New York Mets are beat by the Miami Marlins

The New York Mets were defeated by the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.  The game took place at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter Florida and the final score was 8-1.  deGrom started for the Mets and pitched well.  Dominic Smith led the offense with a couple of hits. 

deGrom pitched five innings giving up six hits and two runs and he had six strikeouts.  Hector Santiago pitched an inning with three strikeouts, Tyler Bashlor pitched an inning giving up five hits and four runs and Daniel Zamora pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with one being earned.  He walked two and struck out one, Tim Peterson pitched to two batters and retired them both. 

Jeff McNeil had a hit, Juan Lagares had a hit and Smith had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Rajai Davis had a hit, Adeiny Hechavarria had a hit and R. Davis, Hechavarria and Smith each hit a double.  The Mets were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Lagares had a stolen base, Hechavarria committed an error and Lagares had two outfield assists. 

In the third Brian Anderson hit a two-run homerun to give the Marlins a 2-0 lead.  In the sixth Smith hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the seventh Yadiel Rivera hit an RBI single, Garrett Cooper hit a two-run double and Jon Berti hit an RBI single to push the Marlins lead to 6-1.  In the eighth Austin Dean grounded into a force out and two runs scored, one on an error to make it 8-1 which would be the final score. 

The Mets record fell to 8-10 on the spring and they will take on the Houston Astros on Wednesday afternoon in Port St. Lucie.