The New York Mets lose rubber game to the Miami Marlins

The New York Mets were defeated by the Miami Marlins on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida and the final score was 4-3 Marlins.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and he pitched pretty good.  Tyler Clippard didn't pitch so good out of the bullpen.  Yoenis Cespedes and Michael Conforto each had a couple of hits. 

Matz pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  Hansel Robles pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Addison Reed pitched an inning giving up two hits and struck out one and Clippard blew his fifth save of the season and lost his fourth game of the season.  He pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Jarred Cosart pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up five hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts.  Chris Narveson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with two strikeouts, Kyle Barraclough pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one and Mike Dunn pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out two.  A.J. Ramos pitched an inning giving up a hit and he walked two and won his second game of the season. 

Granderson drew a walk, Cespedes had two hits and an RBI and Conforto had two hits.  Wilmer Flores had a hit and two RBI, Kelly Johnson drew a walk and Juan Uribe had a hit and drew a walk.  Ruben Tejada had a hit and drew two walks.  Kevin Plawecki had a hit, Conforto hit two doubles and uribe hit a double.  Cespedes and Flores each hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Granderson was caught stealing. 

Dee Gordon had three hits and drew a walk, Christian Yelich had a hit and drew a walk and Martin Prado had a hit and an RBI.  Marcell Ozuna had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Justin Bour had a hit and an RBI and Jeff Mathis had a hit and an RBI.  Ozuna hit a double and Mathis and Bour each hit a homerun.  The Marlins were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Gordon had a stolen base. 

In the first Cespedes hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Ozuna hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  In the fifth Mathis hit a solo homerun giving the Marlins a 2-1 lead.  In the sixth Flores hit a two run homerun to give the Mets a 3-2 lead.  In the eighth Bour hit a solo homerun to tie the game at three.  In the bottom of the ninth the Marlins walked off with a sac fly by Prado to give them a 4-3 victory.  The Mets lost two out of three in this series and will begin a three game series with the Washington Nationals in Washington on Monday afternoon.