Wednesday, April 7, 2021

New York Mets double up the Philadelphia Phillies

 

The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the final score was 8-4.  Marcus Stroman started for the Mets and he pitched well.  The Mets bullpen pitched ok and the offense was led by Pete Alonso who had two hits and two RBI. 

Stroman pitched six innings giving up three hits and a run with two walks and three strikeouts.  He picked up his first victory of the season.  Miguel Castro pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run with two strikeouts, Trevor May pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out two and Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with one being earned.  He walked one and struck out one. 

Chase Anderson pitched five innings and gave up two hits and two runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  He took his first loss of the season.  Vince Velasquez pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up four runs and four walks with four strikeouts, Brandon Kintzler pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and David Hale pitched two innings giving up two hits and two runs with two walks. 

Brandon Nimmo had an RBI and drew three walks, Francisco Lindor had an RBI and Michael Conforto had a hit and an RBI.  Alonso had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Dom Smith had a hit and two RBI and Luis Guillorme drew a walk.  Jeff McNeil drew a walk, James McCann had a hit and drew a walk and Kevin Pillar drew a walk.  Alonso and Conforto each hit a double and Smith and Alonso each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Nimmo and Pillar each had a stolen base.  McNeil and Alonso each committed an error. 

Matt Joyce drew two walks, Rhys Hoskins had two hits and an RBI and Alec Bohm had a hit.  Bryce Harper drew a walk, J.T. Realmuto had a hit and an RBI and Didi Gregorius had two hits and an RBI.  Jean Segura had two hits, Adam Haseley had two hits and Haseley and Hoskins each hit a double and Gregorius hit a homerun.  The Phillies were 1-11 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. 

In the fourth Smith hit a two-run homerun giving the Mets a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth Gregorius hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 2-1.  In the seventh Nimmo drew an RBI walk, Lindor hit a sac fly and Pillar stole home.  Conforto hit an RBI double and it was 6-1 Mets.  In the bottom of the seventh Hoskins hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 6-2.  In the ninth Alonso hit a two-run homerun pushing the Mets lead to 8-2.  In the bottom of the ninth Hoskins hit an RBI double and Realmuto hit into a forceout making it an 8-4 game but that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play the rubber game on Wednesday afternoon. 

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