The New York Mets split a doubleheader with the Arizona Diamondbacks

The New York Mets were defeated in game one by the Arizona Diamondbacks.  They defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks in game two.  The games took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final scores were 2-1 and 4-2.  Rafael Montero pitched well in the first game and Daniel Murphy, David Wright and Juan Centeno each had two hits.  In the second game Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched well and so did the bullpen.  Anthony Recker had four hits and Murphy had three hits. 

In the first game Montero pitched six innings giving up two hits and a run with three walks and ten strikeouts.  Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two, Josh Edgin faced one batter and retired him and Jose Valverde pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and walking two.  Jennry Mejia lost his first game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and a run.  It was unearned and he walked and struck out a batter. 

Bronson Arroyo pitched six innings giving up six hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout.  Oliver Perez pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts, Marshall won his second game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning and walking one and Addison Reed picked up his 14th save of the season.  He pitched an inning giving up two hits and struck out two. 

Juan Lagares had a hit, Murphy had two hits and Wright had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Curtis Granderson drew a walk, Bobby Abreu drew a walk and Ruben Tejada had a hit.  Centeno had two hits, Wilmer Flores had a hit, the Mets were 1-13 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Murphy committed an error. 

Gerardo Parra drew two walks, Chris Owings had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Paul Goldschmidt had two hits.  Miguel Montero drew a walk, Aaron Hill drew two walks and Eric Chavez had a hit.  A.J. Pollock had a hit, Chavez, Goldschmidt and Pollock each hit a double.  Owings hit a homerun and the Diamondbacks were 0-8 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Owings committed an error.  In the first Owings hit a homerun to give the Diamondbacks a 1-0 lead.  The Mets answered right back with a Wright RBI single.  The game remained tied until the ninth inning when Owings reached on a force attempt and error which allowed a run to score.  The final score was 2-1. 

In game two Matsuzaka pitched six innings giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  He won his second game of the season, Carlos Torres pitched an inning giving up a hit, Josh Edgin pitched to one batter and retired him and Familia faced two batters and retired them.  Mejia picked up his third save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and striking out one. 

Zeke Spruill pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up ten hits and three runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  He lost his first game of the season, Trevor Cahill pitched two innings giving up three hits and a run with three walks and Joe Thatcher pitched to two batters retiring them both and one was a strikeout. 

Murphy had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Wright had a hit and drew a walk and Granderson drew two walks.  Abreu had two hits and an RBI, Eric Campbell had a hit and Recker had four hits.  Matsuzaka had a hit and an RBI, Tejada had a hit and an RBI and C. Young drew a walk.  Abreu and Recker each hit a double.  The Mets were 4-13 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.  Recker was caught stealing and Wright committed an error. 

Parra had a hit and drew a walk, Hill had a hit and Martin Prado had a hit and an RBI.  Cody Ross had an RBI, Owings had a hit and Tuffy Gosewisch had a hit.  Gosewisch hit a double, Prado hit a triple and the Diamondbacks were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Parra had a stolen base and Inciarte had an outfield assist. 

In the second Prado hit an RBI triple and Ross had an RBI groundout to give the Diamondbacks a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the second Matsuzaka had an RBI single to make it a 2-1 game.  Abreu hit an RBI double in the fifth to tie the game at two.  In the sixth Tejada hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 3-2 lead.  Murphy hit an RBI single in the eighth to make it 4-2 and that was the final score.  The Mets will begin a series with the Pittsburgh Pirates at home on Monday afternoon.