The Mets defeated the Marlins by a score of 4-1 tonight in Miami. Oliver Perez got the win for the Mets and Scott Olsen took the loss for the Marlins. Billy Wagner closed it out for his 27th save of the year. With the win, the mets stay a 1/2 game ahead of the Phillies in the NL East

Perez didn’t have his best stuff tonight, yet he battled, and finished with an impressive line: six innings, one run allowed. That’s efficient.

The Mets started the scoring in the 1st, when Jose Reyes, Nick Evans, and David Wright all doubled. Reyes was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple, but Wright drove in Evans to put the Mets up 1-0.

Josh Willingham tied it up with an rbi double of his own in the 1st.

In the top of the 6th, Carlos Beltran finally broke through, with a 2 out rbi single to drive in Evans to put the Mets up 2-1.

The Mets tacked on in the 8th, when Carlos Delgado drove a Renyel Pinto pitch into the stands for a two run homer.

Aaron Heilman pitched two innings of shutout ball.

Wagner pitched a 1,2,3 9th for the save.

The Mets look for the series win tomorrow with Mike Pelfrey on the mound. He will be opposed by Josh Johnson.