New York Mets slaughter the Colorado Rockies at home

The New York Mets defeated the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 14-2.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he pitched well.  Yoenis Cespedes led the offense with four hits and Jose Reyes had three hits. 

deGrom pitched eight innings giving up four hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out 11.  deGrom won his 10^th game of the season and Josh Edgin pitched an inning giving up two hits and no runs with a walk and two strikeouts.   

Jon Gray pitched two innings giving up nine hits and eight runs with three walks and a strikeout.  Gray lost his first game of the season.  Zac Rosscup pitched two innings giving up three hits and a run with three strikeouts, Mike Dunn pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts and Jordan Lyles pitched two innings giving up five hits and three runs with two strikeouts.  Scott Oberg pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with three walks. 

Michael Conforto had two hits and four RBI with two walks, Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Cespedes had four hits and an RBI.  Jay Bruce had a hit and drew a walk, T.J. Rivera had two hits and three RBI and Lucas Duda had two hits and drew a walk.  Reyes had three hits and an RBI, Travis d’Arnaud had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and deGrom had two hits and an RBI.  Curtis Granderson drew a walk, Reyes, Cespedes and T. Rivera each hit a double.  T. Rivera and Conforto each hit a homerun and the Mets were 7-16 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  deGrom committed an error and Cespedes had an outfield assist. 

Charlie Blackmon had two hits, D.J. LeMahieu had a hit and drew a walk and Nolan Arenado had a hit.  Gerardo Parra had two hits and an RBI, Carlos Gonzalez drew a walk and Blackmon hit a double.  The Rockies were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

In the first Parra hit an RBI single giving the Rockies a 1-0 lead.  In the second d’Arnaud hit an RBI ground out to tie the game at one.  deGrom hit an RBI single and it was 2-1 Mets.  In the third T. Rivera hit a two-run double to push the lead to 4-1.  Reyes hit an RBI single, Conforto hit an RBI ground out and Cabrera hit a two-run single to make it 8-1 Mets.  In the fourth T. Rivera hit a solo homerun and the lead was 9-1.  In the sixth a wild pitch cut the lead to 9-2.  In the seventh Conforto hit a three-run homerun and the lead was extended to 12-2.  In the eighth Cabrera drew an RBI walk, Cespedes hit an RBI single and it was 14-2.  14-2 would be the final score as the Mets look to have a better second half of the season.