June 20th 2014 -- Miami 3, Mets 2

Friday night in Miami, Marcel Ozuna threw out David Wright in the 8^th and Kirk Nieuwenhuis in the 9^th both time’s they represented the tying run. The Marlins hold off the Mets 3-2.  Daisuke Matsuzaka started for Mets and lasted 5 1/3 innings. He left in the 6^th trailing 1-0. However, that was thanks to a replay over-ruling a 2 run homer by Garrett Jones of Dice-K that was ruled foul.  In the 7^th sloppy play by the Mets lead to 2 Marlin runs. Anthony Reckers throw to third skipped into left field allowing Justin Bour to come home with the 2^nd run, then David Wright made a bare hand swipe at a bouncer that was ruled a double  by Andy Hecchivarria and it was 3-0. The Mets rallied in the top of the 8^th . An RBI single by Wright made it 3-1. Eric Campbell pinch hit with the bases loaded and singled bringing home Eric Young Jr. with the Mets 2^nd run, but Ozuna threw out Wright trying to score on the play to end the threat. As it turns out Ozuna was just warming up. In the top of the 9^th Nieuwenhuis led off with a pinch hit double. He was bunted to third by Ruben Tejada. Chris Young then hit a deep fly to left that normally should have tied the game, but Ozuna uncorked another seed and threw out Nieuwenhuis to end the game.  Matsuzaka is the hard luck loser. He allowed 6 hits, the 1 run while walking 1 and striking out 4. He’s now 3-1. Henderson Alvarez threw 6 1/3 scoreless striking out 5 getting the win. He improves to 4-3. Steve Cishek gets the save. His 17^th on the year.  The offensive leaders for the Mets were Wright and Daniel Murphy, both going 2 for 4. The Mets are now 2-3 on this road trip. On the year they stand at 33-41 and 17-21 on the road.  Saturday afternoon it’s game three of the series. Jacob deGrom (0-4 4.39) looks for his elusive 1^st major league win. Tom Koeheler  (5-5  3.84) goes for the fish.