Jake Burger hit a home run and a double in the Miami Marlins’ 6-4 win over the New York Mets

Jake Burger hit a home run and a double to help the Miami Marlins beat the New York Mets 6-4 on Friday night.

Nick Fortes contributed two hits and an RBI, while Jazz Chisholm Jr. had two singles and a stolen base for Miami. Despite having the worst record in the NL at 33-63 entering Friday’s game, the Marlins were able to overcome Jeff McNeil’s two home runs for the Mets.

“I think our competitive spirit was on display today,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker noted. “We didn’t just want to go through the motions this season. We wanted to be out there competing.”

Trailing 5-4 in the eighth inning, New York threatened Miami reliever Calvin Faucher. José Iglesias walked and McNeil reached on an infield single, advancing on a wild pitch by Faucher. Iglesias was tagged out at home trying to score on Harrison Bader’s grounder to shortstop Xavier Edwards.

Tanner Scott relieved Faucher and ended the Mets’ rally by popping out Francisco Lindor. Scott, Miami’s NL All-Star representative, also threw a perfect ninth inning for his 15th save of the season.

“Tanner — I’ve said it before — he’s one of the best relievers in the major leagues,” Schumaker praised. “I considered letting him get five outs there, but that wouldn’t have been fair to him.”

Nick Fortes hit an RBI single against Dedniel Nuñez in the eighth inning to extend the Marlins’ lead.

The Mets, now 49-47, have rebounded strongly with a 25-12 record since dropping 11 games below .500 on June 2, a season low. Miami reliever Anthony Bender (4-2) earned the win after making the final out of the fifth inning.

The Marlins had built a 4-0 lead, which the Mets narrowed with a solo home run by McNeil and a sacrifice fly by JD Martinez against Edward Cabrera in the fifth inning.

Cabrera was removed after giving up his fifth walk of the game with two outs in the fifth inning. He gave up two runs and five hits in his outing.

Burger hit a home run in the fifth inning to extend Miami’s lead, before McNeil struck again in the sixth with a two-run home run off reliever Andrew Nardi.