The Mets won their second in a row against the Marlins, third in a row overall by a score of 8-6 this evening.
Brian Stokes was serviceable in his spot start, allowing four runs in his 5.2 innings of duty. His fastball touched the high-90’s and he was able to strike out six. The winning pitcher was Scott Schoneweis who finished the sixth. Duaner Sanchez threw a scoreless seventh, however Joe Smith faltered in the 8th leaving it to Pedro Feliciano who got out of the inning with a double play.
For the second evening in a row Aaron Heilman made a strong effort, walking Hanley Ramirez in the ninth but allowing no other hits or walks.
The offense scored four first inning runs, the first two off an RBI double by Carlos Beltran, who seemed comfortable in the clean-up spot all night. The second two runs came off of a Carlos Delgado HR to right field that they estimated at 445 feet. Notably, later in the game Dan Murphy hit his first MLB home run and Carlos Beltran ended an extended HR drought with a solo bomb to dead center.
The Mets look to sweep the Marlins tomorrow as Mike Pelfrey takes on Josh Johnson at 1:10.
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