The New York Mets salvage the final game in Colorado

The New York Mets defeated the Colorado Rockies on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado and the final score was 5-1.  Dillon Gee started for the Mets and pitched very well.  The bullpen was good also and Juan Lagares had three hits to lead the offense. 

Gee pitched six innings giving up six hits and no runs.  He walked one and struck out five to earn his third win of the season.  Carlos Torres pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out one, Scott Rice faced one batter and retired him and Jeurys Familia pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts. 

Jhoulys Chacin took the loss pitching five innings and giving up eight hits and four runs with five walks and four strikeouts.  Tommy Kahnle pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and Matt Belisle pitched two perfect innings with a strikeout.

Lagares had three hits, Daniel Murphy had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and David Wright had a hit and an RBI.  Curtis Granderson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Chris Young had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Lucas Duda had a hit, an RBI and drew three walks.  Wright, Young, Lagares, Murphy and Duda each hit a double and the Mets were 3-12 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Young had a stolen base. 

Charlie Culberson had a hit, Carlos Gonzalez had a hit and Nolan Arenado had a hit.  Justin Morneau had a hit and an RBI, Michael McKenry had a hit and Corey Dickerson had two hits.  DJ LeMahieu drew a walk, Brandon Barnes had a hit and Culberson and Arenado each hit a double.  Morneau hit a homerun and the Rockies were 0-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Gonzalez had an outfield assist.   

Granderson hit an RBI single in the first giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third Wright hit an RBI double and Young hit an RBI double to increase the lead to 3-0.  The Mets took a 4-0 lead in the fourth on a Murphy RBI double.  In the seventh Duda hit an RBI double to give the Mets a 5-0 lead.  The Rockies would score their only run in the ninth on a solo homerun by Morneau.  The final score was 5-1 Mets.  The Mets lost three out of four in this series and will head to Miami to take on the Marlins in a three game series beginning Monday night.