The New York Mets win and take the series from the Miami Marlins in dramatic fashion

The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins by the score of 4-3 on Sunday afternoon. Aaron Laffey started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch great but he also was able to limit the damage. The Mets bullpen was great and Daniel Murphy led the offense with a multiple hit game. Marlon Byrd provided the game winning hit. 
Laffey pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up 10 hits and three runs with a walk and five strikeouts. Greg Burke pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up one hit and striking out three, Josh Edgin pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Scott Atchison pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out one. LaTroy Hawkins pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and Scott Rice earned his first win pitching an inning giving up two walks.

Murphy had two hits and an RBI, David Wright drew two walks and Ike Davis drew a walk. Ruben Tejada had a hit and drew a walk, Anthony Recker had a hit and an RBI and Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit. Byrd had a hit and two RBI, Recker hit a double and Murphy hit a homerun. The Mets were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.

Jose Fernandez pitched five innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and eight strikeouts. A.J. Ramos pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout, Jon Rauch pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out two and Mike Dunn pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out two. Steve Cishek blew a save and took the loss pitching 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs.

Juan Pierre had a hit, Donovan Solano had three hits and an RBI and Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk. Gregg Dobbs had two hits and drew a walk, Justin Ruggiano had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Rob Brantly had a hit. Adeiny Hechavarria had two hits and drew a walk, Chris Valaika had two hits and an RBI, Ruggiano, Valaika, Solano, and Brantly each hit a double. The Marlins were 2-14 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.

In the third Ruggiano hit an RBI double to give Miami the 1-0 lead. Miami took a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning when Valaika hit an RBI double and Solano hit an RBI double. Recker hit an RBI double for the Mets in the fifth to make it 3-1 Marlins. In the sixth Murphy hit a solo homerun to make it a 3-2 game. In the ninth Byrd hit a two run single to make it 4-3 Mets and win the game in walkoff fashion.

The Mets won the series two out of three and are now 4-2 on the season. The Marlins record dropped to 1-5. The Mets will play at Philadelphia on Monday night and the Marlins will be home to host the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.