New York Mets end the regular season with a loss in Philadelphia

The New York Mets were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the final score was 5-2.  Gabriel Ynoa started for the Mets and he pitched well and the bullpen was pretty good.  Kelly Johnson had two hits to lead the offense. 

Ynoa pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up five hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts.  Jerry Blevins pitched to one batter and retired him, Josh Smoker pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Erik Goeddel pitched giving up two hits and three runs with only two being earned.  He walked one and struck out none and took his second loss of the season.  Josh Edgin pitched a perfect inning and Jim Henderson pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run. 

Jerad Eickhoff pitched six innings giving up four hits and a run with a walk and eight strikeouts.  Colton Murray won his first game of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, Michael Mariot pitched 1/3 of an inning with a walk and Joely Rodriguez pitched to two batters and retired them both.  Hector Neris pitched an inning giving up two hits and he earned his second save of the season. 

Curtis Granderson drew a walk, Juan Lagares drew a walk and Matt Reynolds had a hit.  Jay Bruce had a hit, Alejandro De Aza had a hit and an RBI and Johnson had two hits.  Brandon Nimmo had a hit, Michael Conforto had a hit and Kevin Plawecki had a hit and an RBI.  Johnson, Reynolds and Plawecki each hit a double and the Mets were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Johnson had a stolen base and Lagares was caught stealing.  Duda committed two errors and Plawecki had a passed ball. 

Cesar Hernandez had two hits and an RBI, Jimmy Paredes had an RBI and Odubel Herrera had a hit.   Maikel Franco had four hits and an RBI, Andres Blanco had three hits and Aaron Altherr had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks.  Blanco hit a double and the Phillies were 4-8 with runners in scoring positioin and left seven men on base. 

In the third Franco hit an RBI single to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth De Aza hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  In the seventh Plawecki hit an RBI double to give the Mets a 2-1 lead.  In the bottom of the seventh Asche reached on a fielding error and a run scored to tie the game at two.  Hernandez hit an RBI single still in the seventh and the Phillies had a 3-2 lead.  Paredes hit a sac fly to push the lead to 4-2 and in the eighth Altherr hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 5-2 which would be the final score. 

The Mets will host the San Francisco Giants in the wild card game at Citi Field on Wednesday night.  The winner of that game will play a first round NLDS against the Chicago Cubs.   

New York Mets sweep the Minnesota Twins

The New York Mets defeated the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 3-2.  Gabriel Ynoa started for the Mets and he pitched pretty well and the bullpen did a pretty good job.  TJ Rivera and Michael Conforto each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Ynoa pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up four hits and a run with a walk and eight strikeouts.  Josh Edgin gave up a hit to the only batter that he faced, Erik Goeddel pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts.  He earned his second win of the season, Josh Smoker pitched an inning with two strikeouts, Fernando Salas pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and Jerry Blevins pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out two. 

Kyle Gibson pitched five innings giving up seven hits and three runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  He lost his 10th game of the season.  Buddy Boshers pitched a perfect inning and Taylor Rogers pitched two innings striking out two. 

Alejandro De Aza drew a walk, Rivera had two hits and an RBI and Yoenis Cespedes had a hit.  Conforto had two hits and two RBI, Kelly Johnson had a hit and drew a walk and Travis d'Arnaud had a hit.  Cespedes hit a double, Rivera hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

Brian Dozier had a hit, Logan Schafer had a hit and Jorge Polanco drew a walk.  Kennys Vargas had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Robbie Grossman had four hits and James Beresford had a hit.  JR Murphy had an RBI, Vargas hit a homerun and the Twins were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Polanco committed an error. 

Conforto hit a two run single in the first to make it 2-0 Mets.  In the second Murphy hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the third Rivera hit a solo homerun to make it 3-1 Mets.  In the eighth Vargas hit a solo homerun to make it 3-2. 

The Mets swept the three game series and will take on the Atlanta Braves beginning on Monday night.