The New York Mets got a tough win over the Florida Marlins yesterday at Landshark Stadium with the Mets victorious 6 to 5. It was a huge win that rooters with Mets tickets aren’t likely to forget. You never know what you’ll see at a baseball game so get your cheap tickets today!
Mets pitcher Elmer Dessens (0.63 ERA) got the win, while Alex Sanabia (5.06 ERA) took the loss for the Marlins. Mike Pelfrey went 4.2 innings for the Mets, allowed 12 hits, no home runs and 4 earned runs with one walk and 3 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Mets was Ryota Igarashi (8.15), and Bobby Parnell (1.35). The Marlins’s starter Chris Volstad went 5 innings, allowed 6 hits, no home runs and 3 earned runs with no walks and 5 strikeouts. Jose Veras (7.45), Tim Wood (5.01), Taylor Tankersley (3.68), and Brian Sanches (3.38) also pitched for the Marlins. With the win, Dessens’s record goes to 2-1, while Sanabia drops to 0-1. Francisco Rodriguez earned the save for the Mets, bringing his saves up to 18.
In addition to the 6 runs, the Mets put up 10 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Mets, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Rod Barajas had a tough day at the plate, leaving 5 runners on base. Ronny Paulino had the most hits for the Marlins (3), followed by Mike Stanton (2), and Cody Ross (2). Gaby Sanchez could not get much going at the plate as he left 4 runners on base. The Marlins mustered 5 runs, 17 hits and 4 errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Tim McClelland, Andy Fletcher, Mike Everitt and Adrian Johnson. There were 19,232 Marlins ticket holders in attendance at Landshark Stadium.