MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Mets’ Zack Wheeler won his fifth straight start, pitching seven solid innings and sending New York over the Miami Marlins 6-2 on Friday night.
Wheeler (7-6) allowed four hits and two runs. He struck out eight and walked one.
Wheeler’s scoreless-inning streak ended at 23 when he gave up a two-run homer to Miguel Rojas with two outs in the seventh, making it 4-2.
Amed Rosario had three hits and drove in two runs, Kevin Plawecki knocked in two and Austin Jackson had three hits for the Mets, who have won three of four.