John From Albany: 10 Years Ago - Mets fight back but lose late, 5/30/2015

Jack Leathersich, 2015 Topps Heritage Card

2015, the last year the Mets made the World Series.  This daily post will detail the game by game journey to the Fall Classic.  Click here for More Mets History and Calendar Classics.

Year: 2015; Game #50; Saturday;  May 30, NYM 5  Vs. MIA; 9; boxscore;  WP: Dunn; LP: Robles;  Save: Ramos; Time: 03:07; DAY; Attendance: 39,095; Record: 27-23; Standings: 2; Games up/behind: 1.5; L; 

Curtis Granderson RF  1 for 3; HBP; 2 runs; 1 RBI; 1 walk; Rubén Tejada 3B  2 for 4; 2B; 3 RBIs; 1 walk; Lucas Duda 1B  1 for 4; 2B; 1 RBI; 1 walk; 1 K; Daniel Murphy 2B  0 for 4; 1 walk; 1 K; Michael Cuddyer LF  1 for 5; Wilmer Flores SS  2 for 5; GDP; 1 run; Juan Lagares CF  1 for 4; 1 run; 1 K; Eric Campbell PH  0 for 1; 1 K; KevinPlawecki C  1 for 4; 2 Ks;  Jon Niese P  0 for 1; Daniel Muno PH  0 for 0; 1 run; 1 walk; John Mayberry PH  0 for 0; 1 walk; Darrell Ceciliani CF  0 for 1; Jon Niese  4 innings; 5 runs; 4 ERs; 7 hits; 2 HRs; 3 Ks; Erik Goeddel  1.2 innings; no runs; 1 hit; 2 Ks; Jack Leathersich  0.1 inning; no runs; 1 K; Hansel Robles, L (0-1)  1 inning; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 3 hits; 1 walk; 2 Ks; Alex Torres  2 innings; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 3 hits; 2 HRs; 1 K; 

Jon Niese allowed 5 runs, 4 ER on 7 hits in the 1st 5 innings.  However, down 5-1, the Mets came back to tie it in the bottom of the 5th highlighted by a Rueben Tejada bases clearing double.  Marlins broke up the tie as Christian Yelich singled in two off Hansel Robles (L,0-1) in the 7th and added 2 insurance runs on back to back homers by Giancarlo Stanton and Jeff Baker in the 9th off Alex Torres.  

NY Post: Jon Niese hammered as Mets fall again to lowly Marlins. “The pitcher and his team are searching for answers when it comes to the left-hander, who was hit hard for a fourth consecutive outing in a 9-5 loss to the Marlins at Citi Field on Saturday. He was knocked out after just four innings and has coughed up at least four earned runs in each of his last four outings. In the process, he has seen his ERA skyrocket from 1.95 to 4.42.”

Despite the loss the Mets stay 1.5 games behind the first place Washington Nationals.

NL East Standings 5/30/15

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
WSN	28	21	.571	--	226	204	.547
NYM	27	23	.540	1.5	188	183	.512
ATL	24	25	.490	4.0	195	210	.466
MIA	20	30	.400	8.5	191	211	.455
PHI	19	32	.373	10.0	156	226	.337

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/30/2015.