MIAMI — Sometimes in baseball, you get a tense, back-and-forth game full of lead changes that makes each pitch feel like the most important of the game.
Then sometimes, like the Mets and Marlins did in two hours and 34 minutes on Saturday night in Miami, you get a game in which both teams look like they have plans afterward. The Mets’ 4-0 win over their sinking NL East pals was close heading into the final two frames but never felt dramatic. A third-inning home run from Jeff McNeil — which came out of the eighth spot as the All-Star’s .183 batting average in July moved him down in the order — was bolstered by Francisco Lindor and J.D. Davis’ matching solo shots in the eighth and kept anyone in blue and orange from having to break into a nervous sweat.
Those were also the only offensive highlights of the game, unless you count Marlins’ rookie Charles LeBlanc recording his first MLB hit and then immediately getting picked off second by catcher Tomas Nido.
