The Mets were able to take care of business this afternoon, coming from behind again to finish off the sweep of the Marlins. This is the second sweep of a division rival for the Mets this season.
Once again, great starting pitching took most of the headlines today. Jon Niese was awesome for the Mets, following in the week footsteps of Johan Santana and RA Dickey. He allowed two runs over seven innings.
But he was not able to get the win since the Mets offense was pretty stagnant for most of the afternoon. They scratched out a run in the first inning but then entered the bottom of the ninth with only that run to show. Miami pitchers continued their wild trend as Heath Bell walked three Mets before Justin 'Ginger Power!' Turner stepped up to the plate. Turned had the at bat of the season, working 14 pitches from the Marlins closer before finally being walked himself to push in the tying run.
That set the stage for rookie Kirk Nieuwenhuis, who had already collected a triple and a single. Nieuwenhuis continued his impressive big league stint with a rope to the right field and his first walk off hit.
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