The New York Mets build up a lead blow it and then hold on to defeat the San Diego Padres

The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres on Friday night.  The game took place at Petco Park in San Diego, California and the final score was 5-4.  Bartolo Colon started and he wasn't that goood, the bullpen was very good.  Curtis Granderson had two hits and Travis d'Arnaud had three hits. 

Colon pitched five innings giving up five hits and four runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  Dana Eveland pitched two innings giving up a hit, Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect inning and picked up his second win of the season and Jennry Mejia saved his 11th game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and striking out one. 

Ian Kennedy pitched five innings giving up six hits and four runs with three walks and four strikeouts.  Dale Thayer pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and striking out one, Alex Torres pitched 2/3 of an inning and Kevin Quackenbush pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and Joaquin Benoit pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and a strikeout.  He lost his second game of the season. 

Granderson had two hits and drew a walk, David Wright drew a walk and Lucas Duda had a hit and drew a walk.  d'Arnaud had three hits and two RBI, Kirk Nieuwenhuis had an RBI and drew a walk and Juan Lagares had a hit and two RBI.  Ruben Tejada had a hit and drew two walks, Duda and Tejada each hit a double and the Mets were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Granderson had a stolen base and Colon committed an error and Nieuwenhuis had an outfield assist. 

Chase Headley had a hit and two RBI, Will Venable had a hit and Jake Goebbert drew a walk.  Chris Nelson had two hits and an RBI, Alexi Amarista had three hits and an RBI and the Padres were 3-6 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Venable and Goebbert each had a stolen base.

In the first d'Arnaud hit an RBI single and Lagares hit a two run single to make it 3-0 Mets.  In the third Nieuwenhuis hit an RBI groundout to push the lead to 4-0.  In the fifth Nelson hit an RBI single, Amarista hit an RBI single and Headley hit a two run single to tie the game at four.  d'Arnaud hit an RBI single in the ninth to give the Mets a 5-4 lead.  The final score was 5-4 Mets.