New York Mets walk-off the Philadelphia Phillies

 

The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 4-3 in eight innings.  The doubleheaders are still seven inning games this year and this one went extras.  Taijuan Walker started for the Mets and pitched well.  Dom Smith hit a two-run homerun, no Mets had more then a hit in the game. 

Walker pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with three walks and eight strikeouts.  Miguel Castro pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts, Edwin Diaz pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Trevor May pitched an inning giving up a hit and a unearned run with a walk and two strikeouts.  May earned his first win of the season. 

Chase Anderson started for the Phillies and he pitched four innings giving up three hits and two runs with three walks and three strikeouts.  JoJo Romero pitched an inning with a walk, Jose Alvarado pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Connor Brogdon pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts.  Hector Neris pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs with one being earned.  He walked one and took his first loss and first blown save. 

Brandon Nimmo drew two walks, Francisco Lindor drew a walk and Smith had a hit and two RBI.  Pete Alonso had a hit and an RBI, Jeff McNeil had a hit and Michael Conforto drew a walk.  James McCann had a hit, Luis Guillorme had a hit and drew two walks and Jonathan Villar had a hit and an RBI.  Smith hit a homerun and the Mets were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  McCann had a passed ball. 

Rhys Hoskins drew a walk, Bryce Harper had a hit and drew a walk and Alec Bohm had a hit and drew a walk.  Didi Gregorius had two hits and an RBI, Jean Segura had two hits and an RBI and Andrew Knapp had an RBI.  Roman Quinn drew a walk, Brad Miller drew a walk and Bohm hit a double.  The Phillies were 3-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Gregorius had a stolen base and Quinn was caught stealing. 

In the bottom of the first Smith hit a two-run homerun to give the Mets a 2-0 lead.  In the second Knapp hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the sixth Segura hit an RBI single and in the eighth Gregorius hit an RBI single to give the Phillies a 3-2 lead.  In the bottom of the eighth Alonso hit an RBI single to tie the score at three and Villar hit an RBI walk-off single to give the Mets a 4-3 win.