The New York Mets lose again to the Pittsburgh Pirates

The New York Mets lose again to the Pittsburgh Pirates


The New York Mets lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. The final score was 4-2 and the game took place at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pensylvania. Carlos Torres pitched pretty well for the Mets and their bullpen was up and down. Eric Young Jr. and Marlon Byrd led the offense with a couple of hits each.

Torres pitched five innings giving up five hits and a run. He walked none and struck out five. David Aardsma pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run, Greg Burke pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout and Josh Edgin walked two batters. Germen pitched to one batter and retired him and Bobby Parnell pitched an inning striking out the side.

Young Jr. had two hits and drew a walk, Daniel Murphy had a hit and Byrd had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk. Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit and an RBI, John Buck had a hit and drew a walk and Omar Quintanilla had a hit and drew a walk. Nieuwenhuis hit a double and the Mets were 1-11 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. Young, Murphy and Wright each had a stolen base.

AJ Burnett pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and two runs. He walked four and struck out eight. Justin Wilson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out one, Mark Melancon pitched a perfect inning and Jason Grilli pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.

Jose Tabata had a hit, Andrew McCutchen had two hits and two RBI and Pedro Alvarez had a hit and drew a walk. Russell Martin had an RBI and drew a walk, Garrett Jones had a hit and Mercer had a hit and an RBI. Clint Barmes had two hits, Burnett had a hit and Snider had a hit. Jones hit a double and McCutchen hit a homerun, the Pirates were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.

In the fourth Nieuwenhuis hit an RBI double to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. Byrd hit an RBI single in the fifth to make it 2-0 Mets. Mercer hit an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth to cut the lead to 2-1. In the sixth McCutchen hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two. McCutchen hit an RBI single in the seventh and Martin had an RBI walk. The final score was 4-2 Pirates.

The Mets record fell to 40-49 and the Pirates record improved to 55-36. The two teams will play the final game of the series and first half on Sunday afternoon.