Mets Lose to Marlins 6-3 After Offense Continues To Struggle With Men On Base

Mets RHP Tylor Megill (Photo Credits to Mark Brown-Getty Images) The New York Mets lost to the Miami Marlins 6-3 in Miami tonight for their second cosecutive loss and fourth in last five games and dropped their record to 55-50. RHP Tylor Megill had the worst start of his young career and got into immediate trouble in the bottom of the first afer he gave up back-to-back singles to 2B Jazz Chisholm Jr and SS Miguel Rojas and then 1B Jesus Aguilar reached first on a catcher's interference to load the bases. Megill then gave up a grand slam to LF Lewis Brinson. Megill had a scoreless bottom of the second inning, but gave up another run in the bottom of the third inning after Brinson singled and 3B Isan Diaz hit a RBI double. Megill settled down after that with 1-2-3 innings in the bottom of the fourth and fifth and was taken out after the fifth. His final line was 5 innings, 6 hits, 5 runs, 4 earned runs, 0 walks and 4 strikeouts. LHP Aaron Loup followed with a scoreless bottom of the sixth. RHP Jeurys Familia then threw a scoreless bottom of the seventh. RHP Trevor May came on in the bottom of the eighth and gave up a lead-off triple to Rojas and then intentionally walked Aguilar and then gave up an infield hit to Brinson who reached first safely after SS Javier Baez made a throwing error which brought home a run. The offense had a scoreless top of the first inning, but in the top of the second, Baez walked and advanced to third on a single by 3B J.D. Davis. Baez came around to score on a wild pitch by Marlins starter LHP Jesus Luzardo. Later in the inning, RF Brandon Drury continued his torrid hitting with a RBI double to score Davis. 1B Pete Alonso hit a solo homer in the top of the third, his 24th on the season. The offense didn't do much else after that and had a chance to score in the top of the eighth, but Drury grounded out to short with the based loaded and two out. They were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. The Mets next game is tomorrow night at the Marlins at 7:10 p.m.