The Miami Marlins bounced back with a 3-2 victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday night at Marlins Park. The Marlins upped their home record to 24-30 this season.
Jake Marisnick hit his first major league home run during the second inning for Miami(41-65). He smacked a 1-0 pitch from Jenrry Mejia over the left-field wall with two out.
The Fish extended their lead to 3-0 in the bottom of the third. Henderson Alvarez led off with an infield single and Christian Yelich then doubled to left field. Alvarez would score on a sacrifice fly to right field by Placido Polanco and Yelich crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly to left field by Giancarlo Stanton.
New York(48-57) broke the shutout in the top of the sixth inning with a two-out rally against Alvarez. Marlon Byrd reached base on an infield single and Ike Davis knocked him in with a double into deep right field.
The Mets closed the margin to 3-2 in the eighth inning. Eric Young Jr. scored from third on a wild pitch by Chad Qualls with one out.
Alvarez raised his record to 2-1 as he allowed two runs on six hits in 7 1/3 innings. Mejia fell to 1-1 as he pitched six innings and surrendered three runs on six hits. Mike Dunn got his second save of the year as he hurled 1 1/3 innings and gave up only one hit.
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