Friday, March 15, 2013

The New York Mets lost to the Detroit Tigers 9-1

The New York Mets were defeated by the Detroit Tigers by the score of 9-1 on Thursday afternoon. The game took place at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Zach Lutz had a couple of hits for the Mets offense as they didn’t do much. Dillon Gee started and didn’t pitch well and Josh Edgin had a rough outing for the Mets. 
Gee pitched two innings giving up three hits and six runs with four walks taking the loss. LaTroy Hawkins pitched an inning giving up a hit, Edgin pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with two of them being earned and he had a strikeout and Greg Burke pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two. Pedro Feliciano pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and Robert Carson pitched an inning striking out one.

Jordany Valdespin had a hit, Josh Satin drew a walk and Marlon Byrd drew a walk. Andrew Brown had a hit, Mike Baxter drew a walk and Brandon Hicks drew a walk. Lutz had two hits and drew a walk, Anthony Recker had a hit and an RBI and Matthew den Dekker had a hit. The Mets were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. Lutz and Bixler each committed an error.

Doug Fister picked up the win pitching four innings giving up three hits and a run with two walks and four strikeouts. Casey Crosby pitched two innings giving up two hits and a walk with a strikeout, Phil Coke pitched a perfect inning and Darin Downs pitched an inning giving up a hit and two walks with two strikeouts. Bruce Rondon pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.

Quintin Berry had a hit, Andy Dirks drew two walks and Miguel Cabrera had two hits and two RBI. Kevin Russo had a hit, Victor Martinez had two hits and drew a walk and Matt Tuiasosopo had two hits and three RBI. Alex Avila had two RBI and drew a walk, Avisail Garcia had an RBI and Omar Infante had two hits and an RBI. Danny Worth had a hit, Tuiasosopo hit a double and a homerun and the Tigers were 4-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.

Avila had an RBI walk and Garcia was hit by a pitch bringing in another run and making it 2-0 Tigers in the first. Cabrera hit a two run single in the second and Tuiasosopo hit a two run homerun to make it a 6-0 game in favor of the Tigers. The Mets scored their only run in the second to cut the lead to 6-1. Recker hit an RBI single. The Tigers scored three more runs in the fourth to complete the scoring. Tuiasosopo hit an RBI double, Avila hit a sacrifice fly and Infante hit an RBI single.

The Mets record dropped to 6-8 in the spring and the Tigers improved to 11-8. The Mets will play at the Atlanta Braves on Friday afternoon and the Tigers will host the Toronto Blue Jays.

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