Marlins loose today

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The Florida Marlin loss today to the NYM 10-5....game wrapup to come!

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NEW YORK-- The Mets donned their 1986 uniforms as part of a promotional day for the second consecutive game on Tuesday. And for the second time in under 24 hours, they played like their World Champion predecessors, knocking off the Marlins, 10-5, at Shea Stadium.
The victory was the third in a row, the first time since June 19-21 that the Mets have had a winning streak that long. They will attempt to win their fourth straight game Wednesday in Montreal. New York has had only two winning streaks longer than three games this season, the last of which was a five-game stretch May 14-18. The Marlins, meanwhile, lost for the sixth consecutive game and seventh time in eight outings.

The Mets jumped on phenom-to-be Josh Beckett (2-4) quickly, racking up seven runs through the first three innings. Mo Vaughn got the party started in the first, launching his second titanic home run in as many days. This one was a 461-foot monster off the big scoreboard in right-center. It was his eighth homer in 19 games.

The second inning saw Timo Perez rocket a bases-loaded triple to right-center. The Mets went back to the long ball in the third with Edgardo Alfonzo lining a Beckett offering over the wall in the left-field corner to plate two more runs. Alfonzo added a two-run double in the seventh.

Meanwhile, Mets starter Al Leiter (9-7) was able to halt his losing streak against the Fish, topping Florida for the first time in four outings this season. Like Beckett, he got off to a shaky start, allowing a two-run homer to Derrek Lee in the second. Unlike Beckett, he was able to settle down almost immediately and limit the damage after the second inning.

Leiter wound up going six innings, scattering six hits, allowing four runs and striking out five before turning things over to the pen.

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New York Mets 10, Florida Marlins 5


Florida Marlins

Batter Pos AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Castillo 2B 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 .342
Mordecai SS 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .214
Wilson CF 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 .241
Lowell 3B 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 .308
Lee 1B 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 .259
Millar LF 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 .264
Encarnacion RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .271
Redmond C 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .307
Beckett P 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Nunez, V P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
a-Castro PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Almanza P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Looper P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-Raines PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196
Totals 34 5 9 4 4 7 13
a-Grounded out for Nunez, V in the 7th. b-Flied out for Looper in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Mordecai (6, Leiter), Lowell (32, Leiter).
HR: Lee (18, 2nd inning off Leiter, 1 on, 0 out).
RBI: Lee 2 (52), Lowell (60), Millar (23).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Wilson.
GIDP: Encarnacion.
Team LOB: 6.


BASERUNNING
CS: Mordecai (2, 2nd base by Leiter/Wilson).


FIELDING
E: Castillo (7, fielding).


New York Mets

Batter Pos AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Alomar 2B 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 .269
Perez LF 3 1 1 3 2 0 1 .318
Burnitz RF 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 .217
Vaughn 1B 3 3 1 2 1 1 0 .252
Alfonzo 3B 4 1 2 4 0 1 0 .316
Payton CF 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .268
Wilson C 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .253
Ordonez SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .236
Leiter P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .161
a-Tarasco PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .217
Guthrie P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Strickland P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-Valentin PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .230
Corey P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 10 9 10 7 7 11
a-Grounded out for Leiter in the 6th. b-Doubled for Strickland in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Ordonez (17, Nunez, V), Alfonzo (17, Almanza), Valentin (10, Looper).
3B: Perez (1, Beckett).
HR: Vaughn (13, 1st inning off Beckett, 1 on, 2 out), Alfonzo (7, 3rd inning off Beckett, 1 on, 0 out).
RBI: Vaughn 2 (41), Perez 3 (30), Alfonzo 4 (33), Valentin (19).
2-out RBI: Vaughn 2, Perez 3, Alfonzo 2.
S: Leiter.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Burnitz 2, Tarasco, Payton.
Team LOB: 5.


BASERUNNING
CS: Alomar (4, 2nd base by Almanza/Redmond).


FIELDING
E: Wilson (2, fielding).
DP: (Alfonzo-Alomar-Vaughn).


Florida Marlins
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Beckett (L, 2-4) 5.0 5 7 6 2 6 2 4.45
Nunez, V 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.78
Almanza 1.0 1 2 2 3 0 0 4.91
Looper 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3.75

New York Mets
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Leiter (W, 9-7) 6.0 6 4 4 3 5 1 2.95
Guthrie (H, 12) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.32
Strickland 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4.04
Corey 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.80



Pitches-strikes: Beckett 85-53, Nunez, V 16-10, Almanza 27-11, Looper 22-10, Leiter 104-60, Guthrie 14-8, Strickland 26-15, Corey 15-7.
Ground outs-fly outs: Beckett 6-3, Nunez, V 1-0, Almanza 1-1, Looper 3-0, Leiter 7-5, Guthrie 2-0, Strickland 1-1, Corey 1-2.
Batters faced: Beckett 23, Nunez, V 4, Almanza 6, Looper 6, Leiter 25, Guthrie 4, Strickland 5, Corey 4.
Umpires: HP: Jerry Layne. 1B: Ed Montague. 2B: Jim Wolf. 3B: Mike DiMuro.
Weather: 80 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 7 mph, L to R.
T: 2:48.
Att: 38,665.

[BPBlueSox]

Boy, this team sure is going down the crapper...

[pmeares17]

yeh trading away all there prospects all there wonderful pitchers seem to be struggling pennys been railed three games in a row since coming back....