The New York Mets take the rubber game 4-3 over the Miami Marlins

The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida and the final score was 4-3.  Jacob deGrom started and pitched well and the bullpen was ok.  Juan Lagares had two hits and Matt den Dekker had three to lead the offense. 

deGrom pitched six innings giving up six hits and a run.  He walked two and struck out six.  Buddy Carlyle pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run, Dario Alvarez pitched to one batter and gave up a hit and Carlos Torres pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run.  Jennry Mejia saved his 23rd game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a walk and striking out one. 

Tom Koehler pitched seven innings and gave up five hits and two runs.  He walked four and struck out ten.  Mike Dunn lost his sixth game of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning and giving up two hits and two runs.  He walked none and struck out one,  Bryan Morris pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Chris Hatcher pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout. 

Lagares had two hits, den Dekker had three hits and drew a walk and Lucas Duda had a hit and drew a walk.  Travis d'Arnaud had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit, two RBI and drew three walks and Dilson Herrera had an RBI.  Ruben Tejada had a hit, den Dekker hit a double , Tejada and d'Arnaud also hit a double.  Nieuwenhuis hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-11 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. 

Christian Yelich had two hits and an RBI, Donovan Solano had a hit and drew a walk and Giancarlo Stanton had two hits and an RBI.  Casey McGehee had a hit and an RBI, Jarrod Saltalamacchia had a hit and drew a walk and Luke Hechavarria had a hit and drew a walk.  Koehler had a hit, Saltalamacchia and Hechavarria each hit a double and Stanton hit a homerun.  The Marlins were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

In the third McGehee hit an RBI single to give the Marlins a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Nieuwenhuis hit a two run homerun to give the Mets a 2-1 lead.  Yelich hit an RBI single in the seventh to tie the game at two.  In the eighth d'Arnaud hit an RBI double and Herrera grounded into a force out scoring another run and making it a 4-2 Mets lead.  Stanton hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the eighth to make it 4-3 and that would be the final score.  The Mets won two out of three in the series and will have an off day on Thursday.  They will take on the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night in Cincinnati.