Saturday, August 5, 2017

New York Mets are shutout by the Los Angeles Dodgers


The New York Mets were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 6-0.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he pitched ok.  Michael Conforto had two hits and the offense only managed four hits. 

deGrom pitched five innings and gave up five hits and three runs with three walks and eight strikeouts and lost his fifth game of the season.  Josh Smoker pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk, Chasen Bradford pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and three strikeouts and Erik Goeddel pitched a perfect inning. 

Yu Darvish pitched seven innings giving up three hits and no runs.  He walked one and struck out ten and won his seventh game of the season.  Josh Fields pitched an inning giving up a hit and Luis Avilan pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout. 

Conforto had two hits, Jay Bruce drew a walk and Yoenis Cespedes drew a walk.  Amed Rosario had a hit, deGrom had a hit and the Mets were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  deGrom had a stolen base and Rosario had a stolen base. 

Chris Taylor had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Corey Seager had three hits and drew a walk and Justin Turner had an RBI.  Joc Pederson drew two walks, Yasmani Grandal drew a walk and Chase Utley had a hit and two RBI.  Yasiel Puig had a hit and an RBI, Seager hit two doubles and Taylor, Puig and Utley each hit a homerun.  The Dodgers were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Pederson had a stolen base. 

In the first Taylor hit a solo homerun to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead.  In the second Puig hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 2-0.  In the fifth Turner hit into a double play and a run scored to make it 3-0.  In the sixth Utley hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 5-0.  In the seventh Turner hit a sac fly making it 6-0 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday afternoon.   

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