Realmuto's walk-off homer lifts Marlins past Mets
MIAMI -- J.T. Realmuto hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th as the Miami Marlins rallied to defeat the New York Mets 5-4 on Tuesday night at Marlins Park.
Realmuto's homer, off reliever Paul Sewald (0-6), was his 17th of the season. Kyle Barraclough (6-2) earned the win after tossing a scoreless top of the 10th.
It was Realmuto's second career walk-off hit and his first career walk-off homer.
Before Realmuto's blast, Miami rallied to score three runs in the bottom of the ninth, tying the score 4-4. The rally happened against former Marlins closer AJ Ramos, who entered the game to start the ninth with a 4-1 lead, looking for the 100th save of his career.
Ramos gave up a solo homer to Justin Bour and RBI singles to A.J. Ellis and Ichiro Suzuki.
The Marlins (71-80) won consecutive games for the first time since Aug. 27. They have lost 17 of their past 22 games but lead the season series against the Mets 11-7.
New York (65-86) has lost seven of its past nine games overall.
Travis d'Arnaud, who is batting .364 (12-for-33) with three homers and nine RBIs against the Marlins this year, slugged his 13th homer of the season in the sixth inning. The two-run shot snapped a 1-1 tie.
He tied his career high in homers and set his personal best in RBIs (47).
Miami right fielder Giancarlo Stanton, who leads the majors with 55 homers, went 0-for-1 with four walks. It was his first four-walk game of the season, and he is on pace to hit 59 homers this year.
Both starters took no-decisions.
New York's Seth Lugo allowed four hits, one walk and one run in five innings. The Mets have won 15 of Lugo's past 23 starts, and he is 3-0 in his career against Miami.
Miami's Odrisamer Despaigne pitched a quality start. He allowed six hits, one walk and three runs in six innings, but he has not won a game since 2015.
The teams traded solo homers early. New York's Jose Reyes pulled a pitch to right in the first inning for his 14th homer of the season. Miami's Christian Yelich hit an opposite-field homer to left in the fourth to tie the score 1-1.
After d'Arnaud's homer gave New York the lead, the Mets increased their advantage to 4-1 on a ninth-inning, two-out RBI single by Reyes, who hit an 0-2 pitch from reliever Javy Guerra.
In the bottom of the ninth, Bour homered, and Miami put runners on the corners with one out before Ramos struck out Dee Gordon swinging. After Ellis singled, Suzuki tied the score by slapping a run-scoring single to left.
NOTES: Marlins SS Miguel Rojas, who hadn't played since Sunday due to a shoulder injury, entered the game in the eighth inning as a defensive replacement. ... Miami is on its fourth starting shortstop of the season, Mike Aviles. Before him, it was Adeiny Hechavarria (traded), J.T. Riddle (injured) and Rojas. ... Marlins 2B Dee Gordon has 55 steals and trails National League-leader Billy Hamilton of the Cincinnati Reds by three. ... Mets SS Amed Rosario (stomach illness) missed his second straight game and may not return until Friday. He missed six games in July at Triple-A Las Vegas due to a similar ailment. He also missed six games due to a finger injury and one with a hip ailment. ... Mets RHP Noah Syndergaard (lat) is hoping to return and make two starts before the season ends.