The New York Mets drop game 7-3 to the Pittsburgh Pirates

The New York Mets were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates by the score of 7-3. The game was played at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Sean Marcum started and pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up nine hits and six runs with two strikeouts. Robert Carson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit, Scott Atchison pitched two innings giving up a hit and striking out two and Scott Rice pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks. 
Ruben Tejada had a hit, David Wright had two hits and Jordany Valdespin had a hit and an RBI. Ike Davis had two hits, Anthony Recker had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Juan Lagares had a hit. Andrew Brown had a hit and an RBI. Wright and Lagares each hit a double, Recker and Valdespin each hit a homerun. The Mets were 1-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Wright committed an error and Byrd had an outfield assist. Carson had a pickoff.

Wandy Rodriguez earned his third win pitching six innings and giving up six hits and a run. He walked none and struck out two. Vin Mazzaro pitched two innings giving up a hit, Jose Contreras pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and Jason Grilli earned his 14^th save of the season pitching to one batter and retiring him.

Starling Marte had three hits and an RBI,Jordy Mercer had two hits and drew a walk and Garrett Jones had three hits and three RBI. Jose Tabata had a hit, Pedro Alvarez had two hits and an RBI and Michael McKenry had a hit. Rodriguez had an RBI, Gaby Sanchez drew a walk and Jones and McKenry each hit a double. Jones hit a homerun and the Pirates were 5-11 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Marte was picked off.

In the second Alvarez hit an RBI single, Rodriguez grounded into a force out scoring another run and Marte hit an RBI single to make it 3-0 Pirates. Jones hit a three run homerun in the fifth and gave the Pirates a 6-0 lead. Recker hit a solo homerun in the fifth to make it 6-1 Pirates. In the ninth McCutchen grounded into a double play and a run scored making it 7-1 Pirates. In the ninth the Mets scored a couple of runs to make it 7-3 which was the final score. Valdespin hit a solo homerun and Brown hit an RBI single.

The Mets record dropped to 14-18 and the Pirates improved their record to 19-16. The two teams will play game three of their four game series on Saturday afternoon.