Gut Reaction: Mets sweep twinbill from Marlins (9/28/21)

All the Mets needed to break their losing streak was to play a doubleheader. Either that are the offensively challenged Marlins. Either way, the Mets swept a twinbill on Tuesday, winning the opener, 5-2, and the nightcap, 2-1. It’s an open question if it’s in the Mets’ best interests to win any more games the rest of the way.

In the first game, Francisco Lindor had two hits, including a homer, and drove in three runs to power the Mets to victory. Marcus Stroman picked up his 10th win of the season and Edwin Diaz pitched a 1-2-3 seventh inning to pick up his 31st save of the season.

The second game saw the return of Noah Syndergaard to the mound, the first time he’s pitched in the majors in over two years. Syndergaard needed just 10 pitches to complete his scheduled one inning of work. Tyler Williams relieved him in the second inning and gave up a homer on the first pitch he threw. It was the only run the Marlins would score the rest of the way, even with two innings with the zombie runner on second base in the eighth – against Jeurys Familia! – and ninth.

The Mets’ offense wasn’t much better but they have the excuse of facing the Marlins’ ace for five innings. Kevin Pillar tied the game in the sixth with an RBI single. James McCann hit a booming dribbler to bring home the winning run in the ninth, making a winner out of Brad Hand.