New York Mets are defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers

The New York Mets were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California and the final score was 8-2.  Tyler Pill started for the Mets and didn’t pitch well.  Curtis Granderson had three hits to lead the offense. 

Pill pitched six innings giving up five hits and six runs with five of them being earned.  He walked three and struck out six and took his third loss of the season.  Neil Ramirez pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with two walks and three strikeouts and Erik Goeddel pitched to one batter and retired him. 

Rich Hill won his fourth game of the season pitching five innings and giving up four hits and a run.  He walked three and struck out eight.  Sergio Romo pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts, Grant Dayton pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Brandon Morrow pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two.  Luis Avilan pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout. 

Granderson had three hits and two RBI, Wilmer Flores had a hit and Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and drew a walk.  Jay Bruce drew two walks, Travis d’Arnaud had a hit and Gavin Cecchini had a hit.  Flores, Cespedes and Granderson each hit a double and Granderson hit a homerun.  The Mets were 1-14 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  T. Rivera and Bruce each committed an error. 

Corey Seager had a hit and drew a walk, Cody Bellinger had a hit and Logan Forsythe had a hit and an RBI.  Yasmani Grandal had two hits and two RBI, Joc Pederson drew three walks and Yasiel Puig had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk.  Hill had an RBI, Austin Barnes had a hit and an RBI and Bellinger and Forsythe each hit a double.  Puig hit a homerun and Grandal hit two homeruns.  The Dodgers were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Seager had a stolen base and Utley committed an error. 

In the first Granderson hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third Hill hit a sac fly to tie the game at one.  In the fourth Forsythe hit an RBI double to give the Dodgers a 2-1 lead, Puig hit a three-run homerun to push the Dodgers lead to 5-1.  In the sixth Grandal hit a solo homerun and it was 6-1.  In the bottom of the eighth Grandal hit another solo homerun to make it 7-1.  Barnes hit an RBI single and it was 8-1 Dodgers.  In the ninth Granderson hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 8-2 and that was the final score.