The New York Mets won their seventh straight game as they stopped the Miami Marlins 8-6 on Tuesday night at Marlins Park. The Fish played the second game of a six-game home stand. The 9-1 beginning for the Mets is the best start in franchise history.
In the first inning, New York(9-1) jumped up to a 1-0 lead. Wilmer Flores knocked in Michael Conforto with a double into deep left field. Asdrubal Cabrera made it 2-0 on a solo home run to left field during the top of the second.
The Mets increased it to a three-run contest in the fifth inning. After Amed Rosario reached base on a single, he scored on a single by Conforto to left.
Miami(3-8) overcame the deficit in the bottom of the frame and moved ahead 4-3. Miguel Rojas singled to shallow left-center field to bring home Rivera. Starlin Castro followed with a sacrifice fly to right which scored Derek Dietrich. Justin Bour came up next and blasted a two-run homer to left field and Rojas scored in front of him.
It would be a tie game in the sixth inning. Juan Lagares drove in Todd Frazier with a sacrifice fly to center and made it 4-4.
The Fish regained the lead in the bottom of the seventh inning. Bour connected with another two-run home run on the first pitch. Dietrich scored the go-ahead run on the play.
The Marlins advantage would not last long as New York tied it again 6-6 in the top of the eighth. Flores hit a solo homer to left-center field on a 0-1 count. Two batters later, Cabrera smashed his second home run of the game with a towering shot into the upper deck in right field.
Yoenis Cespedes got the game-winning hit with a double into left field in the ninth inning. Rosario and Conforto were able to cross the plate and gave the Mets an 8-6 lead.
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