The New York Mets fall to 4-3 in ten innings to the San Francisco Giants

The New York Mets lost to the San Francisco Giants by the score of 4-3 in ten innings. Jon Niese made the start for the Mets and pitched ok. The bullpen pitched pretty well once again although Frank Francisco suffered his first loss of the season. Barry Zito started for the Giants and pitched ok. The Giants bullpen used six pitchers who did a good job. The Mets offense was led by Jason Bay and the Giants had four players with two hits. 
Niese pitched six innings giving up seven hits and three runs with two walks and five strikeouts. Ramon Ramirez pitched an inning giving up a hit, Jon Rauch pitched an inning giving up a hit and Tim Byrdak pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. Francisco pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and a strikeout. Zito pitched five innings giving up four hits and two runs with three walks and two strikeouts. The bullpen pitched five innings giving up four hits and a run with a walk and seven strikeouts.

Ruben Tejada had a hit and drew a walk, Daniel Murphy had a hit and David Wright had a hit and drew two walks. Bay had two hits and an RBI, Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit, RBI and drew a walk and Mike Nickeas had a hit. Josh Thole had a hit and an RBI, Bay and Nieuwenhuis each hit a homerun. The Mets were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and they left nine men on base. Nieuwenhuis committed an error.

Angel Pagan had a hit and an RBI in his first return to Citi Field. Melky Cabrera had two hits and drew two walks, Pablo Sandoval had two hits and Buster Posey had two hits and an RBI. Nate Schierholtz drew a walk, Hector Sanchez had two hits and an RBI and Emmanuel Burriss had a hit and drew a walk. Posey had a double and Pagan had a homerun. The Giants were 2-14 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. Cabrera had a stolen base.

In the third Pagan hit a solo homerun and Posey had an RBI double to make it 2-0 Giants. Niese threw a wild pitch and it was 3-0 Giants. Bay hit a solo homerun in the fourth to make it 3-1 Giants. Nieuwenhuis hit a solo homerun in the fifth to make it 3-2 Giants. In the bottom of the ninth the Mets tied it to force extra innings. Thole had an RBI single and in the tenth Sanchez hit an RBI single to give the Giants a 4-3 lead and they would hold on to it to win the game.

The Giants got the win in the first game of four on a weekend wrap around series. The Giants improved their record to 7-6 and the Mets record fell to 7-6. It was the third straight loss for the Mets. The two teams will play Saturday and Sunday afternoon and then on Monday night.

The Mets have another rough night in Philadelphia

The New York Mets lost to the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 9-4 on Tuesday night. Jon Niese made the start and was hammered. The bullpen did a pretty good job using four pitchers. Nick Evans and Justin Turner led the offense with a couple of hits each. The Mets are headed in the wrong direction as they continue to lose games. They haven’t given up yet and they are still fighting but the results just aren’t there.
Niese pitched four innings giving up ten hits and eight runs. He walked one and struck out six. Niese is now 11-11 on the season. Pedro Beato pitched two innings giving up two hits and one run, Ryota Igarashi gave up a hit in 1/3 of an inning and Tim Byrdak pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out both batters that he faced. Bobby Parnell pitched a perfect inning.

Angel Pagan had a hit, Ruben Tejada had a hit and Willie Harris had a hit. Lucas Duda had a hit and two RBI, Jason Bay had a walk and Evans had two hits. Josh Thole had a hit and an RBI, Turner had two hits and an RBI. Turner had two doubles and Evans had one. Evans had a triple and Duda hit a homerun. The Mets were 0-11 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. In the third inning the Phillies jumped out to a 4-0 lead. Shane Victorino hit a solo homerun and John Mayberry hit a three run homerun. In the fourth Placido Polanco hit an RBI single to make it a 5-0 game. Wilson Valdez hit a sacrifice fly, Vance Worley had an RBI single and Victorino had a two run triple. The Phillies had a 9-0 lead. In the seventh Turner had an RBI groundout to make it a 9-1 game. In the eighth Duda hit a two run homerun to make it 9-3 and in the ninth inning Thole had an RBI groundout making it a 9-4 game and that is how it ended.

David Wright initiated a meeting with the Mets manager Terry Collins before the game. He vowed that the team would play hard no matter what. The team has played hard but you still want to and eventually have to win games. The Mets aren’t winning games at all right now. Niese may head to the disabled list after he aggravated a muscle injury in his right side. Scott Hairston may also be headed to the disabled list. The Mets will try and avoid the sweep on Wednesday. The Mets are just playing out the string but management doesn’t want the players to think and act like that.

Mets try to begin a winning streak

The New York Mets begin a three game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight at Citi Field.  They will be trying to win two games in a row.  The Mets finally won their second game of the season at home yesterday, they are 2-8 there this season.  Here are some quick notes and the lineup for tonight.

Mets Lineup: Jose Reyes, Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Carlos Beltran, Jason Bay, Ike Davis, Mike Nickeas, Jason Pridie, Mike Pelfrey. 

The Mets didn't place Angel Pagan on the DL yet but it is 95 percent likely according to manager Terry Collins.  Jason Pridie is taking his spot for now.  Collins said he will see how things go for playing time in center field.

The reason the Mets brought up Pridie is because they wanted the best defensive outfielder at AAA.  Carlos Beltran is not a consideration for center field while Pagan is out. 

Daniel Murphy is playing against a lefty tonight because he is the best number two hitter they have.  Murphy will become the everyday second baseman if he keeps hitting in my opinion.  He is who they really wanted all along he just needed to do some things to play.

Chris Young will throw a bullpen session tomorrow and if everything goes well he will pitch on Tuesday.  If Dillon Gee pitches well tomorrow the Mets could keep him in the rotation.