Mets Power Past Marlins 10-4
After a quiet start to the season in Houston, the Mets (2-2) took their talents to South Beach Monday night for their first divisional series of the season against the Marlins (3-2). The Mets were without Francisco Lindor, whose wife Katia gave birth to their son Koa on Sunday, and yet the Mets offense broke through with an impressive 10-4 onslaught against Miami.
The offense was scarce to begin the game, with both teams trading just a pair of solo homers through the first four innings. Otto Lopez got things started for the Marlins in the first before Starling Marte tied the game up in the third with his first homer of the season. The 1-1 score remained into the middle innings as both David Peterson and Cal Quantrill looked strong in their first starts of the year.
Quantrill’s start came to an abrupt end in the fifth inning, however, as he failed to record an out. Having already surrendered a run on a Jose Siri double, he faced a bases-loaded, no-out predicament with Pete Alonso up at the plate. The Polar Bear ran the count full before sending a low-and-away fastball into the right-center field gap and over the fence for a grand slam.
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With one swing, the Mets’ offense was alive for the first time this season. Alonso’s slam, giving the Mets a 6-1 lead, promptly removed Quantrill from the game, but the runs didn’t stop there for New York. After a Mark Vientos walk, Luis Torrens sent a ball deep into center field that looked like it was caught, but the ball ricocheted out of Derek Hill‘s glove and over the wall for a two-run homer. Just like that, a seven-run fifth inning put the Mets up 8-1.
Brandon Nimmo joined in on the fun with a two-run home run the following inning, sending one out to dead center. It was the Mets’ fourth homer of the game, giving them a 10-1 lead and their first game with double-digit runs this season.
While the Mets offense was knocking the ball around the park, David Peterson held things down on the mound. Outside of having surrendered a solo homer in the first to Otto Lopez and another in the sixth to Eric Wagaman, Peterson looked sharp in his first outing of the season. The lefty finished with two runs allowed in six innings, allowing five hits and three walks while striking out nine.
Huascar Brazobán followed Peterson out of the bullpen and delivered two scoreless innings before Danny Young sealed the deal in the ninth, but not without giving up a pair of runs. Thankfully, the Mets built themselves a big enough cushion that it didn’t matter, and they still comfortably cruised to a 10-4 victory.
Stat of the Game: Hitting it Hard
In the Mets’ explosive fifth inning, the team had six batted balls with exit velocities over 102 miles per hour. The team didn’t get the results they hoped for in the first three games of the season, but they got them in a big way in the opener in Miami.
Player of the Game: Pete Alonso
Pete Alonso began this season on a quest for the Mets home run record. He put a small dent into that with his first homer this year, but it had a massive effect on the game as it extended the Mets’ lead from 2-1 to 6-1 and allowed them to breathe for the first time this season. Alonso also singled and walked in the effort, reaching base three times.
On Deck
The Mets continue their series in Miami with a 6:40 p.m. ET game Tuesday night. Kodai Senga (0-0, 0.00 ERA) takes the mound for the first time in 2025 after spending most of 2024 on the shelf, while Sandy Alcantara (0-0, 3.86 ERA) makes his second start of the season. The game will be broadcast on SNY.
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