May 29th 2015 -- Marlins 4, Mets 3

Friday night Matt Harvey struck out 11...but a 3 run home run by Justin Bour in the 3^rd inning was more than the Mets offense could overcome. The Marlins beat the Mets 4-3. Harvey was throwing darts and had shut out the Marlins for the first 3. In the 4^th Dee Gordon reached on an infield hit and stole 2^nd.  Martin Prado walked and then Bour wrapped a 3 run dinger around the right field foul pole and the Fish led 3-0.  In the bottom of the inning Lucas Duda continued his long ball glut with a solo homer into the 2^nd deck in right, his 9^th on the year.  In the 5^th a RBI single by Prado made it 4-1.  The Mets climbed to 4-2 when Curtis Granderson hit a solo shot, number 6 on the year for him in the 6^th.  In the bottom of the 9^th the Mets made a run at it. Ruben Tejada singled and went to second on a wild pitch. Daniel Murphy doubled him home to bring the Mets to within 1. But new Marlin closer A.J. Ramos struck out Michael Cuddyer and got Wilmer Flores on a ground out for his 3^rd save.  Harvey went 8 innings allowing 6 hits 4 runs (all earned) he walked 1 and struck out 11. He takes his 2^nd straight loss falling to 5-3.  Vet Dan Haren allowed just the 2 solo dingers in 7 innings to get the win. He’s now 5-2. With the loss the Mets fall to 27-22 on the year and 20-7 at Citi Field. Coming into the game the Marlins had lost 14 of 17. At the end of the game the Mets lose a chance to gain on the Nationals as they fell to the Reds on Friday as they stay 1 1/2 games behind in the NL East.Saturday Afternoon it’s game 2 of the series Jon Niese (3-5  4.08) goes for the Mets, Tom Koehler (3-3 3.44) goes for Miami.