The New York Mets lose to the Anaheim Angels in extra innings

The New York Mets were defeated by the Anaheim Angels on Friday night.  The game took place at

Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California and the final score was 5-4 Angels.  Dillon Gee started for

the Mets and pitched ok and the bullpen was pretty good.  Daniel Murphy led the offense with a

couple of hits. 

Gee pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up six hits and four runs with four walks and five strikeouts.  Carlos

Torres pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts, Gonzalez Germen

pitched 2/3 of an inning walking a batter and Scott Rice gave up a hit to the only batter that he

faced.  Kyle Farnsworth pitched 1/3 of an inning walking a batter and Jeurys Familia took his second

loss of the season pitching 2 1/3 innings and he gave up three hits and a run with three walks.

Tyler Skaggs started for the Angels and pitched seven innings giving up nine hits and four runs.  He

struck out four.  Joe Smith pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one, Ernesto Frieri

pitched an inning striking out two and Fernando Salas pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Michael Kohn earned his first win of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Eric Young Jr. had a hit, Murphy had two hits and David Wright had a hit.  Andrew Brown had a hit,

Curtis Granderson had a hit and Josh Satin had a hit and two RBI.  Juan Lagares had a hit, Travis

d'Arnaud had a hit and an RBI and Ruben Tejada had a hit.  Granderson, Satin and Wright each hit a

double.  d'Arnaud hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left

four men on base.  Lagares was caught stealing. 

Kole Calhoun had a hit and drew two walks, Mike Trout had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and

Albert Pujols had a hit and drew a walk.  Raul Ibanez had a hit and drew a walk, Howie Kendrick had

two hits and drew two walks and J.B. Shuck had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Chris Iannetta had a

hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Hank Conger had an RBI and Erick Aybar had two hits.  Kendrick hit a

double, Trout and Shuck hit homeruns.  The Angels were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and

left 17 men on base.  Skaggs had a pickoff. 

In the first inning Wright grounded into a double play scoring a run.  In the bottom of the first Trout hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  Iannetta hit an RBI single in the second giving the Angels a 2-1 lead.  d'Arnaud hit a solo homerun in the third to tie the game at two.  Satin hit a two run double in the fourth to give the Mets a 4-2 lead.  Shuck hit a two run homerun in the sixth to tie the game at four.  In the bottom of the 11th Conger was hit by a pitch that scored the winning run and gave the Angels a 5-4 victory.  The two teams will play game two on Saturday night and complete the three game series on Sunday afternoon.