The Mets defeated the Marlins 4-2 to give Jacob deGrom his second win of the year and take the series from Miami. deGrom’s second win wasn’t as easily secured for the Mets’ ace as his first, however. After looking like his usual dominant self in the first inning, he uncharacteristically issued two straight four-pitch walks to lead off the second inning. While he wasn’t exactly helped by the home plate umpire, who called a very poor game behind the plate, he was also missing his spots in a way we almost never see from him and leaning heavily on his breaking pitches while avoiding the fastball.
Gimenez plays spark plug, deGrom battles in Mets rubber game victory over the Marlins
