Even a sports betting novice could’ve anticipated that the first-place Mets would be favored in Thursday’s series finale in Miami. The Marlins needed to call up Braxton Garrett to fill in for All-Star Trevor Rogers on the mound and they were determined to give leading run producer Jesús Aguilar his first full game off in weeks.
But thanks to good situational pitching and an eighth-inning rally, the Fish pulled off the upset.
On his 24th birthday, Garrett was constantly flirting with trouble, beginning in the top of the first by creating a bases-loaded, no-out jam.