Starling Marte homered, tripled and three RBIs, Brandon Nimmo broke a tie in the eighth inning with a two-run homer, and the New York Mets overcame two early deficits to beat the Marlins 6-4 on Friday night. of Miami.
Nimmo finished with three RBIs leading off and Marte came within a double of completing the cycle with the NL East leaders, who won their fourth straight and held a three-game lead over Atlanta. , which ranks second.
Venezuelan pinch-hitter Eduardo Escobar reached on an infield single leading off the eighth inning off reliever Steven Okert (5-1) and advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Tomas Nido.
Nimmo then found a pitch from Okert on an 0-1 count and catapulted the ball over the right-center fence.
Adam Ottavino (5-2) scored a scoreless seventh inning and Trevor Williams followed with a perfect eighth. Puerto Rican Edwin Díaz achieved his 23rd save, prescribing three strikeouts in the ninth inning, through 10 pitches, all strikes.
For the Mets, the Dominican Marte 5-3 with one run scored and three RBIs. The Puerto Ricans Lindor 2-1, Nido 2-0 with a run scored. Venezuelans Luis Guillorme 3-0, Escobar 2-1 with a run scored.
For the Marlins, Venezuelans Jesús Aguilar 4-0, Avisaíl García 3-1 with a run scored, Miguel Rojas 3-2 with three RBIs. The Dominicans Lewin Díaz 3-1 with a run scored, Bryan de la Cruz 4-1, Jesús Sánchez 1-0..