The New York Mets lose in extras to the Pittsburgh Pirates

The New York Mets lose in extras to the Pittsburgh Pirates


The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Mets on Saturday night. The final score was 3-2 and the game took place at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jeremy Hefner started and pitched well, the bullpen was pretty good. Eric Young Jr., Daniel Murphy and David Wright each had three hits.

Hefner pitched seven innings giving up three hits and two runs. He struck out three, David Aardsma pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Scott Rice struck out the only batter that he faced and Greg Burke walked the only batter that he faced. Josh Edgin pitched 11/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk and Gonzalez Germen took the lost his first of the season. Germen pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and two strikeouts.

Young Jr. had two hits, Murphy had two hits and Wright had two hits and an RBI. Ike Davis drew a walk, Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Anthony Recker had a hit. Juan Lagares had a hit, Wright and Young each hit a double and Nieuwenhuis hit a homerun. The Mets were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Young was caught stealing.

Charlie Morton pitched seven innings giving up six hits and two runs. He walked one and struck out four. Mark Melancon pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two, Jason Grilli pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out one and Tony Watson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits. Bryan Morris pitched to one batter and retired him and Vin Mazzaro won his fifth game of the season pitching an inning and striking out two.

Starling Marte had two hits and drew a walk, Jose Tabata had a hit and Andrew McCutchen drew two walks. Pedro Alvarez had a hit and two RBI, Russell Martin drew two walks and Jordy Mercer had a hit and an RBI. Clint Barmes had a hit, Marte hit two doubles and Alvarez hit a homerun. The Pirates were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. McCutchen had a stolen base.

Alvarez hit a two run homerun in the first to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead. Wright hit an RBI single in the sixth to cut the lead to 2-1. In the seventh Nieuwenhuis hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two. Mercer hit an RBI single in the 11th to give the Pirates the 3-2 victory.

The Mets record fell to 40-49 and the Pirates record improved to 55-36. The two teams will play game two of there three game set on Saturday night.