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- Updated: June 4, 2016
MIAMI — With their hold on second place in jeopardy, Noah Syndergaard stepped up with a nine-strikeout performance and wiggled out of a couple of jams, as the Mets clipped the Marlins, 6-2, on Friday night at Marlins Park.
Syndergaard, who worked seven innings, has won four straight decisions. In terms of the National League East standings, the Mets avoided falling into a second-place tie with Miami, and now hold a two-game edge. New York blasted three homers off the bats of Asdrubal Cabrera, James Loney and Rene Rivera.
“That’s the thing about us is the ability to pick one another up,” Syndergaard said. “I feel like we’re able to go out there and handle a lot of adversity, and be able to pick each other up. It’s a great thing to be a part of. I really feel like we’re going to take off from here.”
Loney, who made his Mets debut on Tuesday, delivered the decisive blow, a two-run homer off lefty Mike Dunn. Jumping on a first-pitch fastball in the seventh inning, Loney reached a personal milestone with his 100th big league blast. The Marlins went with a left-on-left matchup after starter Tom Koehler walked Wilmer Flores on four pitches and exited with 105 pitches. Just six of Loney’s 100 homers have come against southpaws.
The Marlins claimed the early lead on Marcell Ozuna’s leadoff home run to left in the second. Ozuna pulled Miami even at 2 in the sixth with a sacrifice fly.
“I thought it was a well-pitched game,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. “Tommy threw the ball well. Obviously, their guy threw the ball well. But we jump out early, they get ahead, we come back and tie it up, and then even after that, we get him in trouble again. But we just weren’t able to get that hit.”
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDOnly Loney: Needing to find offensive production with starting position players David Wright, Lucas Duda and Travis d’Arnaud on the disabled list, the Mets received a critical burst of it when Loney clobbered a 91-mph Dunn fastball off the facing of Marlins Park’s second deck in right field. The home run was Loney’s first as a Met and the 100th of his career.
“I told these guys, ‘Thanks for all the years we’ve been …
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