Saturday, April 14, 2018

New York Mets defeated the Milwaukee Brewers


The New York Mets defeated the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 6-5.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and he pitched ok and the bullpen was good.  Todd Frazier had three hits including two homeruns to lead the offense. 

Matz pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up three hits and four runs with three of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out five and won his first game of the season.  Seth Lugo pitched two innings giving up six hits and a run, AJ Ramos pitched to one batter and retired him and Jerry Blevins pitched to one batter giving up a hit.  Robert Gsellman pitched to one batter and retired him and Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and earned his seventh save of the season. 

Zach Davies pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and five runs.  He walked two and struck out four and lost his second game of the season.  Dan Jennings pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk, Oliver Drake pitched an inning with three strikeouts and Jacob Barnes pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Michael Conforto drew a walk, Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits and Yoenis Cespedes had two hits and an RBI.  Jay Bruce had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Adrian Gonzalez had an RBI and Frazier had three hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Jose Lobaton had a hit, Cabrera and Bruce each hit a double.  Lobaton hit a triple and Frazier hit two homeruns.  The Mets were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Bruce committed an error, Cespedes had an outfield assist. 

Lorenzo Cain had a hit and drew two walks, Domingo Santana had a hit and Ryan Braun had a hit and two RBI.  Travis Shaw had a hit and an RBI, Jesus Aguilar had three hits and Hernan Perez had two hits and two RBI.  Eric Sogard had a hit, Aguilar hit a double, Perez, Braun and Shaw each hit a homerun and the Brewers were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Cain had a stolen base and Aguilar committed an error. 

In the first Cespedes hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the second Frazier hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 2-0.  In the fourth Perez hit a two-run homerun to tie the game at two.  In the fourth Frazier hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 3-2 lead.  In the fifth Bruce hit an RBI double to push the lead to 4-2.  Gonzalez hit a sac fly and a wild pitch made it 6-2 Mets.  In the sixth Braun hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 6-4 and in the eighth Shaw hit a solo homerun to make it a 6-5 game and that was the final score. 

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

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