The New York Mets were defeated by
the Chicago Cubs on Sunday afternoon.
The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final
score was 2-1 Cubs. Rafael Montero
started for the Mets and pitched well and Ruben Tejada had two of the teams
four hits.
Montero pitched 7 1/3 innings
giving up five hits and a run. He walked
two and struck out six. Josh Edgin
pitched to one batter and struck him out, Carlos Torres pitched 1/3 of an
inning giving up a walk and striking out one and Jennry Mejia lost his sixth
game of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and a run with a
strikeout.
Jake Arrieta pitched seven innings
giving up two hits and no runs. He
walked two and struck out nine . Pedro
Strop pitched an inning giving up two hits and an unearned run with a strikeout
and Hector Rendon picked up his 17th save of the season pitching a perfect
inning with a strikeout.
Curtis Granderson had a hit and an
RBI, Lucas Duda had a hit and drew a walk and Matt den Dekker drew a walk. Tejada had two hits and the Mets were 1-8
with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. den Dekker had a stolen base.
Chris Coughlan had a hit, Javier
Baez drew two walks and Starlin Castro had two hits and an RBI. Luis Valbuena had a hit and an RBI, Arismendy
Alcantara had a hit and Ryan Sweeney had two hits. Ruggiano drew a walk, Castro hit a homerun and
the Cubs were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Coughlan was caught stealing, Rizzo committed
an error and Baker had a passed ball.
In the fourth Valbuena hit an RBI
single to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead.
Granderson hit an RBI single in the eighth to tie the game at one. The Cubs would take a 2-1 lead in the ninth
on a Castro Solo homerun. The final
score was 2-1 Cubs. The Mets took two
out of the first three in the series and will play the final game on Monday
afternoon.
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