Monday, June 4, 2018

New York Mets fall to the Chicago Cubs in exra innings


The New York Mets were defeated by the Chicago Cubs on Saturday.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 7-1 in 14 innings.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he pitched well, the bullpen had mixed results though.  Amed Rosario and Luis Guillorme each had two hits to lead the offense. 

deGrom pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and a run with two walks and 13 strikeouts.  Robert Gsellman pitched an inning with a walk and three strikeouts, Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts and Jerry Blevins pitched an inning giving up a hit and two walks with two strikeouts.  Hansel Robles pitched an inning with a strikeout, Tim Peterson pitched two innings giving up three hits and a walk with three strikeouts and Buddy Baumann pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and four runs with two walks and he lost his second game of the season.  Gerson Bautista pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs.   

Mike Montgomery pitched six innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and four strikeouts.  Cory Mazzoni pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Justin Wilson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with four strikeouts and Luke Farrell pitched five innings giving up two hits and two walks with seven strikeouts and he won his second game of the season.  Brandon Morrow pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Jose Bautista had a hit and drew a walk, Michael Conforto had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Jose Lobaton drew a walk.  Kevin Plawecki drew a walk, Guillorme had two hits and Rosario had two hits.  Adrian Gonzalez had a hit, Bautista hit a double and Conforto hit a homerun.  The Mets were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Plaweciki committed two errors and Cabrera committed an error.  Nimmo had an outfield assist. 

Ben Zobrist had two hits, two RBI and drew two walks, Jason Heyward had four hits and Javier Baez had a hit and two RBI.  Kris Bryant had a hit, Anthony Rizzo had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Wilson Contreras had a hit and drew two walks.  Kyle Schwarber had two hits and drew a walk, Albert Almora Jr. had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Addison Russell had a hit and drew a walk, Ian Happ had a hit and drew a walk and Heyward, Almora Jr. and Zobrist each hit a double.  Baez hit a homerun and the Cubs were 6-17 with runners in scoring position and left 17 men on base.  Rizzo, Happ and Zobrist each had a stolen base.  Russell and Bryant each committed an error. 

In the sixth Rizzo hit an RBI single to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the sixth Conforto hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the 14th Almora hit a two-run double, Zobrist hit a two-run double and Baez hit a two-run homerun to give the Cubs a 7-1 lead and that would be the final score. 

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

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