Major League Baseball
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NY Mets 9, Florida 2
When: 1:10 PM ET, Sunday, April 3, 2011
Where: Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Greg Gibson, 1B - Todd Tichenor, 2B - Gerry Davis, 3B - Sam Holbrook
Attendance: 18936

Willie Harris hit a two-run home run to key a three-run first inning and Ike Davis added a solo shot in a four-run third, as the New York Mets spoiled veteran righthander Javier Vazquez's debut with the Florida Marlins, winning 9-2 to take two of three in the season-opening series between NL East rivals.

Vazquez (0-1) lasted just 2 1-3 innings, allowing seven runs -- four earned -- on six hits and walking five.

The Mets staked R.A. Dickey (1-0) to a 7-0 lead, and the knuckleballer made it hold up, limiting the Marlins to one unearned run on five hits while striking out seven over six innings.

The Marlins pulled within 7-2 and had the bases loaded in the seventh, but D.J. Carrasco struck out John Buck to end the inning.

Florida's bullpen kept it there -- with Brian Sanches working four hitless innings -- until New York scored two in the eighth.

After scoring just two runs on four hits in Friday's season-opening 6-2 loss, the Mets scored 15 runs on 21 hits in the final two games of the series.

Omar Infante and Gaby Sanchez each had two hits and an RBI for the Marlins.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Mets   Florida
R.A. Dickey Player Javier Vazquez
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 2.1
7 Strikeouts 1
5 Hits 6
0.00 ERA 15.43
Hitting
NY Mets   Florida
Ike Davis Player Gaby Sanchez
2 Hits 3
1 RBI 1
1 HR 0
5 TB 4
.400 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Mets 8 2 17 .222 25 5 6 9 1 0
Florida 11 0 14 .297 24 10 2 5 0 3