Game Summary: Florida Marlins 0 vs. New York Mets 13
Top of the 1st: Ramirez popped up to short. Maine walked Uggla. Maine struck Hermida out swinging, and Castro threw out Uggla after attempting to steal second. Marlins 0 - Mets 0.
Bottom of the 1st: Reyes flied out to right. Castillo lined a stand-up double off of the left field wall. Wright lined a single into right as Castillo advanced to third. Beltran lined out to third. Moises Alou grounded a RBI single up the middle scoring Luis Castillo and advancing Wright to third. Carlos Delgado followed up with his own RBI single up the middle scoring David Wright. With Alou on second and Delgado on first, Castro popped up to third. Marlins 0 - Mets 2.
Top of the 2nd: Cabrera popped up to center. Maine fanned Jacobs. Maine struck Linden out looking. Marlins 0 - Mets 2.
Bottom of the 2nd: Milledge, after working a full count, lined a leadoff single into left. Maine dropped down a sac bunt, and Olivo made the out at first. Reyes grounded to second as Milledge advanced to third. Luis Castillo, with a full count, lined an RBI single to center field scoring Lastings Milledge. Seddon walked Wright on 4 straight pitches. With Castillo on second and Wright on first, Carlos Beltran lined a RBI single over Ramirez’ head into left center scoring Luis Castillo and advancing Wright to third. The Marlins replaced Seddon with Wolf. Moises Alou lined an RBI single into center scoring David Wright and advancing Beltran to third. Delgado popped up just foul of the third base line, and Castillo made the catch. Marlins 0 - Mets 5.
Top of the 3rd: Maine K’d Olivo and De Aza swinging. Maine struck Wolf out looking. Marlins 0 - Mets 5.
Bottom of the 3rd: Castro grounded a leadoff single through the hole on the left side. Lastings Milledge jacked a 2-run homer to left field scoring Ramon Castro and himself. World walked Maine on 4 straight pitches. Reyes chopped an infield hit, and he never ran to first as Olivo made the out at first. Castillo hit an opposite field ground rule double that landed fair down the left field line and into the stands. The Marlins replaced Wolf with Garcia. Wright grounded out to short, and Castillo stayed put at second. Beltran, with a full count, line out to center field. Marlins 0 - Mets 8.
Top of the 4th: Maine K’d Ramirez and Uggla swinging. Hermida lined out to left. Marlins 0 - Mets 8.
Bottom of the 4th: Garcia fanned Alou. Delgado popped up to left. Garcia struck Castro out swinging. Marlins 0 - Mets 8.
Top of the 5th: Cabrera popped up behind home plate, and Castro made the out. Maine K’d Jacobs and Linden. (John Maine is giving me goosebumps after striking out 10 through 5 innings and allowing no hits and 1 walk) Marlins 0 - Mets 8.
Bottom of the 5th: Lastings Milledge followed up his first homer with another solo shot to the same place. Garcia struck out Maine. Reyes lined a stand-up double down the first base line and into the right field corner. Garcia threw at Castillo on 2 consequetive pitches. The second one being a wild pitch that allowed Reyes to advance to third, and the dugouts and bullpens emptied as a bit of shoving went on. Garcia was warned by the Umpire for throwing at Castillo. Garcia ended up walked Castillo on 4 pitches. During a pitching change, Olivo started punching Reyes and the bases benches cleared again down by the third base line. (It’s strange because Reyes was laughing towards home during the last pitch so Olivo must of took offense to it, but that’s awesome considering that they weren’t even playing and the Jose Jose Jose Jose cheers started in the stands). The Marlins finally replaced Garcia with Zarate, and Olivo was ejected. With Reyes on third and Castillo on first, David Wright grounded a RBI single through the hole on the left side scoring Jose Reyes. With Castillo on second and Wright on first, Zarate struck out Beltran swinging. Alou popped up to shallow left, and Carroll made the catch. Marlins 0 - Mets 10.
Top of the 6th: Hoover replaced Olivo, and Maine K’d him too. Maine then fanned De Aza swinging. Carroll lined out to left. (John Maine now has 12 K’s through 6 innings with no hits and 1 walk) Marlins 0 - Mets 10.
Bottom of the 6th: Delgado lined out to short, and Amezaga made the out with the shift on. Ramon Castro lined solo shot to the left field corner. Milledge grounded the ball down the first baseline that Zarate misfielded, and then Mauro Zarate (2 Erros: one for not fielding the ball properly and one for the bad throw) overthrew first as he attempted to hurry the throw and Milledge advanced to second base (all of this after Milledge didn’t run to first). Maine popped up to first. Reyes (now gets the Shea Faithful rocking after getting booed earlier) popped up to short. Marlins 0 - Mets 11.
Top of the 7th: Andino, in for Ramirez, grounded the ball hard to third, but it deflected off of Wright to Reyes and Reyes made the out at first. Uggla, with a full count, was walked by Maine. Maine K’d Hermida swinging. Amezaga, in for Cabrera, popped up to near the pitchers mound, and Wright made the out. Marlins 0 - Mets 11.
Bottom of the 7th: The Marlins replaced Zarate with Carvajal. Castillo grounded out to second. Wright dropped a single into shallow center. Carvajal struck out Beltran swinging. Gomez is in for Alou, and he grounded the ball down the first base line but Carvajal misfielded the play and Gomez arrived safely at first. Carlos Delgado lined a RBI single into right scoring David Wright and advancing Gomez to third. Castro grounded out to short, and Andino made the force play at second. Marlins 0 - Mets 12.
Top of the 8th: Maine K’d Jacobs swinging. Wood lined out to left field, and Gomez made the out. Hoover grounded a slow infield hit down the third base line, and Wright had no play. The Mets replaced Maine (7.2 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, 2 walks, and 14 strike outs got his standing ovation and a curtain call) with Collaza. De Aza popped up to shallow center, and Beltran made the out. Marlins 0 - Mets 12.
Bottom of the 8th: Milledge popped up to center field. Hernandez is in to pinch hit for Collaza, and he drew a walk from Carvajal. Hernandez replaced Reyes, and he popped up to left. Gotay slapped a single through the hole on the left side. With Hernandez on second and Gotay on first, David Newhan blooped in RBI single into left field scoring Anderson Hernandez as Gotay advanced to third and Newhan advanced to second on the throw to third. Beltran grounded out to first. Marlins 0 - Mets 13.
Top of the 9th: The Mets replaced Collaza with Muniz. Carroll flied out to left center, and Anderson made the out. Andino attempted to bloop a hit into shallow center, but a diving Gomez made the catch. Abercrombie is in to pinch hit for Uggla, and he was struck out by Muniz. Marlins 0 - Mets 13.
Final Score: Florida Marlins 0 - New York Mets 13. The MLB.com Box Score is attached.
