New York Mets defeat the Seattle Mariners

 

The New York Mets defeated the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 5-4.  Chris Bassitt started for the Mets and he pitched well and the offense was led by Starling Marte who had three hits. 

Bassitt pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and a run with three walks and eight strikeouts.  Seth Lugo pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk, Chasen Shreve pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Adam Ottavino pitched an inning giving up a hit.  Ottavino won his second game of the season and Edwin Diaz pitched a perfect inning striking out the side and he earned his eighth save of the season. 

George Kirby started for the Mariners and he pitched four innings giving up three hits and three runs with one of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out one.  Penn Murfee pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, Anthony Misiewicz pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Andres Munoz pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts and he took his first loss of the season.  Sergio Romo pitched a perfect inning. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit, Marte had three hits and Francisco Lindor had a hit and two RBI.  Pete Alonso had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Jeff McNeil had an RBI and Patrick Mazeika had a hit and an RBI.  Marte and Alonso each hit a double and Marte hit a triple.  Mazeika hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Marte had a stolen base.  Bassitt and Shreve each had a pickoff. 

Ty France had two hits, J.P. Crawford had a hit and Eugenio Suarez had a hit and drew a walk.  Jesse Winker had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk, Julio Rodriguez drew a walk and Steven Souza Jr. had a hit and an RBI.  Luis Torrens had two hits and drew two walks, Winker hit a homerun and the Mariners were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Rodriguez was caught stealing and Suarez and Rodriguez were picked off.  Crawford, Suarez and Torrens each committed an error and Souza Jr. had an outfield assist. 

In the bottom of the first Lindor hit an RBI single giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the third Lindor hit a sac fly pushing their lead to 2-0.  McNeil hit a sac fly and the lead was 3-0.  In the bottom of the fifth Alonso hit an RBI double extending the Mets lead to 4-0.  In the sixth Souza Jr. hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 4-1.  In the seventh Winker hit a three-run homerun to tie the score at four.  In the bottom of the seventh Mazeika hit a solo homerun giving the Mets a 5-4 lead and that was the final score of the game.  The third and final game of the series will be on Sunday. 

New York Mets fall to the Atlanta Braves

 

The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves on Monday.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 5-2.  Chris Bassitt started for the Mets and he pitched well, Starling Marte and Mark Canha led the offense with two hits each. 

Bassitt pitched seven innings giving up six hits and three runs and he walked one and struck out eight.  Bassitt took his second loss of the season.  Trevor May pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and Adam Ottavino pitched a perfect inning striking out the side. 

Max Fried started for the Braves and he pitched six innings giving up four hits and two runs with no walks and six strikeouts.  Fried won his third game of the season.  Tyler Matzek pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two walks and he struck out one, Collin McHugh pitched to one batter and struck him out and A.J. Minter pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Kenley Jansen pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and picked up his seventh save of the season. 

Brandon Nimmo drew a walk, Canha had two hits and an RBI and Marte had two hits.  Jeff McNeil had a hit and drew a walk, Marte hit a double and Canha hit a homerun.  The Mets were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Nimmo had an outfield assist. 

Ronald Acuna Jr. had a hit, Matt Olson drew a walk and Austin Riley had two hits and an RBI.  Ozzie Albies had two hits, Travis d’Arnaud had three hits and three RBI and Adam Duvall had an RBI.  Dansby Swanson drew a walk, d’Arnaud hit two doubles and Riley hit a homerun.  The Braves were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Albies committed an error. 

In the bottom of the second a wild pitch gave the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the third a Canha solo homerun extended the lead to 2-0.  In the fourth Riley hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 2-1 and in the sixth d’Arnaud hit an RBI double to tie the game at two.  Duvall hit into a sac fly double play giving the Braves a 3-2 lead.  In the eighth d’Arnaud hit a two-run double pushing the Braves lead to 5-2 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play a doubleheader on Tuesday.