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Kodai Senga pitched six robust innings, and South Florida-raised Mark Vientos belted two solo homers because the New York Mets performed spoiler, defeating the host Miami Marlins 8-3 on Wednesday night time.
Brandon Nimmo had a homer, double and a single, scoring three runs for New York.
Mets proper fielderJeff McNeil made two sensational fielding performs within the fifth. First, with the assistance of second baseman Ronny Mauricio’s relay, he threw out speedy Jazz Chisholm Jr. attempting to stretch a single right into a double. Then, McNeil threw Jorge Soler out on the plate on an ideal one-hop throw.
The Mets (71-81), who’re out of playoff competition, received two of three video games within the collection.
Miami (79-74), bidding for an NL wild-card playoff berth, performed its second straight recreation with out second baseman Luis Arraez, who leads the majors with a .354 batting common. He has a sprained left ankle.
In addition, the Marlins misplaced third baseman Jake Burger within the third inning. Burger felt right-quad tightness whereas chasing an errant throw.
The Mets additionally had an harm as outfielder D.J. Stewart was scratched because of an obvious wrist harm.
Senga (12-7), a standout MLB rookie after enjoying professional ball in Japan from 2012 to 2022, allowed seven hits, two walks and two runs with three strikeouts. It was his fifteenth straight begin permitting three earned runs or fewer.
Vientos, enjoying simply his fourth MLB recreation in his residence space, had his first multi-homer contest.
Marlins rookie Eury Perez (5-6) went three innings and took the loss, permitting three hits, three walks and three runs (two earned).
New York opened the scoring within the second inning on Vientos’ first homer.
In the third, Nimmo walked and scored from first on Mauricio’s single and a pair of throwing errors — proper fielder Jesus Sanchez to 3rd and third baseman Burger to residence. Mauricio took third on the play after which scored on Pete Alonso’s sacrifice fly for a 3-0 Mets lead.
Miami lower its deficit to 3-1 within the fourth when Bryan De La Cruz singled and scored on Garrett Hampson’s sacrifice fly.
In the sixth, Vientos and Miami’s Josh Bell exchanged solo homers, leaving the Mets with a 4-2 lead.
The Mets stretched their result in 6-2 within the seventh on a rally that began with Nimmo’s double and Mauricio’s stroll. Alonso hit an RBI single, and Francisco Lindor added a run-scoring groundout.
Mets rookie Brett Baty belted the longest shot of the night time — a 440-foot homer to the higher deck in proper — to make it 7-2 within the eighth.
Miami trimmed the deficit to 7-3 within the backside of the eighth on Yuli Gurriel’s pinch-hit single.
But the Mets obtained that run again within the ninth on Nimmo’s homer.
–Field Level Media