The Mets get swept at home by the Los Angeles Dodgers

The New York Mets were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday afternoon. The final score was 6-3 Dodgers and the game took place at Citi Field in Flushing,New York. Jon Niese started for the Mets and pitched pretty well. The Mets bullpen except for Ramon Ramirez pitched well. Nathan Eovaldi started for the Dodgers and pitched well and their bullpen pitched pretty well. Daniel Murphy and David Wright led the Mets offense and Mark Ellis, Matt Kemp and A.J. Ellis led the Dodgers offense. 
Niese pitched seven innings giving up eight hits and three runs. He didn’t walk a batter and he struck out three. Tim Byrdak faced two batters and retired them both, one was struck out and Jon Rauch faced one batter and retired him. Bobby Parnell pitched two innings giving up a hit, Ramirez took his second loss of the season pitching 1 2/3 innings giving up five hits and five runs with three walks and a strikeout. Elvin Ramirez pitched 1/3 of an inning and walked a batter. Eovaldi pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and one run with a walk and seven strikeouts. Scott Elbert pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up one hit and a walk and he struck out one, Shawn Tolleson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run and struck out one and Jamey Wright pitched an inning giving up a hit. Javy Guerra pitched two innings giving up three hits and a run and walked two, Josh Wall pitched an inning giving up a hit and he won his first game and Josh Lindblom pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out two.

Ruben Tejada had a hit, Jordany Valdespin had two hits and Wright had three hits. Ike Davis had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Murphy had four hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Lucas Duda had a hit. Kirk Nieuwenhuis had two hits, Josh Thole had two hits and an RBI and Scott Hairston drew a walk. Niese drew a walk, Murphy had two doubles, Davis and Nieuwenhuis each had a double. The Mets were 4-19 with 14 men left on base. Wright had a stolen base and was caught stealing. Murphy committed an error.

Jerry Hairston Jr. had a hit, Tony Gwynn Jr. had a hit and Ellis had two hits. Kemp had two hits, Andre Ethier had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks. Juan Rivera had a hit and two RBI, Matt Treanor had a hit and two RBI and Luis Cruz had a hit and an RBI. Adam Kennedy had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, A.J. Ellis had two hits and drew a walk and James Loney had a hit. Kennedy hit a double, Rivera hit a homerun and the Dodgers were 5-17 with runners in scoring position and they left 10 men on base.

The Dodgers swept the three game series from the Mets. The Mets record dropped to 47-48 and the Dodgers record improved to 52-44. The Mets will begin a three game series at home against the Washington Nationals on Monday night.