Mets vs. Marlins Game 54 Recap

The New York Mets defeated the Florida Marlins tonight 6-4 to improve their record to 31-23 and have won twp consecutive games. They are now only one game out of first place in the National League East behind the Washington Nationals. 1B James Loney continued his hot start with  3 hits and an RBI single. LF Michael Conforto had 2 RBI's with a sac fly and RBI single. Hopefully this helps Conforto start to get out of his slump. SS Matt Reynolds hit a pinch-hit single. CF Alejandro De Aza had a 2 run double in the 9th inning. Starting pitcher RHP Bartolo Colon gave up 2 runs in 5 innings. RHP Hansel Robles came in after Colon was taken out and gave up a run. LHP Jerry Blevins and RHP Jim Henderson combined to pitch a scoreless seventh inning. Henderson picked up his first win of the season. RHP Addison Reed pitched a scoreless eighth inning. He has an incredible start to the season and his ERA is only 1.75. RHP Jeurys Familia gave up a run in the ninth inning, but he picked up his 18th save.