Wednesday, May 30, 2018

New York Mets lose a close one on a walk-off to the Atlanta Braves


The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves on Monday afternoon.  The game took place at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 4-3.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he pitched very well.  Devin Mesoraco and Luis Guillorme each had two hits to lead the offense. 

deGrom pitched seven innings giving up five hits and a run with three walks and eight strikeouts.  Seth Lugo lost his first game of the season and blew his first save pitching 1 1/3 innings and giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Max Fried pitched five innings giving up four hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked four and struck out six.  Jesse Biddle pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Sam Freeman pitched an inning with three strikeouts and Shane Carle won his third game of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts. 

Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit, Michael Conforto drew a walk and Jose Bautista had a hit and drew two walks.  Mesoraco had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Guillorme had two hits and an RBI and Amed Rosario had a hit.  deGrom drew a walk, Guillorme hit a double and Mesoraco hit a homerun.  The Mets were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Rosario had a stolen base and Bautista was caught stealilng and Conforto was picked off. 

Ozzie Albies had two hits, Freddie Freeman had two hits and drew a walk and Nick Markakis had a hit and an RBI.  Tyler Flowers had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Preston Tucker drew a walk and Johan Camargo had a hit and drew a walk.  Charlie Culberson had a hit and two RBI.  Flowers and Culberson each hit a homerun and the Braves were 0-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Dansby Swanson committed an error and Flowers had a passed ball.  Fried had two pickoffs. 

In the first Mesoraco drew an RBI walk to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Guillorme hit an RBI double to push the lead to 2-0.  In the seventh Flowers hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the eighth Markakis hit a sac fly to tie the game at two.  In the ninth Mesoraco hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 3-2 lead.  In the bottom of the ninth Culberson hit a solo walk-off homerun to give the Braves a 4-3 victory. 

The two teams will play game two of the day at night and then another game on Tuesday night. 

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