Mets blow deGrom's lead, rally in 8th to beat Marlins 5-4

NEW YORK (AP) — Wilson Ramos singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning after hobbled Mets closer Edwin Díaz and the bullpen blew another lead provided by Jacob deGrom, and New York beat the Miami Marlins 5-4 on Wednesday night.

The teams played despite three postponements around Major League Baseball on Wednesday as players boycotted games to protest racial injustice following the shooting by police of a Black man Sunday in Wisconsin.

DeGrom, the two-time reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, set New York up nicely by matching a career high with 14 strikeouts and handing off a 4-1 lead to begin the eighth inning, but Miami promptly loaded the bases with one out against Justin Wilson.

Díaz came on and struck out pinch-hitter Jesús Sánchez on three pitches, then allowed an RBI single to Jesús Aguilar — a rocket that bounced off third baseman J.D. Davis’ glove — and a bases-loaded walk to Corey Dickerson. He worked the count to 2-1 against Brian Anderson before manager Luis Rojas and a trainer came to the mound and removed the right-hander. It wasn't clear what Díaz's injury was.

Brad Brach relieved and threw two balls to walk home the tying run before Lewin Díaz flew out to end the inning.

Robinson Canó led off the bottom of the inning with his third hit, and pinch-runner Billy Hamilton scored from second when Ramos hit a two-out single off Nick Vincent (1-2).

Brach issued a one-out walk to Jonathan Villar in the ninth, but Villar was called out on replay review trying to steal second after video showed he slid into second baseman Jeff McNeil's foot but didn't touch the base. Brach got Miguel Rojas to fly out to earn the win and move to 1-0.

Michael Conforto and Brandon Nimmo homered for the Mets. Conforto had two hits, two walks and a stolen...

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