Reyes hits 2-run homer, Mets beat Marlins 4-3
MIAMI » An unlikely candidate stopped the New York Mets’ longest home run drought in more than three years.
Jose Reyes hit a two-run homer, helping the Mets beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Sunday.
“It was really good,” first-year manager Mickey Callaway said. “I think Jose has been swinging the bat really well when he’s played lately and it’s good to get him in there when you have to give a guy a day off and he’s been producing for us so it’s been really good to see.”
Reyes’ fourth of the season was New York’s first homer since Jeff McNeil went deep in a 6- 4 win against Cincinnati on Monday night. The four- game drought was the Mets’ longest since a sixgame stretch from July 19-24, 2015.
Michael Conforto also connected for New York, which took two of three in the weekend series.
“Any time you see the ball go out of the park it feels good,” Conforto said.
Noah Syndergaard (8-2) pitched seven innings while improving to 4-1 in his last five starts. He allowed three runs and seven hits, struck out seven and walked two.
“I felt a lot better mechanically today,” he said. “I worked on it a lot in between starts and today I felt really comfortable out there. I wasn’t really fighting myself on the mound. I really had to dig deep in the seventh inning to get through it.”