September 3rd 2014 -- Mets 4, Marlins 3

Wednesday night in Miami, Travis d’Arnaud’s RBI double in the top of the  8^th inning broke a 2 all tie. The Mets beat the Marlins 4-3.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and continued to impress.  The Marlins drew first blood taking a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third on an infield RBI single by Casey McGehee.  The Mets took a 2-1 lead in the 4^th when Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit a long 2 run homer (3).  In the 7^th an RBI single by Christian Yelich off Buddy Carlyle tied the game at 2. The Mets took the lead for good in the 8^th on the RBI double by d’Arnaud and fielder’s choice by Dilson Herrera that scored Lucas Duda with the Mets 4^th run.  In the 8^th, the Fish made it a one run game when Giancarlo Stanton clubbed his 36^th homer and his 3^rd in the 3 games to make it 4-3.  Jenrry Mejia pitched the 9^th notching his 23^rd save. The Mets had 9 hits Matt den Dekker led the way going 3 for 4 on the night. Juan Lagares stays hot going 2 for 5.  deGrom takes the no decision going 6 innings allowing 6 hits 1 run (earned) he walked 2 and struck out 6. Carlos Torres who pitched the 8^th gets the win improving to 6-5.  Mike Dunn takes the loss falling to 10-6. The Mets take 2 of 3 from the Marlins and are now 33-39 on the road and 66-74 overall. Thursday is an off day, Friday night the Mets start a 3 game set in Cincinnati. Barolo Colon (12-11  4.01) goes for the Mets,  Alfredo Simon (13-9  3.28) goes for the Reds.