Marlins 6, Mets 0
NEW YORK -- Rookie left-hander Adam Conley allowed three hits over seven shutout innings Wednesday night, when the Miami Marlins hit three solo homers in a 6-0 win over the New York Mets at Citi Field.
Third baseman Martin Prado (fourth inning), catcher J.T. Realmuto (fifth inning) and first baseman Justin Bour (eighth inning) all homered as the Marlins (63-83) won their second straight to take a three-game series with the Mets for the second time this month. Bour also lofted a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
The magic number for the Mets (83-63) to win the National League East remains 10. The Mets' lead over Washington fell to 7 1/2 games by virtue of the Nationals' win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
The seven innings were a career-high for Conley, who threw as many as six innings in just one of his first seven starts. He entered Wednesday having allowed eight runs over 14 1/3 innings in his last three starts.
But Conley (4-1) was in complete command Wednesday, when he retired the first 10 batters he faced before Mets third baseman David Wright doubled to left. Wright (2-for-4) was the only Mets player to get as far as second base against Conley, who walked none and struck out three.
The Mets stirred in the eighth against left-hander Mike Dunn, who issued a pair of walks around two fly-outs before right-hander Bryan Morris retired Wright on a grounder to short to end the inning.
Second baseman Dee Gordon and center fielder Christian Yelich had back-to-back RBI singles in the ninth. Gordon, Prato and Realmuto all finished with two hits.
Right-hander Bartolo Colon (14-12) took the loss after allowing three runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out two over 5 2/3 innings.
NOTES: RHP Matt Harvey will start for the Mets in the finale of this weekend's Subway Series against the Yankees. Starting Harvey on Sunday allows the Mets, who are trying to keep him at or around 180 regular season innings, to skip him one more time but still have him available for the final series of the season against the Washington Nationals Oct. 2-4. ... Mets manager Terry Collins seemed pessimistic that LHP Dario Alvarez, who suffered a groin injury Tuesday and underwent an MRI on Wednesday, would be available anytime soon. ... Marlins manager Dan Jennings turned 55 Wednesday. ... Jennings said Marlins RF Giancarlo Stanton (broken left hamate bone) got a clean bill of health from a hand doctor Monday and just needs to regain strength in the hand before he can return to the lineup.