New York Mets rally back and win on a walk-off to defeat the Oakland Athletics

The New York Mets defeated the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 6-5.  Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch very well.  The Mets bullpen pitched well and Travis d’Arnaud had three hits to lead the offense. 

Wheeler pitched five innings giving up seven hits and five runs with four walks and six strikeouts.  Josh Smoker pitched an inning giving up a hit, Josh Edgin pitched two innings giving up two hits and a walk with a strikeout and Hansel Robles won his sixth game of the season pitching an inning with a walk. 

Sean Manaea pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up ten hits and four runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Blake Treinen pitched 1 1/3 innings with two strikeouts, Liam Hendriks pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and Daniel Coulombe pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Simon Castro lost his first game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout. 

Michael Conforto had two hits and an RBI, Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits and Wilmer Flores had two hits and an RBI.  Jay Bruce had a hit and two RBI, T.J. Rivera had a hit and Jose Reyes had two hits.  d’Arnaud had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Lucas Duda had a hit and an RBI and Cabrera, Flores, Conforto and d’Arnaud each hit a double.  Reyes hit two triples and Bruce and Flores each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

Matt Joyce had a hit and an RBI, Marcus Semien had a hit and drew a walk and Yonder Alonso had a hit.  Khris Davis had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Jedd Lowrie had a hit and drew a walk and Bruce Maxwell had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Matt Chapman had a hit and two RBI, Jaycob Brugman had two hits and Manaea drew a walk.  Ryan Healy had a hit, Maxwell hit a double and Joyce and Chapman each hit a homerun.  The Athletics were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Semien had a stolen base and Chpman committed an error. 

In the first Joyce hit a solo homerun to give the Athletics a 1-0 lead, Davis hit an RBI single, Maxwell hit an RBI double and Chapman hit a sac fly to make it 4-0.  In the third Chapman hit a solo homerun and the lead was pushed to 5-0.  In the sixth Bruce hit a two-run homerun, d’Arnaud hit an RBI single and Conforto hit an RBI double.  It was 5-4 Athletics.  In the eighth Duda hit an RBI single to tie the game at five and in the ninth Flores hit a solo homerun which was also a walk-off to give the Mets a 6-5 victory.