New York Mets defeat the San Diego Padres

The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres on Monday night.  The game took place at Petco Park in San Diego, California and the final score was 5-3.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he pitched well.  Asdrubal Cabrera led the offense with three hits. 

deGrom pitched eight innings giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and eight strikeouts.  deGrom won his 12^th game of the season.  Addison Reed saved his 17^th game of the season pitching an inning and giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout. 

Clayton Richard pitched eight innings giving up 12 hits and five runs with two walks and eight strikeouts.  Richard lost his 11^th game of the season.  Jose Ruis pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout. 

Michael Conforto had a hit, Cabrera had three hits and drew a walk and Yoenis Cespedes had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks.  Jay Bruce had two hits and two RBI, Wilmer Flores had a hit and an RBI and Lucas Duda had two hits.  Jose Reyes had a hit, Travis d’Arnaud had a hit and an RBI and Duda, Conforto and Cabrera each hit a double.  Cespedes hit a triple and Flores, Cespedes, Bruce and d’Arnaud each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Reyes had a stolen base. 

Jose Pirela had two hits, Carlos Asuaje had a hit and an RBI and Wil Myers drew a walk.  Hunter Renfroe had two hits and two RBI, Cory Spangenberg drew a walk and Manuel Margot had two hits.  Hector Sanchez had a hit, Pirela and Asuaje each hit a double.  Renfroe hit two homeruns and the Padres were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Spangenberg committed an error. 

In the second Flores hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third Cespedes hit an RBI triple to extend the lead to 2-0. Bruce hit an RBI single to push the lead to 3-0.  In the fifth Bruce hit an RBI single and the lead was 4-0.  In the seventh Renfroe hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 4-1.  In the eighth d’Arnaud hit an RBI single to push the lead to 5-1.  In the bottom of the eighth Asuaje hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 5-2.  In the ninth Renfroe hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 5-3 and that would be the final score.