New York Mets outlast the Minnesota Twins

The New York Mets defeated the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 9-6.  Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets and pitched well, his final line doesn’t indicate how well he pitched.  The Mets bullpen was not good and Jeff McNeil led the offense with a couple of hits. 

Syndergaard pitched seven innings giving up five hits and four runs with no walks and seven strikeouts.  He won his first game of the season.  Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and Edwin Diaz pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with three strikeouts. 

Jake Odorizzi pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up a hit and three runs with four walks and three strikeouts.  Odorizzi lost his second game of the season.  Andrew Vaszuez pitched giving up three runs and two walks without recording an out, Trevor Hildenberger pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Martin Perez pitched two innings giving up three hits and three runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Trevor May pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit and an RBI, Pete Alonso had an RBI and drew two walks and Robinson Cano had an RBI and drew two walks.  Michael Conforto had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk, Wilson Ramos had a hit and two RBI and McNeil had two hits and an RBI.  Amed Rosario drew two walks, J.D. Davis drew a walk and Syndergaard drew a walk.  Juan Lagares drew a walk and the Mets were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Lagares had a stolen base and Ramos had a passed ball. 

Max Kepler had two hits and an RBI, Jorge Polanco drew a walk and Mitch Garver had two hits and an RBI.  Jonathan Schoop had three hits and an RBI, Byron Buxton had a hit and an RBI and Jake Cave had a hit and an RBI.  Schoop and Kepler each hit a double and Buxton hit a triple.  Garver hit a homerun and the Twins were 4-8 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. 

In the third Kepler hit an RBI single to give the Twins a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth a hit-by-pitch tied the game at one.  Alonso drew an RBI walk, Cano drew an RBI walk and Conforto drew an RBI walk.  Ramos hit a two-run single and it was 6-1 Mets.  In the seventh Conforto hit a two-run single to push the lead to 8-1 Mets.  McNeil hit an RBI single and it was 9-1 Mets.  In the eighth Schoop hit an RBI double, Buxton hit an RBI triple and Cave hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 9-4.  Willians Astudillo hit into a double play and a run scored to make it a 9-5 game.  In the ninth Garver hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 9-6. 

The Mets will head to Atlanta to take on the Braves in a four-game series beginning on Thursday night.