The New York Mets rally and beat the Miami Marlins on a walk-off single

The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins on Friday night.  The final score was 4-3 and the game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York.  Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and pitched well.  Omar Quintanilla drove in the tying run in the ninth and Curtis Granderson hit the walk-off single. 

Wheeler pitched six innings giving up four hits and a run.  He walked three and struck out ten.  Gonzalez Germen pitched two innings giving up two hits and two runs with three strikeouts.   Jeurys Familia got his first win pitching an inning and giving up a hit. 

Henderson Alvarez started for the Marlins and pitched six innings giving up six hits and two runs.  He walked two and struck out four. Dan Jennings pitched a perfect inning, A.J. Ramos pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Steve Cishek had a blown save and took the loss his first of each.  He pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up four hits and two runs. 

Eric Young Jr. had a hit, Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit pinch hitting and Granderson had a hit and an RBI.  David Wright had two hits and an RBI, Daniel Murphy had a hit and an RBI and Lucas Duda had a hit.  Travis d'Arnaud had two hits, Ruben Tejada drew two walks and Quintanilla had a hit and an RBI.  Murphy and Nieuwenhuis each hit a double.  The Mets were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  d'Arnaud had a stolen base, Young Jr. and Murphy also each had a stolen base.  Wright committed an error. 

Christian Yelich drew a walk, Marcell Ozuna had a hit and an RBI and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit.  Casey McGehee had a hit and drew a walk, Jarrod Saltalamacchia had a hit and an RBI and Garrett Jones had two hits and an RBI. Derek Dietrich drew a walk,Adeiny Hechavarria had a hit and Saltalamacchia and Jones each hit a homerun.  the Marlins were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Wright had an RBI single in the third and Murphy an RBI double to give the Mets a 2-0 lead.  Ozuna had an

RBI single in the fifth to cut the lead in half.  Saltalamacchia hit a solo homerun to tie the game in the eighth

inning.  Jones hit a homerun making it back-to-back homeruns to give the Marlins a 3-2 lead.  In the ninth

Quintanilla hit an RBI double to tie the game at three and Granderson hit the game winning single to give the

Mets a 4-3 win.  The two teams will play game two of their series on Saturday night.