Michael Conforto was apupat. Edwin Diaz was apupat. Jacob deGrom snatched it.
Saturday afternoon at Citi Field there were no offensive highlights and bullpen by the Mets, making what should have been a celebrated performance by Grom another frustrating day for the right-hander of the montage.
DeGrom matched a maximum run with 14 tackles, but the Mets lost 3-0 to the Marlins in their last poster display and mistreatment to start the season.
The Mets (2-3) achieved just three hits and saw their nearest Diaz eliminated with two outs in the ninth after allowing two runs won. Conforto came out three times and finished 0 for 4. At the opening of the house two days earlier, he leaned on a playing field with the bases loaded in the ninth to force the game-winning run.
It was a second consecutive start to magnificent Grom that ended in a loss for Mets. At the opening of Monday’s season in Philadelphia, he threw six closed innings (eliminated after 77 pitches) and watched as he begged for the bullring in the eighth inning.
That day, he allowed a run in five hits in eight innings, getting all 14 attacks for the fourth time in his career.
Left-hander Trevor Rogers handled the Mets, allowing just three hits with 10 strikeouts and two runs for six innings. Brandon Nimmo’s double at the head of the game for the Mets was the only extra-base hit against Rogers.
Boos for wrestler Conforto intensified in the sixth, with his third consecutive attack on Rogers. Pete Alonso continued with an attack, leaving runners stranded in first and third place after deGrom had gotten a single on the field to head the entry and Brandon Nimmo walked. Concentration began to stagnate when Francisco Lindor withdrew, preceding the attacks of Conforto and Alonso.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. he jumped a 100 mph fast ball from deGrom in the second inning, crushing it on the second deck in right field to give the Marlins a 1-0 lead. Driving towards that bat-de-bat, deGrom had destroyed four of the five batters he faced.
DeGrom’s goal against Rogers to finish fifth was 10 p.m., which led him alone to second place in franchise history (he was previously tied with Dwight Gooden) for games that reached double digits. DeGrom has 47 double-digit pitching games in the race and only follows Tom Seaver (60) in Mets history.