Rojas gets crucial hit to lead Marlins past deGrom, Mets
Miguel Rojas hit a tiebreaking RBI single during Miami’s four-run sixth inning against Jacob deGrom, and the Marlins beat the New York Mets 5-3 on Monday.
Garrett Cooper and Brian Anderson homered for Miami, which had dropped four in a row. Trevor Rogers pitched five effective innings for his first major league win, and Brandon Kintzler worked the ninth for his seventh save.
The loss was the first for deGrom (2-1), while the Mets lost their fourth consecutive game. Robinson Canó homered, and Jeff McNeil also had two hits and an RBI.
DeGrom, the two-time defending NL Cy Young Award winner, carried a two-hit shutout into the sixth. Cooper then got Miami on the board with a leadoff drive, and Matt Joyce reached on an error by first baseman Pete Alonso.
Joyce scored the tying run on Lewin Diaz’s one-out double, and Rojas’ two-out single brought home Diaz. Jorge Alfaro followed with an RBI double.
Only one of the four runs charged to deGrom was earned. The right-hander hadn’t allowed four runs in an inning since he gave up five runs in the second against Milwaukee on April 26, 2019. He actually lowered his ERA from 1.80 to 1.76.
Rogers (1-0) allowed five hits, struck out five and walked two in his second career start.
DeGrom faced the Marlins for the fourth straight start — the first time a pitcher has faced the same opponent four consecutive times since the New York Giants’ Freddie Fitzsimmons did so against the Cincinnati Reds in 1929.
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