It started as an ugly blowout, it turned into a thrilling comeback, and it ended as a heartbreaking 11-8 loss. Whatever you call it, the Mets’ Saturday afternoon scramble with the Miami Marlins fit perfectly in a series thus far defined by offensive firepower and sloppy defense.

Doing their best imitation of the Mets last night, the Marlins scored five runs off David Peterson in the first. The last time the Mets scored and surrendered five runs in the first inning on consecutive days was somehow exactly 38 years ago, on August 29 and August 30 against the 1987 Giants. Much like in Thursday’s series opener, the Fish were aided by shoddy Met defense, with a potential double play ball bouncing off David Peterson’s glove and a potential fly out sailing over the head of a Brandon Nimmo in left

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