The Mets get clobbered north of the border

The New York Mets were dismantled by the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday afternoon. The final score was 14-5 Blue Jays. Jon Niese started for the Mets and was not good at all. The Mets used four other pitchers to complete six innings. They had mixed results. The offense was led by Scott Hairston. Ricky Romero started for the Blue Jays and coasted to an easy victory. The bullpen wasn’t great but they did have a big lead. J.P. Arencebia was the star for the Blue Jays. 
Niese pitched three innings giving up eight hits and eight runs with two walks and six strikeouts. Manny Acosta pitched two innings giving up two hits and five runs with four walks and four strikeouts. Ramon Ramirez pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run, Carson pitched an inning with a walk and Rob Johnson pitched an inning with a strikeout. Romero picked up his fifth win of the season for the Blue Jays. He pitched six innings giving up three hits and a run with four walks and six strikeouts. The Jays used four other pitchers who pitched three innings giving up one hit and four runs. They walked four and struck out two.

Andres Torres drew three walks, David Wright had a hit and Lucas Duda drew a walk. Daniel Murphy had a hit, RBI and drew a walk. Hairston had two hits and three RBI, Johnson had an RBI and drew a walk and Ronny Cedeno drew a walk. Wright, Hairston and Murphy each had a double. Hairston had a homerun and the Mets were 1-9 with runners in scoring position with six men left on base.

Kelly Johnson drew two walks, Yunel Escobar had two hits and Jose Bautista had a hit, RBI and drew a walk. Colby Rasmus drew a walk, Edward Encarnacion drew two walks, Arencebia had three hits and six RBI and Ben Francisco had a hit. Eric Thames had two hits and an RBI, Yan Gomes had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Rajai Davis had two hits and four RBI. Arencibia hit two homeruns, Gomes and Davis each had a homerun. The Jays were 4-8 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Johnson and Bautista each had a stolen base.

In the first inning Arencibia hit a three run homerun to give the Jays the 3-0 lead. Johnson grounded out in the second inning to make it 3-1. Gomes hit a solo homerun in the second inning to make it 4-1. Bautista hit an RBI single in the second inning to make it a 5-1 game in favor of the Jays. Arencibia hit a solo homerun and Davis hit a two run homerun in the third inning. The score was 8-1 Jays. Davis hit a two run homerun in the fifth to make it a 10-1 game. In the sixth Arencebia hit a two run single to make it 12-1, Thames hit an RBI single and Gomes hit a sacrifice fly and it was 14-1. In the eighth inning Murphy grounded out scoring a run and it was 14-2. Hairston hit a three run homerun to make it 14-5 and that was the final score.

The Mets record dropped to 21-18 and the Blue Jays record improved to 22-18. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Saturday afternoon.