Christian Scott had the first bumpy start of his MLB career and the Mets offense was blanked as the Marlins won 8-0 on Friday night in Miami.
Here are the takeaways…
-Christian Scott, in his third MLB start, was not as sharp as he was in his first two. The story of his outing occurred in two different innings.
In the second inning, after giving up one run on two singles and a sac fly, catcher Nick Fortes launched a hanging breaking ball 396 feet over the wall in left-center field that gave the Marlins a 4-0 lead.
Scott pitched into trouble in the fourth as well. After a Jeff McNeil error, a single and a walk loaded the bases with zero out, he struck out Jazz Chisolm Jr., got Bryan De La Cruz to fly out to Francisco Lindor and Josh Bell to ground out to end the fourth without giving up a run.
The long innings limited Scott’s ability to give the Mets length and left after just four innings pitched. He threw 84 pitches (55 strikes) giving up four runs on seven hits, and one walk while striking out three batters. His ERA rose from 2.84 to 4.32.
-The Mets offense just couldn’t get anything going. Marlins starter Jesus Luzardo struck out seven batters and pitched six shutout innings before the Miami relievers pitched three shutout innings for the win. It’s the third straight game the Marlins have shut out their opponents.
The Mets lineup mustered just six hits and their only walk in this game came with one out in the ninth inning. J.D. Martinez was the only Met with multiple hits.
The fifth inning was the only inning where they threatened to score a run. The Mets had men on first and third with one out on back-to-back singles from Harrison Bader and McNeil, but Tomas Nido and Tyrone Taylor — in for the still-ailing Brandon Nimmo — struck out to end the threat.
