New York Mets double up the Washington Nationals

 

The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. and the final score was 4-2.  Carlos Carrasco started for the Mets and he pitched well and the bullpen was good.  Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Carrasco pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and two runs with no walks and five strikeouts.  Carrasco won his third game of the season.  Drew Smith pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout, Joely Rodriguez pitched to one batter and got him out and Edwin Diaz saved his seventh game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Patrick Corbin pitched five innings giving up three hits and no runs.  He walked four and struck out five.  Carl Edwards Jr. lost his first game of the season pitching an inning and giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and two strikeouts, Steve Cishek pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two and Erasmo Ramirez pitched two innings giving up two hits and a unearned run with a walk and a strikeout. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit and drew a walk, Lindor had two hits and Pete Alonso had a hit and drew three walks.  J.D. Davis had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Eduardo Escobar drew a walk and McNeil had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  James McCann had a hit and an RBI, McNeil hit a double and the Mets were 2-14 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  Lindor had a stolen base and Nimmo had an outfield assist. 

Juan Soto had a hit, Josh Bell had two hits and Nelson Cruz had two hits.  Maikel Franco had a hit and an RBI, Dee Strange-Gordon had a hit and Riley Adams had a hit and an RBI.  Victor Robles drew a walk, Franco hit a double and Adams hit a homerun.  The Nationals were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Strange-Gordon was caught stealing. 

In the bottom of the fourth Franco hit an RBI double giving the Nationals a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fifth Adams hit a solo homerun extending the lead to 2-0.  In the top of the sixth McNeil hit a two-run double to tie the game at two.  McCann hit a sac fly and the Mets grabbed a 3-2 lead.  In the ninth Davis hit a sac fly pushing their lead to 4-2 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of there on Wednesday. 

New York Yankees lose a close and wild one late to the New York Mets

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the New York Mets on Sunday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 7-6.  Clarke Schmidt started for the Yankees and he pitched well, he didn’t get any help from his defense though.  DJ LeMahieu led the offense with three hits and Giancarlo Stanton added a couple of hits and three RBI. 

Schmidt pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and five runs but only two were earned.  He walked three and struck out two.  Andrew Heaney pitched to two batters and retired them both, Wandy Peralta pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run with two walks and two strikeouts and Chad Green took the loss which was his seventh of the season.  He pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout. 

Carlos Carrasco started for the Mets and he pitched five innings giving up three hits and two runs with four walks and five strikeouts.  Jeurys Familia pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with two walks, Miguel Castro pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts and Brad Hand pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts.  Seth Lugo picked up his fourth win of the season pitching a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Edwin Diaz picked up his 29^th save of the season pitching an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts. 

LeMahieu had three hits and drew a walk, Anthony Rizzo drew three walks and Stanton had two hits and three RBI.  Joey Gallo had an RBI and drew a walk, Gleyber Torres had a hit and two RBI and Gary Sanchez drew a walk.  Gio Urshela had a hit, Schmidt drew a walk and Stanton hit a double.  Torres and Stanton each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Torres and Urshela each committed an error and Sanchez had a passed ball. 

Jonathan Villar had a hit and drew a walk, Francisco Lindor had three hits, five RBI and drew a walk and Michael Conforto had a hit and drew a walk.  Pete Alonso drew a walk, Javier Baez had two hits and Jeff McNeil had two hits.  James McCann had an RBI and drew two walks, McNeil hit a double and Lindor hit three homeruns.  The Mets were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Villar had a stolen base and McNeil committed an error.  McCann had a passed ball. 

In the first Stanton hit an RBI double giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  They increased their lead to 2-0 on a Gallo sac fly.  In the bottom of the first Conforto hit an RBI single and the lead was cut to 2-1.  In the bottom of the second Lindor hit a three-run homerun to give the Mets a 4-2 lead.  In the bottom of the fifth McCann hit a sac fly pushing their lead to 5-2.  In the sixth inning Torres hit a two-run homerun cutting the lead to 5-4.  In the bottom of the sixth Lindor hit a solo homerun making it a 6-4 game.  In the seventh Stanton hit a two-run homerun tying the game at six.  In the eighth Lindor hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 7-6 lead and that would be the final score. 

The Mets took two out of three from the Yankees in the series.  The Yankees will return home for a Monday afternoon makeup gave against the Minnesota Twins. 

New York Mets outslug the St. Louis Cardinals

 

The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.  The game took place at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, Florida and the final score was 8-5.  Taijuan Walker started for the Mets and he pitched very well.  Francisco Lindor and Tomas Nido led the offensive charge.  Lindor had two hits and four RBI and Nido had three hits and an RBI. 

Walker pitched four innings giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts.  Walker picked up his first win of the spring.  Jerry Blevins pitched a perfect inning, Corey Oswalt pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up five hits and five runs with a walk and a strikeout and Trevor Hildenberger pitched to one batter and struck him out.  Daniel Zamora pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk and he earned his second save of the spring. 

Carlos Martinez started for the Cardinals and he didn’t pitch very well.  He pitched three innings giving up five hits and five runs with two walks and a strikeout.  He took his second loss of the spring.   Evan Kruczynski pitched to one batter and got him out, Thomas Parsons pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and Andrew Miller pitched an inning giving up a hit.  Giovanny Gallegos pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out two, Matthew Liberatore pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and an unearned run with a walk and three strikeouts.  Jesus Cruz pitched to one batter and struck him out. 

Brandon Nimmo drew two walks, Lindor had two hits and four RBI and Michael Conforto had a hit and drew a walk.  Johneshwy Fargas had a hit, Pete Alonso had a hit and an RBI and Patrick Mazeika had a hit and drew a walk.  J.D. Davis had a hit, Nido three hits and an RBI and Brandon Drury an RBI.  Alonso and Nido each hit a double and Fargas hit a triple.  Nido and Lindor each hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Lindor was caught stealing. 

Matt Carpenter drew a walk, Dylan Carlson had a hit and Evan Mendoza had a hit and an RBI.  Delvin Perez had a hit, Edmundo Sosa had a hit and Jose Rondon drew a walk.  John Nogowski had a hit and drew a walk, Max Moroff had a hit and two RBI and Scott Hurst had a hit and two RBI.  Mendoza and Perez each hit a double and Moroff and Hurst each hit a homerun.  The Cardinals were 0-2 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Mendoza committed an error. 

In the bottom of the first Alonso hit an RBI double to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the second Nido hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 2-0.  In the bottom of the fourth Drury reached on a fielder’s choice and a run scored extending the Mets lead to 3-0.  Lindor hit a grand-slam and it was 7-0 Mets.  In the sixth Moroff hit a two-run homerun cutting the lead to 7-2.  Mendoza hit an RBI double and it was a 7-3 game.  In the eighth Hurst hit a two-run homerun to make it 7-5.  In the bottom of the eighth Tovar reached on a fielder’s choice pushing the lead to 8-5 and that was the final score. 

The Mets will be off on Saturday and take on the Nationals in West Palm Beach on Sunday. 

New York Mets defeat the St. Louis Cardinals

 The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at

Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, Florida and the final score was 7-5.  David Peterson started for the Mets 

and he did not pitch very well.  Michael Conforto had three hits and two RBI to lead the offense.  

Peterson pitched four innings giving up five hits and three runs with two walks and a strikeout.  

Aaron Loup earned his first win of the spring pitching an inning and giving up two hits and a run with

a strikeout, Arodys Vizcaino pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout and Yennsy Diaz pitched

an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout.  

Brandon Nimmo had a hit and drew a walk, Francisco Lindor had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and 

Conforto had three hits and two RBI.  Pete Alonso had a hit and two RBI, Bruce Maxwell had a hit and 

Dom Smith had a hit and an RBI.  Luis Guillorme drew two walks, Patrick Mazeika had a hit and the

Mets were 5-10 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Nimmo had a stolen base 

and Guillorme was caught stealing.  

In the first Jose Rondon hit a two-run single to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first

Conforto hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 2-1.  Smith hit an RBI single to tie the game at two.  In

the third Rondon hit a sac fly giving the Cardinals a 3-2 lead.  In the fifth Matt Carpenter hit an RBI

double pushing the Cardinals lead to 4-2.  In the bottom of the fifth Lindor drew an RBI walk to cut

the lead to 4-3 and Conforto hit an RBI single tying the game at four.  Alonso hit a two-run single

making it a 6-4 game in favor of the Mets.  J.D. Davis hit into a double play but a run scored pushing

their lead to 7-4.  In the ninth Justin Toerner hit a sac fly cutting the lead to 7-5 and that would be the 

final score.  

New York Mets lose a sloppy game to the Washington Nationals

 

The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Monday.  The game took place at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Florida and the final score was 9-5.  Jordan Yamamoto started for the Mets and he pitched well.  Dellin Betances and Robert Gsellman also saw action and pitched well.  The offense was led by Francisco Lindor who had a couple of hits. 

Yamamoto pitched three innings giving up three hits and two runs both being unearned.  Yamamoto took the loss.  Betances pitched an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run, Gsellman pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one and Matthew Allan pitched an inning giving up four hits and three runs with one being earned, he also had a strikeout.  Stephen Tarpley pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run and Franklyn Kilome pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk. 

Lindor had two hits, Mark Vientos had two hits and J.D. Davis drew three walks.  Jake Hager had a hit and three RBI, Luis Guillorme had two hits and Patrick Mazeika had two RBI.  Vientos hit two doubles and Hager hit a homerun.  The Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Yamamoto, Davis and Hager each committed an error. 

In the first Ryan Zimmerman hit an RBI single to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead.  Schwarber hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 2-0.  In the second Mazeika hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the fourth Alex Avila reached on a fielding error and a run scored to make it a 3-1 game.  In the sixth Mazeika grounded into a force out and the lead was cut to 3-2.  In the bottom of the sixth Carter Kieboom hit an RBI single and Hernan Perez hit a two-run single to push the lead to 6-2.  In the bottom of the seventh a wild pitch made it a 7-2 game.  In the eighth Hager hit a three-run homerun and the lead was cut to 7-5.  In the bottom of the eighth Yadiel Hernandez hit an RBI single to make it a 8-5 game and a wild pitch made it 9-5 which would be the final score. 

The Mets will take on the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday afternoon in Port St. Lucie