Mets 5, Marlins 2; rotting alone in the NL East cellar

Bearing some similarities to Game 1, the Marlins jumped out to an early lead against the Mets in Thursday’s nightcap, but couldn’t make it hold up. Michael Conforto’s two-run double put the home team ahead in an eventual 5-2 final.

Miami’s lineup had limited production against each of the four Mets starting pitchers in the series. Amusingly, the only one that they defeated was NL Cy Young frontrunner Jacob deGrom on Tuesday.

The man on the mound for New York in this contest, Jason Vargas, spent the whole 2018 season—when healthy—struggling to suppress home runs. Miguel Rojas must’ve seen the scouting report and took a big swing in a hitter’s count, resulting in this no-doubter to left field…