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.