Saturday, September 27, 2014

The New York Mets defeat the Houston Astros in a close one



The New York Yankees defeated the Houston Astros on Saturday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 2-1.  Rafael Montero started for the Mets and pitched well and so did the bullpen.  The Mets offense only managed four hits. 

Montero pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and a run.  He walked two and struck out six.  Buddy Carlyle pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out one, Jeurys Familia pitched an inning with a strikeout and Jennry Mejia pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Mejia picked up his sixth win of the season. 

Samuel Deduno pitched four innings giving up a hit and no runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Jake Buchanan pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out one, Kevin Chapman pitched a perfect inning and Jose Veras pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings.  Tony Sipp blew his second save and lost his third game of the season.  He pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs. 


Matt den Dekker had a hit, Eric Young Jr. had a hit and Lucas Duda had a hit and two RBI.  Anthony Recker drew a walk, Ruben Tejada had a hit and den Dekker hit a double.  Young Jr. hit a triple and Duda hit a homerun.  The Mets were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Recker had a passed ball.
 
Robbie Grossman had a hit, Dexter Fowler had two hits and Jason Castro had a hit and an RBI.  Marwin Gonzalez had two hits and drew a walk, Matt Dominguez drew a walk and Deduno had a hit.  Gonzalez, Deduno and Castro each hit a double.  The Astros were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Fowler had a stolen base and Dominguez committed an error. 
In the sixth Castro hit an RBI double to give the Astros a 1-0 lead.  The Mets scored two runs in the ninth to win the game 2-1 and even the three game series.  Duda hit a walk-off two run homerun.  The Mets will play the rubber game of the three game series and the final game of the 2014 season on Sunday afternoon. 
 


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