Miami Marlins walked-off by Mets in extras for franchise-record 38th one-run defeat

Jordan McPherson
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The Miami Marlins saw a four-run lead disappear late and lost 5-4 in walk-off fashion to the New York Mets in 10 innings Wednesday at Citi Field and set another dubious franchise record.

Eduardo Escobar’s RBI single through the left side scored Francisco Lindor, the Mets’ automatic runner at second, to complete New York’s comeback and hand the Marlins their 38th one-run loss of the season — a new franchise record.

This came after the Marlins had a 4-0 lead going into the bottom of the seventh via a Bryan De La Cruz two-run home run in the fourth, JJ Bleday sacrifice fly in the sixth and Brian Anderson RBI double in the seventh.

But then came the Mets — more specifically, then came Escobar, who drove in all five of the Mets’ runs on Wednesday.

Escorbar broke up Miami’s shutout bid when he hit a two-run home run off Jesus Luzardo in the seventh. He then tied the game with a two-run, shift-beating single in the eighth against Richard Bleier, who entered after Tanner Scott loaded the bases on three walks.

And then he won it with his 10th-inning single.

Miami Marlins’ Bryan De La Cruz, center, celebrates with Charles Leblanc, left, after hitting a two-run home run as he passes New York Mets catcher Tomas Nido during the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Miami Marlins’ Bryan De La Cruz, center, celebrates with Charles Leblanc, left, after hitting a two-run home run as he passes New York Mets catcher Tomas Nido during the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Bryan De La Cruz keeps hitting

For the second time in the past four games, De La Cruz came a triple shy of hitting the first cycle in Marlins history.

He settled for a three-hit night, his latest impressive performance at the plate since rejoining the big-league club this month.

De La Cruz singled in the second, homered in the fourth and doubled in the sixth to extend his hitting streak to nine games and log his fourth consecutive multi-hit game.

In 18 games (16 starts) since being recalled, De La Cruz is hitting .421 (24 for 57) with eight doubles, five home runs, 17 RBI and 12 runs scored. He has either safely reached base, scored a run or recorded in RBI in all 18 games and has multiple hits in six of the 18 outings.

Jesus Luzardo solid again despite no-decision

Luzardo kept the Mets off the board for six innings, allowing just two hits and two walks with six strikeouts, before Jeff McNeil hit a leadoff single in the seventh and Escobar followed with his two-run homer that ended Luzardo’s night and jumpstarted the Mets’ comeback.

Even with that, Luzardo’s night overall was solid. Wednesday was Luzardo’s 10th quality start — allowing no more than three earned runs while pitching at least six innings — in 17 starts this season and his fourth in five outings in September.

With one start left this season, Luzardo has pitched to a 3.53 ERA with 108 strikeouts over 94 1/3 innings. Opponents are hitting just .192 against him.

Up next

The Marlins close their final road trip of the 2022 season with a four-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field starting on Thursday.

Miami’s starting pitchers for the series are as follows: Braxton Garrett (3-6, 3.52 ERA) on Thursday, Sandy Alcantara (14-8, 2.32) on Friday, Edward Cabrera (6-4, 3.15) on Saturday and Pablo Lopez (10-10, 3.90) on Sunday.

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