New York Mets defeat the Miami Marlins to earn three game sweep

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 6-4.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he was brilliant.  The Mets bullpen struggled and Pete Alonso and Michael Conforto each had two hits to lead the offense. 

deGrom pitched seven innings giving up three hits and no runs with a walk and 14 strikeouts.  deGrom earned his second victory of the season.  Luis Avilan pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with two walks, Robert Gsellman pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Edwin Diaz earned his third save of the season pitching to one batter and getting him out. 

Trevor Richards pitched six innings giving up five hits and three runs with three walks and seven strikeouts and took his first loss of the season.  Nick Anderson pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts and Austin Brice pitched two innings giving up three hits and two unearned runs with a strikeout. 

Brandon Nimmo drew a walk, Alonso had two hits and an RBI and Robinson Cano had a hit and an RBI.  Conforto had two hits and drew a walk, Keon Broxton had a hit and Amed Rosario had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Dominick Smith had ah it, an RBI, deGrom had a hit and an RBI and Wilson Ramos had a hit and an RBI.  Conforto, Alonso and Cano each hit a double, Rosario hit a triple and deGrom hit a homerun.  The Mets were 2-12 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

Curtis Granderson drew two walks, Brian Anderson had a hit and Neil Walker drew a walk.  Starlin Castro had a hit, Martin Prado had a hit and an RBI and Brinson had a hit and an RBI.  Rosell Herrera had two hits and an RBI, Miguel Rojas had a hit and an RBI and Herrera hit two doubles and Prado hit a double.  The Marlins were 3-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Rojas committed an error. 

In the second Rosario hit an RBI triple giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the t hird deGrom hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 2-0.  Alonso hit an RBI double and it was 3-0 Mets.  In the seventh Cano hit an RBI double increasing the lead to 4-0.  In the eighth Smith hit an RBI single, Ramos hit an RBI single and it was 6-0 Mets.  In the ninth Prado hit an RBI double, Brinson had an RBI ground out, Herrera hit an RBI double and Rojas an RBI single cutting the lead to 6-4 but that would be the final score.  The Mets swept the three-game series and will now head home for their home opener on Thursday afternoon vs. the Washington Nationals.