The New York Mets are sleepless in Seattle

The New York Mets were defeated by the Seattle Mariners on Monday night.  The game took place at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington.  Jon Niese started and wasn't great, David Wright and Travis d'Arnaud led the offense with two hits each. 

Niese pitched six innings giving up four runs and 11 hits.  He walked two and struck out six and lost his fifth game of the season.  Josh Edgin pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts. 

Roenis Elias pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up five hits and a run with two walks and eight strikeouts.  Elias won his eighth game of the season.  Dominic Leone pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits, Charlie Furbush pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout and Brandon Maurer pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out one.  Danny Farquhar pitched an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run with two strikeouts.

Daniel Murphy had a hit, Wright had two hits and an RBI and Lucas Duda had a hit.  d'Arnaud had two hits, Chris Young had a hit and drew a walk and Juan Lagares had a hit.  Ruben Tejada had a hit and drew a walk. 

Willie Bloomquist had three hits and an RBI, James Jones had a hit and Robinson Cano had a hit.  Kyle Seager had two hits and two RBI, Stefen Romero had two hits.  Justin Smoak drew a walk, Corey Hart had a hit and drew a walk and Dustin Ackley had three hits and an RBI.  Mike Zunino had a hit and an RBI, Bloomquist, Cano, Hart and Ackley each hit a double and Zunino hit a homerun.  The Mariners were 4-13 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Bloomquist had a stolen base and Ackley was caught stealing and Cano committed an error. 

Seager hit an RBI single in the first to give the Mariners a 1-0 lead.  In the third Wright hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  In the bottom of the third Zunino hit a solo homerun and Seager hit an RBI single to give the Mariners a 3-1 lead.  Bloomquist hit an RBI double in the fourth to give the Mariners a 4-1 lead.  In the eighth Ackley hit an RBI double to make it 5-1 and in the ninth an error led to a Mets run to make it 5-2 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Tuesday night.