Marlins 4 Mets 3 (LoanDepot Park, Miami FL)
Mets record: 70-81
Mets streak: Lost 1
WP- Tanner Scott (9-5)
LP - Trevor Gott (0-2)
Seat on the Korner: Jake Burger
We select the star of the game and virtually invite him to a Seat on the Korner, just as Ralph Kiner used to do for his studio postgame show on WOR-channel 9 broadcasts in the early decades of the Mets.
Tonight's Seat on the Korner belongs to Jake Burger who had his 4th career walk off hit, as he singled in the winning run on a 2 strike 2 out pitch off of losing pitcher Trevor Gott after the Mets had rallied to tie it in the top of the ninth, Burger was 2 for 4 with a run scored and an RBI on the night.
Need to Know
The Mets have outscored their opponents 82-60 in 17 games in the month of September.
Tonight was New York's 12th game in a stretch of 17 straight games without an off-day they are now 6-6 in the first 12 games.
Brandon Nimmo has safely hit in 18 of his last 20 games. Since August 28, Nimmo is batting .325 (28-86) with 11 runs, seven doubles, one triple, five home runs, eleven RBI, five walks season, is now batting .265. His ninth inning 2 out double tied the game.
Ronny Mauricio has safely hit in 12 of his first 15 career games...He is batting .308 (17-55) with three runs, three doubles, one home run, seven RBI, three walks and six steals in his first 14 career games...He is one of five players in franchise history to record a hit in each of his first five career major league games.
Francisco Lindor has played 23 career games at the home of the Marlins...He is a .298 (26-87) hitter with 13 runs, seven doubles, three home runs, 13 RBI, 12 walks
One night after Marlins 2B Luis Arraez collected 2 hit to become the fourth Marlins player to reach the 200-hit plateau in a single season and the first since Dee Strange-Gordon in 2017, he was not in the starting lineup and is listed Day to Day with an ankle sprain.Arraez owns the highest average (.354) by a Marlin through his first 144 games of a season. He is looking to become the first player in MLB history to win batting titles in two different leagues in consecutive years. Overall, only two players have won batting titles in each league - DJ LeMahieu (NL - 2016; AL - 2020) and Ed Delahanty (NL - 1899; AL - 1902 )
Prior to tonight's game the South Florida chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America presented their annual awards to Marlins players: • Heart and Professionalism Award - Jon Berti • "Good Guy" Award - Jesus Luzardo • Rookie of the Year - Eury Perez • Most Valuable Player - Luis Arraez
Turning Point
Tonight's turning point of the game came in the bottom of the 9th after the Mets had a two out game tying two RBI double and Mets reliever Trevor Gott once again failed to get the job done, in his defense it did seem like he had a path out of the inning when he jammed Jake Burger who hit a foul pop that Francisco Alvarez seemed to have a chance to catch it for the third out, instead he stopped short and Burger made them pay.
Three Keys
Balk Talk
With the Mets already on top 1-0 in the top of the third, Francisco Lindor who had already forced Marlins starting pitcher Braxton Garrett to disengage twice, stole third base unconested, he then broke for home which forced Garrett to apparently balk, after the umpires discussed it they ruled it simply a disengagement throw home, replays show differently, instead of 2-0 lead the Mets had to settle taking a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the third.
NARDI DOING
After Marlins relief pitcher A.J. Puk literally was knocked out of the box,Andrew Nardi entered the game in the 7th inning tied for the major league lead among relievers with 30+ inherited runners,as he had only allowed 4 of the 36 runners to score. He came into the game with the bases loaded and lowered his 11.1% of inherited runners to score down to 10.25%
Wheels fall off
In the bottom of the 5th with the score tied 1-1 the wheels literally came off, Joey Lucchesi mistakenly thought the wheel play was on with runners on 1st and 2nd and Xavier Edwards up in a bunt situation, Lucchesi threw the ball to an unoccupied third base, allowing Jon Berti to come around with the go ahead run.