The New York Mets are swept by the Miami Marlins

The New York Mets were defeated by the Miami Marlins by the score of 11-6. The game took place at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida. Matt Harvey started for the Mets and did not pitch very well, the bullpen was pretty bad. Omar Quintanilla and Ike Davis led the Mets offense.


Harvey pitched five innings giving up ten hits and four runs with two walks and five strikeouts. Scott Rice took the loss his fourth of the season, he pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and three runs with four walks, Brandon Lyon pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up twhits and a run with a strikeout and LaTroy Hawkins pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs.

Quintanilla had three hits and an RBI, David Wright had a hit and Lucas Duda had a hit and an RBI. Marlon Byrd had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Ike Davis had two hits and three RBI and John Buck had a hit. Buck hit a double, Duda, Quintanilla and Davis each hit a homerun. The Mets were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Quintanilla committed an error.

Kevin Slowey pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up six hits and six runs with two walks and three strikeouts. Wade LeBlanc pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and he won his first game, A.J. Ramos pitched a perfect inning and Mike Dunn pitched a perfect inning. Pat Cishek pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.

Juan Pierre had two hits and drew two walks, Ed Lucas had four hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Derek Dietrich drew a walk. Marcell Ozuna had three hits and four RBI, Chris Coghlan had four hits and two RBI and Gregg Dobbs had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk. Adeiny Hechavarria drew a walk, Brantley had a hit and Miguel Olivo had a hit. Coghlan, Ozuna and Lucas each hit a double. Ozuna hit a triple and Dobbs hit a homerun. The Marlins were 5-15 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. Pierre had a stolen base.

The Marlins jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. The Mets came back and scored a run in the second but the Marlins answered right back. The Mets actually tied the game at four with a run in the third and two in the fourth. Quintanilla hit a solo homerun and Davis hit a two run homerun. In the fifth Byrd hit an RBI single and Davis hit an RBI single to make it a 6-4 game in favor of the Mets. In the sixth Ozuna hit a two run double to tie the game at six. Coghlan hit an RBI groundout to make it a 7-6 game in the sixth. Lucas hit an RBI double in the seventh to make it a 8-6 game in favor of the Marlins. Dobbs hit a three run homerun in the eighth to make it a 11-6 game and that was the final score.

The Mets have now lost three in a row and their record fell to 22-32. The Marlins record improved to 16-41 with six of those wins being against the Mets. The Mets will be off on Monday.