New York Mets lose big to the Miami Marlins

 

The New York Mets were defeated by the Miami Marlins on Sunday.  The game took place at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter, Florida and the final score was 10-2.  Mike Montgomery started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch very well.  Edwin Diaz also had a rough outing out of the bullpen.  Michael Conforto had two hits to lead the offense. 

Montgomery pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up six hits and five runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  He took his first loss of the spring.  Ryley Gilliam pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run and Miguel Castro pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout.  Dellin Betances pitched a perfect inning, Diaz pitched an inning giving up four hits and three runs with three strikeouts and Arodys Vizcaino pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout. 

Daniel Castano pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up five hits and a run with five strikeouts and he won his second game of the spring.  John Curtiss pitched 1 ½ innings giving up a walk and he struck out one, Richard Bleier pitched a perfect inning and Adam Cimber pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out two.  Yimi Garcia pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit and an RBI, Francisco Lindor drew a walk and Conforto had two hits for the Mets offense.  J.D. Davis drew a walk, Luis Guillorme had a hit and Wilfredo Tovar had a hit and an RBI.  Albert Almora Jr. had a hit, Conforto hit a double and Nimmo and Tovar each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Almora Jr. committed an error and Montgomery had a pickoff. 

JJ Bleday drew a walk, Starling Marte had two hits and an RBI and Jesus Aguilar had three hits and two RBI.  Joe Dunand had a hit, Garrett Cooper had a hit and Brian Miller had a hit.  Brian Anderson drew a walk, Adam Duvall had two hits and two RBI and Jazz Chisholm Jr. had a hit.  Eddy Alvarez had a hit and two RBI, Jorge Alfaro had two hits and an RBI and Nick Fortes had a hit and an RBI.  Marte, Aguilar and Dunand each hit a double and Alvarez hit a triple.  Aguilar and Duvall each hit a homerun.  The Marlins were 8-13 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Chisholm Jr. was caught stealing. 

In the bottom of the first Aguilar hit an RBI double, Cooper hit an RBI single and Duvall hit an RBI single.  Alfaro hit an RBI single and the lead was 4-0.  In the bottom of the second Aguilar hit a solo homerun pushing the lead to 5-0.  In the third Nimmo hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 5-1.  In the bottom of the fourth Marte hit an RBI single extending the Marlins lead to 6-1.  In the bottom of the fifth Duvall hit a solo homerun and it was 7-1.  In the bottom of the seventh Alvarez hit a two-run triple pushing the lead to 9-1.  Fortes hit an RBI single and it was 10-1 Marlins.  In the ninth Tovar hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 10-2.  That would be the final score of the game.