New York Mets defeat the Miami Marlins

The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins on Tuesday afternoon.  The game took place at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida and the final score was 8-6.  Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets  and pitched ok.  The bullpen did pretty good for the most part and Travis d'Arnaud had three RBI. 

Syndergaard pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs with only one of them being earned.  He walked one walk and three strikeouts.  Jerry Blevins pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one, Antonio Bastardo pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and three runs with a strikeout and Jim Henderson pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run with two strikeouts.  Addison Reed pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out one.  Jeurys Familia pitched an inning striking out one and Logan Verrett pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Juan Lagares had a hit and drew a walk, Wilmer Flores had an RBI and drew a walk and d'Arnaud had a hit and three RBI.  L.J. Mazzilli had a hit and drew a walk, Nevin Ashley had a hit and drew a walk and Eric Campbell had a hit and drew a walk.  Danny Muno had an RBI and drew a walk, Marc Krauss drew a walk and Dominic Smith had an RBI.  Travis Taijeron had two hits, Ty Kelly had an RBI and Roger Bernadina had two hits.  Patrick Biondi drew a walk, d'Arnaud hit a double and the Mets were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Campbell, Bernadina and Mazzilli each had a stolen base.  Lagares and Biondi were each caught stealing.  Blevins committed an error. 

In the first Justin Bour hit an RBI single to give the Marlins a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Ichiro Suzuki hit an RBI single to make it 2-0 Marlins.  In the fifth Flores had an RBI walk to make it 2-1.  d'Arnaud hit a three run double to make it 4-2 Mets.  In the bottom of the fifth Marcell Ozuna hit an RBI double to make it 4-3.  Christian Yelich hit an RBI double to tie the game at four.  Martin Prado hit an RBI double to give the Marlins a 5-4 lead.  In the sixth Cole Gillespie hit an RBI single to make it 6-4 Marlins.  In the eighth Muno hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 6-5.  Kelly hit a sac fly to tie the game at six.  In the ninth a wild pitch made it 7-6 and Smith hit a sac fly to make it 8-6 which would be the final score. 

The Mets record improved to 6-6 with a couple of ties.  The Mets will be off on Wednesday and play in Jupiter, Florida on Thursday afternoon against the Marlins.