Miami Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton hits a first inning single in front of New York Mets catcher Travis d’Arnaud during a baseball game in Miami, Saturday, July 23, 2016. Stanton’s two-run homer traveled more than 401 feet and hit high of the scoreboard that is above the walkway in the left field concourse here at Marlins Park.
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At Marlins Park on Sunday, the New York Mets and the Miami Marlins will be finishing up their weekend series. Reyes signed with the Mets after being released by Colorado following a domestic violence suspension. Reyes doubled off the wall in left, stole third base and scored on a sacrifice fly by Cespedes.Reyes was big again in the fourth.
He failed to make it out of the fourth inning, and Fernandez and the Marlins beat the Mets 7-2. But with runners on the corners and two outs, Familia got Adeiny Hechavarria on a grounder to shortstop to earn his 34th save of the season. David Phelps (4-5) allowed the Mets’ run in the seventh.
After deGrom allowed his season-high 10th hit and with his pitch count nearing 100, manager Terry Collins trekked to home plate to inform umpire Ted Barrett of a double-switch to remove deGrom.
Fowler went 3-for-4 with a walk and scored twice after being sidelined more than a month with a strained right hamstring.
The Reyes-Cespedes combination produced the go-ahead run for NY (51-44) in the seventh inning.
“It was a weird vibe in the first couple of innings, ” Stanton said.
Tucker Barnhart added a solo homer in the sixth off Randall Delgado. Brandon Phillips later singled home a run, extending his hitting streak to 10 games.
It was the second consecutive game the Cardinals won in their final at-bat. Marcel Ozuna has hit 106 times with 55 runs, 17 homers and 52 RBI.
Justin Turner and Howie Kendrick homered for the Dodgers. Rivera’s game-winning hit was 1 of the 3 collected with RISP.
Neither starting pitcher got a decision.
Trumbo launched his 29th home run in the first inning and Machado made it 5-0 with a home run in the third. “He fell behind in some counts, and we got some balls to hit, but you look up, and he was still out there in the seventh”.
Verrett is winless in his last six starts and is 1-5 with a 4.93 ERA in eight starts this season. Does he work differently with a three-run cushion? He walked one and struck out nine. The Mets right-hander allowed at least two baserunners in every inning he worked, and his ERA rose to 2.73. It was all the scoring Minnesota needed for Gibson (3-6).
Your teams on the go or at home. He singled and scored the go-ahead run in the sixth. He is 2-2 with a 2.81 ERA in 18 relief appearances.
The Mets (51-45) dropped 1 1/2 games behind the Marlins (53-44) for the second wild-card spot.
John Axford (4-3) pitched the 12th and 13th innings for the win. In Urena’s lone start this year, he gave up just one run on four hits in 5.2 innings against the Phillies. Matz is 0-2 with a 7.07 ERA in three career starts against Miami.
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Masahiro Tanaka shut out San Francisco for six innings, giving up four singles. Aroldis Chapman closed for his 20th save.
