The New York Mets defeated the
Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday evening.
The game took place at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona and the final
score was 5-2 Mets. Dillon Gee started
for the Mets and pitched very well. The
bullpen threatened to blow it but they didn't. Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Andrew Brown and
Anthony Recker all had a couple of hits.
Gee pitched seven innings giving up
three hits and no runs. He walked none
and struck out three and earned his first win of the season. Kyle Farnsworth pitched 2/3 of an inning
giving up two hits and struck out one, Scott Rice retired the only batter that
he faced and Jose Valverde pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs
with a strikeout.
McCarthy started for the
Diamondbacks and pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and three runs with
three walks and five strikeouts.
McCarthy took his third loss of the season. Thatcher pitched to one batter and struck him
out, Oliver Perez pitched one inning giving up a hit and a walk with a
strikeout and Ziegler pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. Addison Reed pitched an inning giving up two
hits and two runs with one of them being earned.
Eric Young Jr. had a hit and drew a
walk, Murphy had two hits and an RBI and Wright had two hits and an RBI. Ike Davis had a hit and drew a walk, Brown
had two hits and Kirk Nieuwenhuis had an RBI.
Recker had two hits and an RBI, Ruben Tejada drew two walks and Gee had
an RBI. Brown and Recker each hit a
double and Recker hit a homerun. The
Mets were 2-13 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. Young, Wright and Murphy each had a stolen
base and Nieuwenhuis had an outfield assist.
Gerardo Parra had a hit, Aaron Hill
had a hit and an RBI and Paul Goldschmidt had two hits and an RBI. Martin Prado had three hits, Tony Campana had
a hit and Prado and Goldschmidt each hit a double. Hill and Goldschmidt each hit a homerun. The Diamondbacks were 0-5 with runners in
scoring position and left five men on base.
Reed and Montero each committed an error.
Recker hit a solo homerun in the
second inning to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.
Nieuwenhuis hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning to give the Mets a
2-0 lead. The Mets extended their lead
in the sixth on a Gee RBI groundout. In
the ninth they added their last two runs to take a 5-0 lead. Murphy and Wright each hit an RBI
single. In the bottom of the ninth Hill
and Goldschmidt hit back-to-back solo homeruns to make it 5-2 but that was the
final score.
The Mets swept the three game
series. They also completed a nine game
road trip with a 6-3 record and will now return home on Friday to take on the
Atlanta Braves. The Mets will have a day
off on Thursday. They will play three
against the Braves then four against the Cardinals and three against the
Marlins in a long home stand.
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