The Mets lose to the Rockies at Citi Field

The New York Mets were defeated by the Colorado Rockies by the score of 3-1 on Monday night. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. R.A. Dickey started for the Mets and pitched well and the bullpen had mixed results. Mike Baxter led the Mets offense. White started for the Rockies and pitched well for the four innings that he pitched. The Rockies bullpen pitched well and Colvin led the Rockies offense.  Dickey pitched seven innings giving up three hits and a run with two walks and six strikeouts. Josh Edgin took the loss pitching 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run which was unearned, Jon Rauch pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and Ramon Ramirez struck out the only batter that he faced. Alex White pitched four innings giving up three hits and a run with two walks and four strikeouts. Guillermo Moscoso pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts, Rex Brothers picked up his seventh win of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and two walks with two strikeouts. Matt Belisle pitched to one batter and retired him and Rafael Betancourt picked up his 24^th save of the season pitching an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout.
Ruben Tejada had a walk, Baxter had two hits and David Wright had a hit and drew a walk. Ike Davis had a hit and drew a walk, Daniel Murphy had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks and Andres Torres had a hit and drew a walk. Wright and Baxter each had a double, the Yankees were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. Baxter was caught stealing, Edgin committed an error and Shoppach had a passed ball.
Dexter Fowler had a hit and drew two walks, Tyler Colvin had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Ramon Hernandez had a hit and an RBI. Jonathan Herrera had a hit, White had a hit and Colvin hit a homerun. The White Sox were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and they left five men on base. Fowler had a stolen base and Rosario had a pickoff.
Murphy had an RBI single in the first to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. In the fifth Colvin hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one. In the eighth a passed ball scored a run and made it 2-1 Rockies. Hernandez hit an RBI single in the ninth to make it 3-1 and that was the final score.
The Mets are now a season high eight games under 500. The Mets record fell to 57-65 and the Rockies record improved to 47-73. The two teams will play game two of their four game series on Tuesday night.