July 12th -- Mets 5, Marlins 4

Eric Campbell came through with a 2 out pinch hit single in the bottom of the 8^th snapping a 4 all tie, the Mets beat the Marlins Saturday night at Citi Field 5-4. The Marlins took at 2-0 lead against Daisuke Matsuzaka with a run in the 3^rd on a fielder’s choice by Donovan Solano. In the 5^th Christian Yelich hit a solo homer his 8^th on the year.  Marlins starter Tim Koehler held the Met’s hit less for the first 4 innings. Travis d’Arnaud’s leadoff single in the 5^th snapped that string. After a Kirk Nieuwenhuis double, d’Arnaud scored on a ground out by Juan Lagares.  In the 6^th back to back doubles by Garrett Jones and Marcell Ozuna gave the fish a 4-2 advantage. In the bottom of the 7^th after Ruben Tejada walked, Chris Young hit a pitch hit two run homer to tie the game at 4, for Young his 8^th on the year. Then in the bottom of the 8^th d’Arnaud hit a 2 out double and then scored on Campbell’s single.  Dice K went 6 innings he allowed just 4 hits while giving up 4 runs (all earned) he walked 4 and struck out a career high tying 10. Carlos Torres, Vic Black and Jenrry Mejia each pitched a scoreless inning. Black gets the win improving to 2-2, Mejia gets the save his 10^th on the year. The Mets are now 7-2 on this homestand and stand at 44-50 on the year, they are also now over .500 standing at 24-23 at Citi Field. Sunday the Mets look to end the homestand and the first half of the year with a sweep of the Marlins. Jacob deGrom (2-5  3.38) goes for the Mets, Brad Hand (0-1  5.09) goes for the Marlins.