Rojas lifts Marlins over Mets 3-2 to snap 7-game skid

NEW YORK (AP) — Miguel Rojas’ two-run single capped a three-run rally in the eighth inning Wednesday night, spoiling Taijuan Walker’s longest start in more than four years and sending the Miami Marlins to a 3-2 victory over the New York Mets.

Miami snapped a seven-game losing streak while the Mets lost for the 11th time in 14 games.

New York jumped to a 2-0 lead when Michael Conforto — an impending free agent who could be playing his final homestand with the Mets — hit a 469-foot homer off Elieser Hernandez in the fourth and Brandon Nimmo laced a two-out RBI double in the fifth.

The homer by Conforto was the longest of the season by a New York player and the second-longest of his career, behind a 472-foot drive against the Chicago Cubs in 2018.

Walker, who hadn’t recorded an out in the eighth since he tossed eight innings for Arizona on April 27, 2017, carried a one-hit shutout into the eighth Wednesday before giving up a leadoff double to Lewin Diaz. After Lewis Brinson popped out, Eddy Alvarez chased Walker by working a four-pitch walk.

Alex Jackson, who singled in the third for the Marlins’ first hit, greeted Seth Lugo (4-3) with an RBI double. Pinch-hitter Nick Fortes struck out before Rojas blooped his go-ahead single.

Walker walked three and struck out five. He went 0-8 with a 7.13 ERA in 13 second-half starts and finished the season with a 4.47 ERA in 159 innings, his most since 2015.

Steven Okert (3-1) allowed one hit in a scoreless seventh. Richard Bleier tossed a one-hit eighth before Dylan Floro threw a perfect ninth for his 13th save.

Hernandez permitted two runs and six hits with no walks and six strikeouts in five innings.

SOMETHING ABOUT NOTHING

With “Seinfeld” debuting Friday on Netflix, lifelong Mets fan Jerry Seinfeld visited with Marlins manager...

source https://www.chron.com/sports/article/Rojas-lifts-Marlins-over-Mets-3-2-to-snap-7-game-16497958.php