Michael Conforto drove in three runs, Jason Vargas pitched six effective innings and the Mets downed the Miami Marlins by a score of 5-2 on Thursday night to sweep a doubleheader.
Conforto clubbed a hard-hit double in front of the visitors’ bullpen in right-center field in the fifth inning, scoring two runs and putting New York in front, 3-2. The hot-hitting outfielder added an R.B.I. single in the seventh.
In the first game, Conforto and Todd Frazier hit back-to-back solo homers with two outs in the ninth to give New York a 4-3 win. The Mets had been held to just two hits up to that point, including starter Steven Matz’s first career home run.