Mets fall short despite Jeff McNeil’s resurgence

Despite the SNY booth spending much of the first inning pointing out how historically bad the Miami Marlins are when a lefty pitches against them, the Mets fell to the Marlins 6-4 on a night when they had a lefty on the mound.

Sean Manaea was not sharp, yielding a pair of runs in both the second and third innings. Things could have been even worse for Manaea if not for some strong defense behind him, including a leaping grap over the right field wall by Jeff McNeil in the first inning that robbed Bryan De La Cruz of a home run.

Edward Cabrera was not sharp either. In fact, he threw six straight balls to start the game, but the Mets were held at bay until the fifth when Jeff McNeil hit a solo…