New York Mets fall to the Philadelphia Phillies

The New York Mets were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the final score was 4-2.  Jacob deGrom started but only pitched an inning, Robert Gsellman pitched well and Paul Sewald did not.  Brandon Nimmo, Asdrubal Cabrera and Yoenis Cespedes each had two hits.

deGrom pitched an inning with three walks and two strikeouts.  Gsellman pitched three innings giving up three hits and he walked two and struck out two, Sewald took his third loss of the season pitching two innings and giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout and AJ Ramos pitched an inning with a strikeout.  Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout. 

Aaron Nola pitched six innings giving up nine hits and a run with two walks and four strikeouts.  Nola won his sixth game of the season.  Tommy Hunter pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, Luis Garcia pitched to one batter and retired him and Seranthony Dominguez pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.  Edubray Ramos pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout and saved his first game of the season. 

Nimmo had two hits and drew two walks, Cabrera had two hits and an RBI and Cespedes had two hits and an RBI.  Adrian Gonzalez had a hit and drew a walk, Wilmer Flores had a hit and Michael Conforto had a hit.  Luis Guillorme had a hit, Amed Rosario had a hit and Cabrera hit a double and Cespedes hit a homerun.  The Mets were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Mesoraco had a passed ball and Rosario was caught stealing. 

Cesar Hernandez drew two walks, Aaron Altherr drew a walk and Odubel Herrera had a hit and drew a walk.  Rhys Hoskins had a hit, Carlos Santana had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Maikel Franco drew a walk.  Scott Kingery drew a walk, Jorge Alfaro had three hits and Nick Williams had a hit and three RBI.  Hoskins and Santana each hit a double and Williams and Santana each hit a homerun.  The Phillies were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the sixth Cespedes hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the sixth Williams hit a three-run homerun to give the Phillies a 3-1 lead.  In the seventh Cabrera hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 3-2.  Santana hit a solo homerun in the eighth to extend the lead to 4-2 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams were rained out on Saturday and split the two-game series.  The Mets will be off on Monday and begin a two-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at home on Tuesday night.