New York Mets get pummeled by the Tampa Bay Rays

 The New York Mets were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.  The game took place at 

Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 12-5.  Drew Smith started and pitched

well, the bullpen did not pitch well and Dom Smith led the offense with two hits.  

Smith pitched two innings giving up two hits and an unearned run.  He struck out three.  Joey Lucchesi

took his third loss of the season pitching 1 2/3 innings and gave up three hits and four runs with a walk 

and two strikeouts, Sean Reid-Foley pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with two 

strikeouts and Tommy Hunter pitched two innings giving up two hits and no runs with two walks and a 

strikeout.  Jacob Barnes pitched giving up two hits and three runs and a walk without recording an out 

and Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and two strikeouts.

Shane McClanahan started for the Rays and he pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and four runs

with a walk and seven strikeouts.  He picked up his first win of the season.  Andrew Kittredge pitched

1 2/3 innings with three strikeouts, Jeffrey Springs pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a 

walk and two strikeouts and Cody Reed pitched an inning giving up a hit.  

Francisco Lindor had a hit and an RBI, Michael Conforto had a hit and Pete Alonso had a hit and an 

RBI.  Smith had two hits and drew a walk, James McCann had a hit and drew a walk and Jonathan 

Villar had a hit.  Jose Peraza had a hit and three RBI, Peraza hit a homerun, Alonso and Lindor each hit

a homerun.  The Mets were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Villar had a 

stolen base and Nido committed an error.  

Randy Arozarena had three hits and an RBI, Brandon Lowe drew a walk and Yandy Diaz had three hits, 

two RBI and drew a walk.  Joey Wendle had four hits and two RBI, Manuel Margot had a hit and an

RBI and Willy Adames had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks.  Mike Zunino drew a walk, Brett 

Phillips had a hit and two RBI and Austin Meadows had two hits and an RBI.  Diaz hit two doubles,

Wendle hit three doubles and Hunter, Adames, Meadows and Phillips each hit a double.  The Rays were

8-18 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Wendle had a stolen base.  

In the bottom of the first the Rays scored on a stolen base to take a 1-0 lead.  In the second Peraza hit a 

three-run homerun to give the Mets a 3-1 lead.  In the third Alonso hit a solo homerun extending the 

lead to 4-1.  In the bottom of the fourth Margot hit an RBI single, Adames hit a two-run double and 

Meadows hit an RBI double to give the Rays a 5-4 lead.  Arozarena hit an RBI single and it was 6-4.  

In the eighth Lindor hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 6-5.  In the bottom of the eighth Diaz hit a 

two-run double making it 8-5 and Wendle hit a two-run double to push the lead to 10-5.  Phillips hit

a two-run double to cap the scoring at 12-5.  

The Mets will try and avoid the three-game sweep on Sunday afternoon.