Final, Mets 6-5: Old friend Boof Bonser comes for the ninth and slams the door shut to preserve the win for the Mets.
Tim Federowicz picked up his second hit of the afternoon with two outs, but the Sox couldn't do anything with it.
The Red Sox are right back at it on Monday when they host the Baltimore Orioles at 1 p.m. from City of Palms Park in Fort Myers.
Be sure to check back on Monday for all of the updates from that one.
End 8th, Mets 6-5: As quickly as the Red Sox tie it up, the Mets take the lead right back.
Lucas Duda's solo home run off of Alex Wilson gives the Mets a 6-5 lead heading to the top of the ninth.
The Sox are down to their final outs.
Mid 8th, 5-5: It's a new year, but there are still more late-inning collapses out of the Mets bullpen.
This time, it's a Josh Reddick two-run home run off of John Lujan erasing New York's lead.
Reddick followed Daniel Nava's second hit of the afternoon with a round-tripper to right tying the game 5-5.
Nava's day is over after going 2-for-3 with a double, single and walk, made even more impressive when you consider that he missed the bus and then had to drive across Florida for the game.
End 7th, Mets 5-3: Rich Hill finishes off a nice little outing with an easy 1-2-3 inning in the home half of the seventh.
Hill is likely done for the day after two innings of work. He gave up just one hit, struck out one and didn't issue a walk for the Sox.
Mid 7th, Mets 5-3: With Andrew Miller scheduled to take the hill, the smart money was on the big lefty to have the best performance of former North Carolina Tar Heels.
That distinction, though, will likely belong to Tim Federowicz.
The young catching prospect hit a deep home run in his first at-bat of the afternoon off of Taylor Tankersley. The wind played a factor in how far it went, but Federowicz tagged it pretty well regardless.
It's time to stretch in Port St. Lucie, as the Sox now trail 5-3.
End 6th, Mets 5-2: Milton native Rich Hill follows Hideki Okajima with a nice inning of his own.
Hill worked around Scott Hairston's second hit of the day to work a pretty clean frame.
Third baseman Will Middlebrooks made a very nice catch, as well, going into the Mets bullpen to make a tricky backhanded catch.
Mid 6th, Mets 5-2: The Red Sox strand a Daniel Nava walk in the sixth, and they're down to their final nine outs.
It's been a tough day for the guys following Nava in the lineup. Josh Reddick and Lars Anderson are a combined 0-for-6 with a pair of strikeouts.
Anderson went down swinging to end the visiting half of the sixth.
Rich Hill is the latest lefty reliever to hit the mound for the Sox.
End 5th, Mets 5-2: Good job done by Hideki Okajima in his ongoing audition for the left-handed bullpen spot.
Okajima breezed through a 1-2-3 inning retiring David Wright and Carlos Beltran before cooling off Jason Bay to end the inning.
Ryota Igarashi comes on for the Mets who have a bunch of changes. We are approaching "fog of spring training" territory as the Sox start to make changes, as well.
Mid 5th, Mets 5-2: Francisco Rodriguez is trying to put a tumultuous 2010 behind him, and innings like that will certainly help.
K-Rod retired the Sox in order in the fifth, making quick work of Luis Exposito, Marco Scutaro and Ryan Kalish.
Hideki Okajima is now pitching for the Red Sox.
End 4th, Mets 5-2: Andrew Miller was much, much better in his second inning of work.
After paying for some misplaced fastballs in the third, Miller turned to the offspeed stuff in the fourth.
He threw three dirty breaking balls to Reyes before getting him to ground out, and then froze Angel Pagan to end the inning.
Good job of bouncing back and throwing strikes by Miller in his second inning of work. The breaking ball looked sharp in the second inning of work, and the ability to bounce back will be noted by the Sox.
Francisco Rodriguez on for the Mets.
End 3rd, Mets 5-1: Andrew Miller did something he hasn't done all spring — he threw a ball. Actually, he threw a few and ended up having a pretty rough inning.
Like Bowden, the Mets made Miller pay for his questionable control to the tune of three earned runs.
Miller looked like he may be able to get out it after giving up a leadoff double to Angel Pagan, but Jason Bay delivered an RBI single.
Ike Davis followed with a two-run home run to right field to break things open some. Miller then gave up a rope to Scott Hairston before finally getting out of the frame.
Real quick, I saw Davis play at Arizona State a few years back. He hit a ball over the light tower, over the highway and into a parking lot. Unlike many "prospects," Davis already has major league power. After spending the majority of last season in the bigs, expect him to have a big year, even in spacious Citi Field.
More on Miller once his afternoon is over.
Mid 3rd, Mets 2-1: The Red Sox get one back in the top of the 3rd, when Juan Carlos Linares hits a home run that just kept on going.
Keep an eye on that for the rest of the afternoon. With storms in the area, the wind is swirling in Port St. Lucie. We saw it on a Jose Reyes popout to the catcher in the first, and that Linares home run just kept going and going.
If balls get up into that jet stream, it could be a long day for pitchers.
Niese picks up strikeout No. 4 on a borderline pitch to Ryan Kalish, a pitch that if it were thrown to a major league veteran in July, certainly would not have been a strike.
End 2nd, Mets 2-0: For the second inning in a row, Michael Bowden falls behind early, and this time, the Mets make him pay.
After allowing singles to both Carlos Beltran and Jason Bay (after falling behind to both), Bowden was able to get two quick outs.
However, Daniel Murphy hit a single to right that scored Beltran. The throw to the plate was cut off, and Murphy got in a rundown long enough for Bay to sneak in the back door. Making matters worse, the Red Sox threw home from the rundown, a throw that was obviously too late, that also allowed Murphy to take second base safely.
After a two-out walk, Bowden retired Jose Reyes to end the inning.
Mid 2nd, 0-0: Sometimes it's tough to tell whether a quick-moving spring training game is a pitcher in control, batters wanting to get out of there as quickly as possible or both.
So far, at least as far as the Red Sox offense is concerned, it seems that it's more Niese than anything else.
The lefty just worked a quick 1-2-3 inning, striking out Josh Reddick for his third K of the day.
End 1st, 0-0: Michael Bowden works a perfect bottom frame in the first, retiring three potential All-Stars this season Jose Reyes, Angel Pagan and David Wright.
That said, a little dicey for Bowden in the first. He fell behind Reyes 2-0 to begin the inning, and then gave up a couple of loud outs to Pagan and Wright.
Regardless, no damage done for Bowden who was working out of the stretch.
Mid 1st, 0-0: The Red Sox strand a runner in the first, as Jon Niese works around a two-out double from Jed Lowrie.
Niese made quick work of the Sox, getting a groundout and a pair of strkeouts. Both K's looked to be on the cutter, a pitch that had Daniel Nava tied up in knots to end the inning and strand Lowrie at second.
1:00 p.m.: Jon Niese toes the rubber today for the Mets. He threw three scoreless innings in his spring training debut, and he's expected to be the team's No. 3 starter this season.
He battled back admirably from injuries last season, en route to throwing 174 2/3 innings in the No. 5 slot for New York.
12:00 p.m.: Sunday should be a good opportunity for Red Sox fans, and more importantly the Red Sox themselves, to see Andrew Miller up against a legitimate major league lineup. That is, if the majority of Mets regulars are still in the game when Miller takes the bump.
Miller had a dazzling debut in a Red Sox uniform. He threw an inning against the Twins, throwing only seven pitches — they were all strikes. Two strikeouts and a groundout ensued.
On Thursday, he took the hill against the Phillies. Six more pitches, six more strikes.
Not a bad start.
11:40 a.m.: Not surprisingly, the Red Sox are going with a lineup pretty heavy on backups and minor leaugers on Sunday afternoon across the state in Port St. Lucie.
The Mets, on the other hand, are rolling out a lineup chock full of major league talent.
Here's how both squads will start, per The Boston Globe.
Red Sox
Marco Scutaro SS
Ryan Kalish CF
Jed Lowrie 2B
Daniel Nava DH
Josh Reddick RF
Lars Anderson 1B
Will Middlebrooks 3B
Juan Carlos Linares LF
Luis Exposito C
Pitchers: RHP Michael Bowden (starting), LHP Hideki Okajima, LHP Andrew Miller, LHP Rich Hill.
Mets
Jose Reyes SS
Angel Pagan CF
David Wright 3B
Carlos Beltran DH
Jason Bay LF
Ike Davis 1B
Scott Hairston RF
Daniel Murphy 2B
Mike Nickeas C
Pitchers: LHP Jonathon Niese, RHP Armando Rodriguez, RHP Francisco Rodriguez, LHP Taylor Tankersley, RHP Manny Alvarez, RHP Boof Bonser.
8 a.m.: The Red Sox and Mets may or may not play their scheduled game in Port St. Lucie on Sunday afternoon. Thunderstorms are in the forecast putting the game in jeopardy. If the two teams do get things off, the Sox will do so without Jon Lester.
Lester was scheduled to start on Sunday, but a bout with the flu has him sidelined. Of course, the cross-state trip to the northeast probably made the decision a little easier, as well.
Instead of the ace left-hander, Boston is expected to send Michael Bowden to the hill in his Lester's place. The flu bug has also taken a bite out of J.D. Drew, apparently, as he won't play against the Metropolitans on Sunday, either.
Be sure to check back throughout the morning for updates, and weather permitting, we'll have baseball, with the first pitch scheduled for 1:10 p.m.
