The New York Mets drop one to the San Francisco Giants 2-1

The New York Mets drop one to the San Francisco Giants 2-1


The San Francisco Giants defeated the New York Mets on Thursday afternoon. The final score was 2-1 and the game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Jon Niese started for the Mets and pitched well and their offense only managed four hits.

Niese pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and two runs. He walked two and struck out four and lost his eighth game of the season. Scott Atchison pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and LaTroy Hawkins pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.

Josh Satin had a hit and drew a walk, Daniel Murphy had a hit and an RBI and Andrew Brown had a hit. Matthew den Dekker drew a walk, Travis d’Arnaud drew a walk and Omar Quintanilla had a hit. Zach Lutz drew a walk, Satin hit a double and the Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.

Madison Bumgarner pitched seven innings giving up four hits and a run with three walks and ten strikeouts. Bumgarner won his 13th game of the season. Jean Machi pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Santiago Casilla pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a walk and Javier Lopez earned his first save of the season. He pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out one.

Tony Abreu had two hits, Hunter Pence drew a walk and Hector Sanchez had a hit. Joaquin Arias had a hit, Juan Perez had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Ehire Adrianza had a hit and an RBI. Sanchez and Abreu hit a double and the Giants were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.

Perez hit an RBI single in the fourth and Adrianza grounded into a force out scoring the second run to make it 2-0 Giants. The Mets scored their only run in the fourth on a Murphy RBI single to cut the lead to 2-1. The final score was 2-1 Giants.

The Mets record fell to 68-84 and the Giants record improved to 71-82. The Mets will play the Philadelphia Phillies in a three game series beginning Friday night in Philly.