The New York Mets drop another one to the Chicago Cubs

The New York Mets were defeated by the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois and the final score was 5-4.  Daisuki Matsuzaka started for the Mets and didn't pitch that well, the bullpen was pretty good.  Daniel Murphy had three hits. 

Matsuzaka pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up four hits and four runs with five walks and two strikeouts.  Dana Eveland lost his first game of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning and giving up two hits and a run with a walk, Jeurys Familia pitched 1/3 of an inning and Buddy Carlyle pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts.  Scott Rice pitched 1/3 of an inning walking one and striking out one and Carlos Torres pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out three. 

Edwin Jackson won his fourth game of the season pitching five innings and giving up five hits and four runs but only one was earned.  He walked five and struck out four.  Carlos Villanueva pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two walks with two strikeouts, Wesley Wright struck out the only batter that he faced and James Russell faced two batters and retired them both.  Justin Grimm retired the only batter that he faced, Pedro Strop pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Hector Rondon saved his seventh game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit with two strikeouts.   

Matt den Dekker drew a walk, Murphy had three hits and David Wright drew two walks.  Curtis Granderson had two hits, Bobby Abreu drew a walk and Lucas Duda had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Ruben Tejada had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Matsuzaka drew a walk and Duda and Murphy each hit a double.  Tejada hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Granderson had a stolen base. 

Emilio Bonifacio had a hit, Justin Ruggiano had a hit and drew three walks and Anthony Rizzo had a hit and drew two walks.  Starlin Castro had three hits and three RBI, Nate Schierholtz had an RBI and Chris Coghlan had a hit and drew two walks.  Mike Olt drew a walk, Luis Valbuena had a hit and Ruggiano and Castro each hit a double.  Coghlan hit a triple and the Cubs were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the first Abreu reached on an error and a run scored and Duda hit a two run double to give the Mets a 3-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first the Cubs scored two runs.  Castro hit an RBI single and Schierholtz had an RBI groundout.  The score was 3-2 Mets and then Tejada homered in the fourth to extend the lead to 4-2.  Castro hit a two run single in the fifth to tie the game at four  and a wild pitch made it 5-4 Cubs.  5-4 would be the final score of the game.  The two teams will play the final game of the series on Thursday night.  The Mets will try and avoid the sweep.