MIAMI — They’ll always have Little Havana.
It took only three months for the Mets to again win a road series, but they got there Sunday with a near-complete performance against the NL East basement dwellers.
One small step for the Mets, but no giant leap of faith yet with their 6-2 victory over the Marlins to take two-of-three games in the series.
The Mets’ previous road series victory had occurred April 1-3, when they swept the Marlins here. Overall, the Mets are 19-32 on the road, as they prepare for six games this week in Minnesota and San Francisco to complete this trip.
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Robinson Cano had a second straight big offensive performance, delivering four hits including a solo homer in the seventh. A night earlier, Cano smashed a two-run homer in the eighth that scored the go-ahead runs. Seth Lugo and Robert Gsellman combined for 2 ²/₃ innings of relief, allowing one run, after Jeurys Familia stumbled in the seventh.
Jacob deGrom was removed after five innings in which he allowed one run on six hits with three walks and six strikeouts. It was the right-hander’s first start of fewer than six innings since May 27 in Los Angeles.
The Mets scored twice in the fourth to give deGrom a 3-1 lead. After loading the bases with nobody out, Adeiny Hechavarria’s grounder to shortstop brought in a run, as Miguel Rojas double clutched while initially looking toward the plate. With two outs in the inning and the bases loaded, Michael Conforto hit a ground ball into the shift, but beat Starlin Castro’s throw to first base for an RBI single.
Rojas’ RBI single got the Marlins their run against deGrom, who walked two batters in the inning. Jeff McNeil threw out Curtis Granderson attempting to score on Rojas’ single, ending the inning.
McNeil’s homer on the first pitch of the game got the Mets started. Pete Alonso was robbed of a homer later in the inning when Granderson reached above the left-field fence to snare a towering drive.