Mets Slip By Marlins

     The New York Mets overcame the Miami Marlins 5-4 in 10 innings on Wednesday night at Citi Field. Both teams will play the final contest of the three-game series on Thursday. 

     In the fourth inning, Miami(64-91) moved out to a 2-0 lead. Bryan De La Cruz cracked a two-run homer to center field on a 2-2 pitch for his 12th home run of the campaign. Charles Leblanc scored in front of him on the play. 

     It became 3-0 for the Marlins in the top of the sixth. J.J. Bleday knocked in Nick Fortes on a sacrifice fly to left field. 

     The Fish expanded it to a four-run margin during the top of the seventh. Brian Anderson doubled into left field and Leblanc crossed the plate. 

     New York(98-58) broke the shutout in the bottom of the seventh. Eduardo Escobar homered to left field on a 1-1 count with Jeff McNeil aboard. 

     The Mets evened it up 4-4 in the eighth inning. Escobar singled through the right side to score Brandon Nimmo and Pete Alonso. 

     In the 10th inning, New York got the walk-off victory. Escobar picked up his fifth run batted in tonight on a base hit through the left side and Francisco Lindor reached home.