Michael Conforto was yelled at. Edwin Diaz was yelled at. Jacob deGrom got the kick.
Saturday afternoon at Citi Field offered no offensive highlights from the Mets, which should have been a celebrated deGrom performance in yet another frustrating day for the right-hander.
DeGrom achieved a career high of 14 standouts, but the Mets lost 3-0 to the Marlins, just in their latest performance and the malaise to start the season.
The Mets (2-3) only succeed in three hits and watch as their closer Diaz is removed by two out in the ninth after allowing two earnings. Conforto hit three times and won 0-for-4. In the home team two days earlier, he had leaned in a pitch with the base loaded into the ninth to win the game.
It was a second straight start from DeGrom that ended in a Mets loss. In the season opener in Philadelphia on Monday, he saw six closing innings (after 77 spots removed) and saw the bullpen explode in the eighth inning.
On this day, he allowed once on five strokes over eight overs, and he reached 14 strokes for the fourth time in his career.
Left-hander Trevor Rogers handled the Mets by hand, allowing just three shots with 10 shots and two runs over six overs. Brandon Nimmo’s double lead on the Mets game was the only extra hit against Rogers.
Anger for the struggling Conforto intensified in the sixth with his third straight onslaught against Rogers. Pete Alonso followed through with a stroke, leaving runners in first and third place after deGrom caught up on an inside singles series to lead off the innings and walked Brandon Nimmo. The protest began to stagnate when Francisco Lindor retired, ahead of the attacks of Conforto and Alonso.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the second innings jumped a fast ball of 100 km / h from deGrom and crushed it in the second deck in the right field to give the Marlins a 1-0 lead. In the run-up to the bat, deGrom hit four of the five batsmen he faced.
DeGrom’s attack on Rogers to finish fifth was his tenth afternoon, and took him alone to second place in franchise history (he was previously equal to Dwight Gooden) for games that scored double figures. DeGrom has 47 double-digit playoffs in his career and follows only Tom Seaver (60) in Mets history.