Miami Falls In The Sixteenth To New York

Thursday game took long enough as it took sixteen innings to decide the winner as Miami dropped to 4-5 Thursday while New York improved to 7-3. 

The tone was set in the first inning on Thursday night when the Marlins' Marcell Ozuna clubbed a grand slam. But the game, which turned into an endurance test, ended up being decided in the 16h inning on Travis d'Arnaud's homer off  Adam Conley Miami's originally scheduled starter for Friday night. "according to http://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/224167474/travis-darnaud-mets-beat-marlins-in-16/

Behind d'Arnaud's four hits, four RBIs and extra-innings heroics, the Mets outlasted the Marlins, 9-8, in the first of four games at Marlins Park. Hanzel Robels, on in relief for the third straight day, worked two innings and retired Ozuna on a fly ball to deep center with one on, capping a game that lasted five hours and 38 minutes. "according to http://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/224167474/travis-darnaud-mets-beat-marlins-in-16/

Before the bullpens put up zeros into extra innings, Yoenis Cespedes celebrated a two-homer game and Wilmer Flores added a solo shot. The Mets hammered out four solo homers, with d'Arnaud's finally ending things. The Marlins used seven relievers, and with closer A.J. Ramoswarming up early but made unavailable as the game dragged on, they turned to Conley in the 16th. "according to http://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/224167474/travis-darnaud-mets-beat-marlins-in-16/

By that point, the Mets had already considered scenarios as outlandish as using backup catcherRene Rivera on the mound and starting pitcher Zack Wheeler as a first baseman. As it was, Robles called the dugout from the bullpen telephone, volunteering enough work to keep the Mets afloat. "according to http://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/224167474/travis-darnaud-mets-beat-marlins-in-16/

"They came in since the fifth? That's [11 1/3] innings of zero-run baseball?" d'Arnaud said of the Mets' bullpen as a whole. "That's unbelievable." "according to http://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/224167474/travis-darnaud-mets-beat-marlins-in-16/

The Marlins had taken a four-run lead in the first inning on Ozuna's third career grand slam. After the homers by Cespedes and Flores led the Mets to a 7-4 lead, Miami went back up in a four-run fifth, taking an 8-7 lead on Derek Dietrich's RBI single. New York tied it with two outs in the eighth on Michael Conforto's pinch-hit RBI double. "according to http://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/224167474/travis-darnaud-mets-beat-marlins-in-16/

Miami left-hander  Wei-Yin Chen, who gave up one run in six innings in a win at New York on April 7, was tagged for six runs in three innings. Cespedes and Flores went back-to-back off Chen in the third. And the three-inning start was the shortest for the lefty since he threw 2 1/3 innings against the Rockies on June 18, 2016. "according to http://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/224167474/travis-darnaud-mets-beat-marlins-in-16/

Miami and New York will resume their series Friday. 

Hoping to stamp out Miami's red-hot offense, the Mets will turn to their ace, Noah Syndergaard, in a 7:10 p.m. ET game Friday at Marlins Park. Syndergaard struck out nine Marlins in his last outing, holding them to two runs -- out earned -- in seven innings. "according to http://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/224167474/travis-darnaud-mets-beat-marlins-in-16/

Marlins: Conley was scheduled to start Friday, but after he pitched the 16th Thursday, and with Miami benefitting from an off-day Monday, Edinson Volquez will start instead on regular rest. http://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/224167474/travis-darnaud-mets-beat-marlins-in-16/