The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins last night 9-8 in a wild 16 inning game. The Mets have now won five consecutive games. RHP Robert Gsellman got the start and got off to a rocky start in the bottom of the first inning after allowing a grand slam to Marcell Ozuna. Gsellman settled down and was cruising until the bottom of the fifth innings. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Gsellman allowed 4 more runs and was charged with eight runs on the night. He was able to get only two outs in the fifth, so LHP Josh Edgin had to come in and got the last out. RHP Rafael Montero followed with a scoreless bottom of the sixth inning and came back out for the bottom of the seventh. Montero was pulled in the seventh after giving up two baserunners with one out. LHP Jerry Blevins appeared next and got the last two outs in the bottom of the seventh. RHP Fernando Salas pitched two scoreless innings in the bottom of the eighth and ninth. He has had 7.2 scoreless innings in his first 7 games to start the year. RHP Addison Reed pitched two scoreless innings in the bottom of the tenth and eleventh. LHP Josh Smoker was next in line with three scoreless innings in the bottom of the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth inning. RHP Hansel Robles closed it out with two scoreless innings and recording his second win on the season.
The offense was led by catcher Travis d'Arnaud who had his first career 4 hit game to go along with 4 RBI's. d'Arnaud went 4 for 6 on the night with a homer, triple, and two singles. He had a three run triple in the top of the second inning and the go-ahead homer in the top of the sixteenth. LF Yoenis Cespedes had another big night with 2 homers, two runs scored, two RBI's and two walks. 1B Wilmer Flores continued his dominance against left-handed pitching with a solo homer off Marlins. OF Michael Conforto had a pinch-hit RBI double in the top of the eighth to tie the game. CF Curtis Granderson added an RBI single in the top of the second inning.
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