The Mets (14-15) beat the Marlins (12-17) by a score of 11-3 on Saturday night.
PITCHING
Robert Gsellman toed the rubber for New York (2-2, 6.53 ERA) against spot starter, Odrisamer Despaigne (0-1, 5.79 ERA).
Gsellman started out great for the Mets, touching 96 in the first inning with his four-seam fastball and 95 with his two-seamer.
However, he gave up a home run to Giancarlo Stanton and Marcell Ozuna while also dealing with a rain delay in the fourth inning. The final line on Gsellman is five innings, eight hits, three earned runs, no walks and two strikeouts. He threw 83 pitches in those five innings but excited for a pinch-hitter, Juan Lagares in the bottom of the fifth.
Fernando Salas, Josh Edgin, Hansel Robles, and Paul Sewald went four innings in scoreless relief. Salas and Edgin combined for the sixth inning while Robles pitched the seventh and Sewald finished up the last two innings.
OFFENSE:
The offense scored 11 without the home run on Saturday night, although Jay Bruce missed one by a few feet in the seventh.
They scored in three separate innings: five in the first, three in the fifth, and three in the seventh.
They batted around in the first and scored on RBI hits from Asdrubal Cabrera, Jay Bruce, and Jose Reyes with a sacrifice fly from Kevin Plawecki and a RBI walk from Michael Conforto.
Conforto walked three times today, raising his OBP from the leadoff spot to a sparkling .435. Bruce had two doubles and knocked in three.
The bad news in this game was Asdrubal Cabrera leaving the game with a left thumb injury, but his initial x-rays came back negative.
On Deck:
The Mets will go for the sweep against Miami tomorrow afternoon at 1:10 PM. They will send Matt Harvey (2-2, 5.04 ERA) to the mound while the Marlins will have Jose Urena starting for them in place of Edinson Volquez.
