The New York Mets take the rubber game in Atlanta

The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night.  The game took place at Turner

 

Field in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 6-4 Mets.  Jenrry Mejia started for the Mets and

pitched ok, the bullpen was good.  Eric Young Jr. and Daniel Murphy led the offense. 

Mejia pitched five innings giving up six hits and four runs, he walked four and struck out seven. 

Carlos Torres picked up his second win of the season pitching two innings and giving up a hit with

three strikeouts.  Kyle Farnsworth pitched a perfect inning and Jose Valverde picked up his second

save pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

David Hale started for the Braves and pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs with

three of them being earned.  He walked five and struck out two, Anthony Varvaro pitched 1 2/3

innings giving up no hits and no runs and he struck out three.  Luis Avilan pitched 2/3 of an inning

giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout.  He also picked up the loss his first on the

season.  Gus Schlosser pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run and Ian Thomas pitched a

perfect inning with three strikeouts. Young Jr. had three hits, Murphy had three hits, three RBI and

drew a walk and David Wright had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Curtis Granderson drew two

walks, Ike Davis had an RBI and drew two walks

and Juan Lagares had a hit and an RBI.  Lucas Duda had a hit, Murphy hit a double and Young Jr. hit

a triple.  The Mets were 4-15 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

Young Jr. had three stolen bases, Granderson and Murphy each had one. 

Jason Heyward drew two walks, B.J. Upton had a hit and Freddie Freeman had two hits and an RBI. 

Justin Upton had three hits and three RBI, Dan Uggla drew a walk and Ryan Doumit drew a walk. 

Ramiro Pena  had a hit, B.J. Upton hit a triple and Justin Upton hit a homerun.  The Braves were 2-10

with runners in  scoring position and left six men on base.  Heyward had a stolen base and Doumit committed an error. 

In the first Murphy had an RBI groundout to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the second Justin Upton hit

a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the third Wright hit an RBI single and Davis hit an RBI

groundout giving the Mets a 3-1 lead.  In the third Freeman hit an RBI single and Justin Upton hit a

two run homerun to give the Braves a 4-3 lead.  In the fifth Murphy hit an RBI single to tie the game

at four.

In the seventh Lagares hit an RBI single and in the eighth Murphy hit an RBI double to give the Mets

a 6-4 lead and that would be the final score.  The Mets took two out of three in the series and will

head to Anaheim to take on the Angels in a three game weekend series. 

 

 

The New York Mets lose 7-2 to the Washington Nationals

The New York Mets lose 7-2 to the Washington Nationals


The Washington Nationals defeated the New York Mets on Thursday afternoon. The final score was 7-2 and the game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Aaron Harang started for the Mets and pitched pretty well, the bullpen wasn’t great. Eric Young Jr. and Anthony Recker each had two hits.

Harang pitched six innings giving up four hits and three runs with a walk and ten strikeouts. Harang lost his 12th game of the season. Pedro Feliciano gave up a hit and a run, Scott Atchison pitched an inning striking out one and Frank Francisco pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs. David Aardsma pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run and Sean Henn pitched to one batter and retired the batter.

Young Jr. had two hits and drew a walk, Daniel Murphy had a hit and an RBI and Lucas Duda had a hit. Mike Baxter had a hit, Recker had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Harang had a hit. Murphy hit a double and the Mets were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Young had a stolen base.

Tanner Roark won his sixth game of the season pitching six innings giving up six hits. He gave up two runs and a walk with three strikeouts. Craig Stammen pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts, Xavier Cedeno pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Mattheus pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out the sides.

Denard Span had a hit and drew a walk, Ryan Zimmerman had two hits and two RBI and Bryce Harper had a hit. Ian Desmond had an RBI, Adam LaRoche had two hits and an RBI and Wilson Ramos had a hit and an RBI. Anthony Rendon had a hit and two RBI. LaRoche, Span and Zimmerman each hit a double. Zimmerman, LaRoche, Ramos and Rendon each hit a homerun. The Nationals were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. Harper had an outfield assist.

The game was tied at one after one and then the Nationals took a 2-1 lead after two innings. The Mets tied the game at two in the fourth and the Nationals took a 3-2 lead in the fifth. They scored four runs in the last three innings to pull away and win the game 7-2.

The Mets record fell to 64-81 and the Nationals record improved to 77-69.

The New York Mets lose 3-1 to the Atlanta Braves

The New York Mets lose 3-1 to the Atlanta Braves


The Atlanta Braves defeated the New York Mets on Tuesday night. The final score was 3-1 and the game took place at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia. Carlos Torres started for the Mets and pitched well. Eric Young Jr. and Omar Quintanilla each had two hits to lead the offense.

Torres pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and three runs. He walked one and struck out six and lost his third game of the season. Scott Rice faced two batters and retired them both and Vic Black faced one batter and struck him out.

Young had two hits and drew a walk, Daniel Murphy had a hit and an RBI and Lucas Duda had a hit and drew a walk. Juan Lagares had a hit, Matthew den Dekker had a hit and Quintanilla had two hits. Duda and Murphy each hit a double, Young hit a triple and The Mets were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Young had a stolen base.

Kris Medlen pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and a run. He walked none and struck out nine and won his 12th game of the season. Scott Downs pitched 1/3 of an inning walking a batter, Luis Ayala pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and Craig Kimbrel saved his 44th game of the season. Kimbrel pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two.

B.J. Upton had two hits, Freddie Freeman had a hit and Evan Gattis had three hits and an RBI. Dan Uggla drew a walk, Andrelton Simmons had a hit and two RBI and Gattis and Simmons each hit a homerun. The Braves were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.

Murphy hit an RBI double in the sixth to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. In the seventh Gattis hit a solo homerun and Simmons hit a two run homerun to give the Braves a 3-1 lead and that would be the final score.

The Mets record fell to 62-75 and the Braves record improved to 85-53. The two teams will play the final game of the series on Wednesday afternoon.