Miami Going For The Sweep Of New York
Miami improved to 6-5 on the season Saturday while New York dropped to 7-5 and It was all because of one thing that went right for Miami who homered twice.
Miami enjoyed back-to-back blasts so much on Saturday night, they accomplished the feat twice. The second time came with two outs in the eighth inning, when Christian Yelich launched a two-run homer to right and Giancarlo Stanton crushed a drive to center to rally Miami to a 5-4 win over the Mets at Marlins Park. "according to http://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/224532736/miami-marlins-go-back-to-back-twice-in-win/
The consecutive home runs off Fernando Salas proved the difference on a night Mets right-hander Jacob deGrom matched his career-high with 13 strikeouts. The damage Miami did off deGrom came in the second inning when Justin Bour and Marcell Ozuna went back-to-back. "according to http://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/224532736/miami-marlins-go-back-to-back-twice-in-win/
With all five of their runs coming via the long ball, the Marlins have taken two of the first three games in the series. "according to http://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/224532736/miami-marlins-go-back-to-back-twice-in-win/?topicId=27118378
Stanton's shot to center was projected by Statcast™ at 442 feet with an exit velocity of 111.9 mph and a launch angle of 19 degrees. It was Stanton's 30th home run all-time at 110-plus mph, the most of any player in the Statcast™ era. "according to http://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/224532736/miami-marlins-go-back-to-back-twice-in-win/
It's the third time in franchise history the Marlins went back-to-back twice in the same night. The most recent were Aug. 27, 2010, at Atlanta. Cameron Maybin and Logan Morrison did it in the first inning, and Dan Uggla and Gaby Sanchez responded in the sixth. "according to tohttp://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/224532736/miami-marlins-go-back-to-back-twice-in-win/
Right -hander Dan Strailey will be on the mound for Miami and he has a record of 1-1 with a 7.65 earn run average. He will face New York right -hander Matt Harvey who has a record 2-0 with a 2.92 earn run average to go along with ten strikeouts.
Will the Miami offense be able to homer twice like they did in last night's win and backup Dan Strailey's start? Will New York win the series finale?
First pitch is set for 1:10 pm.