New York Mets are defeated by the Miami Marlins in a slug fest

The New York Mets were defeated by the Miami Marlins on Friday night.  The game took place at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida and the final score was 8-6.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch well.   Brandon Nimmo, Pete Alonso, Wilson Ramos, Todd Frazier and Juan Lagares each had two hits to lead the offense. 

deGrom lost his fifth game of the season.  He pitched five innings giving up nine hits and seven runs with six of them being earned.  He walked none and struck out three.  Paul Sewald pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run with three strikeouts and Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Trevor Richards pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs.  He walked three and struck out three and lost his fifth game of the season.   Adam Conley pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk, Nick Anderson pitched giving up three hits and three runs with a  walk and he didn’t record an out and Sergio Romo saved his seventh game of the season pitching two innings and giving up two hits and no runs with two strikeouts. 

Nimmo had two hits and an RBI, Amed Rosario drew a walk and Robinson Cano had a hit.  Alonso had two hits and two RBI, Ramos had two hits and drew a walk and Dom Smith drew a walk.  Frazier had two hits and drew a walk, Lagares had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and J.D. Davis had a hit and two RBI.  Ramos and Cano each hit a double and Frazier hit a triple.  Alonso hit two homeruns and Davis hit a homerun.  The Mets were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Frazier and deGrom each committed an error. 

Jon Berti had a hit, Garrett Cooper had two hits and two RBI and Brian Anderson had two hits and an RBI.  Starlin Castro had a hit and an RBI, Jorge Alfaro had two hits and three RBI and Harold Ramirez had a hit.  Miguel Rojas had a hit and an RBI, Castro hit a double and Anderson hit two doubles.  Alfaro hit a homerun and the Marlins were 5-11 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Rojas and Berti each had a stolen base. 

In the second Alonso hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third Cooper hit a two-run single giving the Marlins a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Alfaro hit an RBI single, Rojas hit an RBI single and it was 4-1 Marlins.  In the fifth Anderson hit an RBI double and Alfaro hit a two-run homerun to push their lead to 7-1.  In the seventh Davis hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 7-3.  In the bottom of the seventh Castro hit a sac fly making it a 8-3 game.  In the eighth Alonso hit a solo homerun and Lagares hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 8-5.  Nimmo hit a sac fly and it was 8-6 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday.