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Marlins left-hander Braxton Garrett gave up two-run homers to Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor, while Mets southpaw Joey Lucchesi pitched into the seventh inning in the Marlins' 11-2 loss to the Mets in Video Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader at Citi Field. Mark Vientos added a 3rd two-run shot for New York, which proceeds to play spoiler by winning eight of 11 video games versus Miami this season. Gamings continuing to be: at NYM, at PIT Standings upgrade: After Video game 1, the Marlins dropped to one video game back of the Cubs for the 3rd National League Wild Card area, that had yet to play the Braves, and rested just a half-game ahead of the Reds. Miami holds the neck and neck tiebreaker over Chicago, having taken four of 6 in the period series. Miami linked the period collection with Cincinnati, yet the Marlins hold the 2nd sudden death intradivisional document over the Reds. Garrett had actually held challengers to one made run or fewer in 4 successive starts, however he had not been sharp from the start. He walked leadoff batter Brandon Nimmo and gave up Alonso's 46th homer two batters later on. In the 3rd, with a jogger at 2nd and 2 outs, Garrett left a weight over the middle of the plate that Lindor lined over the left-center wall. Marlins supervisor Skip Schumaker pulled Garrett after 4 innings and 77 pitches. Garrett, who was scheduled to begin Tuesday's held off collection opener, would have remained in line to pitch in the period finale on Sunday on regular remainder Mets Shorts.
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