The Mets made the Marlins young ace Eury Perez work hard in the early innings—Perez stranded two in the first inning before surrendering a home run to Mark Vientos in the top of the second to give the Mets an early 1-0 lead.
The Mets extended that lead in the third thanks in part to some poor Miami defense. After Brandon Nimmo worked a leadoff walk, Ronny Mauricio ripped a single to right. An ill-advised Jesus Sanchez throw to third went awry, scoring Nimmo and allowing Mauricio to advance all the way to third. He would score from there on a Pete Alonso sacrifice fly.