Miami, FL (My Sportsbook) - Jorge Cantu's single in the bottom of the ninth was the game-winner as Florida clipped the New York Mets, 5-4, at Dolphin Stadium.

Emilio Bonifacio began the rally with a one-out infield single off Pedro Feliciano (0-1). John Baker fanned, then Darren O'Day entered and issued a walk to Hanley Ramirez.

Cantu ended the game by dumping a base hit to left, allowing Bonifacio to come in safely. That made a winner of Matt Lindstrom (1-0), who was saddled with a blown save after failing to hold off New York in the top of the ninth.

Bonifacio finished 3-for-5 with three runs scored for the Marlins, who have begun the season with four straight wins after sweeping a three-game series from Washington. Florida had never begun a season with four straight wins since entering the majors in 1993.

"It's nice, but none of us were thinking about it," Lindstrom said of the franchise record. "We're taking it a game at a time. That's really the motivation in the clubhouse right now."

Ramirez was 3-for-4, including a solo homer, and drove in a pair, while Cantu had two hits with two RBI and Dan Uggla also homered. Anibal Sanchez started and hurled five innings of four-hit ball without allowing a run. He fanned five and walked three.

Carlos Beltran went 3-for-5 with a homer, two RBI and two runs scored for the Mets, who have dropped two in a row after opening the year with consecutive wins in Cincinnati.

Fernando Tatis and Jeremy Reed also knocked in a run each in the setback. Starter John Maine gave up two runs and two hits -- both homers -- over his five-inning start, striking out five with one walk.

Florida got on board in its first at-bat, with Ramirez launching a pitch over the wall in center. Uggla made it 2-0 in the second with a long leadoff solo shot into the upper-deck seats in left near the foul pole.

In the sixth, Beltran hit one into the seats in left to pull New York within 2-1 but could get no closer despite two on with two out.

Florida struck back with a run off Sean Green in the home half, as Cantu punched a single to left to score Bonifacio, who led off with a base hit.

New York plated a pair in the seventh to tie the game, as Beltran's fielder's choice grounder scored Daniel Murphy and later, pinch-hitter Tatis lifted a sac fly to left scoring David Wright, who had walked earlier.

The Marlins answered back off Bobby Parnell in their at-bat. Bonifacio reached on a two-out bunt single, Baker followed with a base hit, and Ramirez singled to center to bring in Bonifacio.

In the top of the ninth, Reed, pinch-hitting for Luis Castillo with two outs, stroked an RBI single off Lindstrom for a 4-4 deadlock.

"I'm just trying to get a pitch," Reed admitted. "I gotta come out and stay prepared for the whole game. Until you get in that box, it's a different look."

Game Notes

The Mets won 10 of 18 meetings in 2008...Ryan Church and Murphy also collected three hits for New York...Gary Sheffield, the former Marlin, walked in his lone pinch-hit at-bat and remained stuck on 499 career homers. He has hit more in Dolphin Stadium (68) than in any other ballpark.