hit, Curtis Granderson had a hit and drew a walk and Brian Anderson had two hits and an RBI.  Starlin Castro had three hits and an RBI, Martin Prado had two hits and drew a walk and JT Riddle had a hit and an RBI.  Lewis Brinson had three hits and an RBI, Peter O’Brien had a hit and an RBI and Neil Walker had a hit.  Chad Wallach had a hit, Prado, Anderson, Granderson and Brinson each hit a double.  Castro hit a homerun and the Marlins were 4-18 with runners in scoring position and left 14 men on base.  Alfaro committed an error. 

In the first Ramos hit an RBI single, Smith hit an RBI single and Rosario hit a two-run double to give the Mets a 4-0 lead.  Lagares reached on a fielder’s choice and a run scored to push the lead to 5-0.  In the bottom of the first Anderson hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 5-1.  In the fifth Castro hit a solo homerun making it 5-2.  In the seventh Nimmo was hit by a pitch and a run scored to extend the Marlins lead to 6-2.  In the bottom of the seventh Brinson hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 6-3.  O’Brien hit an RBI single to make it a 6-4 game and in the eighth Riddle hit an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 6-5 and that would be the final score.