The Mets were swept by the Miami Marlins after a 4-0 loss on Sunday afternoon.

Here are the takeaways...

-- We pick this one up in the bottom of the ninth inning of a 0-0 tie where closer Devin Williams gave up a leadoff double to Christopher Morel. After a perfect sacrifice bunt moved the runner over to third base, Williams walked Liam Hicks and then Xavier Edwards intentionally to load the bases and set up a possible double play.

Instead, Heriberto Hernandez hit a grand slam to give the Marlins a 4-0 win.

-- Christian Scott started the game and had his best (and longest) outing of the season after keeping the Marlins scoreless for 5.2 innings.

The right-hander had some trouble to work out of in the early part of the game, like leaving a runner stranded at second base in the first inning following a one-out double by Edwards and escaping a bases-loaded jam in the third after allowing a single and back-to-back walks with one out.

Both times, Scott got the second out of the frame with a strikeout to give himself some wiggle room, ultimately getting out of harm's way unscathed and keeping Miami off the board.

-- In the fourth, the right-hander once again had to deal with runners on the basepaths following a leadoff single by Otto Lopez and a one-out HBP. Once again, Scott struck out the next batter before ending the inning with a flyout.

-- After a 1-2-3 fifth inning and at 83 pitches thrown, Scott went back out for the sixth for the first time this season and retired the first two hitters of the inning. A single by Jakob Marsee ended his afternoon, though, as manager Carlos Mendoza pulled his youngster for Huascar Brazoban.

It was easily Scott’s best start of the year as he lowered his season ERA to 3.20, but with the game tied 0-0 once he left, Scott would not factor into the decision and will have to wait for his next start for an opportunity to get his first career win.

-- New York’s offense wasn’t able to help out its starting pitcher as it matched the Marlins’ scoring drought over nine innings.

After scoring just two runs in the first two games, the Mets' bats, without Juan Soto, who was scratched from the lineup due to an illness, continued to stall and were held scoreless against Tyler Phillips (3.2 IP, 2 H, 2 BB), Calvin Faucher (1.1 IP, 2 H), John King (0.2 IP, 1 BB), Anthony Bender (1.0 IP, 1 BB), Michael Peterson (1.1 IP, 2 K) and Pete Fairbanks (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K).

-- Neither team could get the big hit when it mattered the most for most of the game, combining to go 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position until Edwards hit one up the middle with runners on first and second in the bottom of the seventh.

However, the hit did not yield a run as A.J. Ewing came up firing in center field and delivered a perfect two-hopper to Luis Torrens at home plate who tagged out Javier Sanoja to keep the game scoreless. Heriberto Hernandez followed with another hit with RISP, an infield single that loaded the bases against Brooks Raley, but the veteran lefty did not flinch and got the next batter to ground out to second to end the inning.

-- The Marlins made a great defensive play of their own in the top of the ninth inning when the catcher Hicks threw out pinch-runner Nick Morabito trying to steal second base after MJ Melendez led off the inning with a single.

Game MVP: Heriberto Hernandez

In a game that was scoreless until one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, Hernandez had the big blow with his grand slam.

Here are the takeaways...

Game MVP: Heriberto Hernandez

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