Miami Homers Twice To Beat New York

The long ball was Miami's friend Saturday night on Jackie Robinson night. If once wasn't enough you want to try homering 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.

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.

With all five of their runs coming via the long ball, the Marlins have taken two of the first three games in the series. 

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/ 

Miami and New York close out their series today at Marlines Park. 

 Matt Harvey, who left his last start early due to a cramped hamstring, will return to the mound for the Mets' 1:10 p.m. ET series finale at Marlins Park. Harvey won both of his first two outings back from thoracic surgery, posting a 2.92 ERA, 10 strikeouts, and just one walk. "according to http://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/224532736/miami-marlins-go-back-to-back-twice-in-win/

 Dan Straily started the homestand on Tuesday with a win over the Braves, and the right-hander closes out Miami's six games Sunday. Straily has faced the Mets once in his career, suffering a loss in 2014. "according to http://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/224532736/miami-marlins-go-back-to-back-twice-in-win/ "according to http://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/224532736/miami-marlins-go-back-to-back-twice-in-win/

First pitch is set for 1:10 pm.