New York Mets are defeated by the Boston Red Sox 6-3

The New York Mets were defeated by the Boston Red Sox on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie and the final score was 6-3.  Jon Niese started the game and struggled a little bit, the offense was led by Juan Lagares who had a couple of hits and Kirk Nieuwenhuis had three hits. 

Niese pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout.  Tyler Pill pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and striking out one, Hansel Robles pitched an inning giving up a hit and three runs with two walks and Cory Mazzoni pitched an inning giving up a walk.  Akeel Morris pitched an inning giving up a run and three walks with a strikeout, Cody Satterwhite pitched an inning giving up two walks and a strikeout and Gabriel Ynoa pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out one. 

Lagares had two hits and an RBI, Curtis Granderson had a hit and David Wright had a hit.  Daniel Muno had a hit, Nieuwenhuis had three hits and Travis d'Arnaud had a hit.  Wilmer Flores had a hit and an RBI, Johnny Monell had a hit and Wilfredo Tovar had a hit.  Nieuwenhuis and Granderson each hit a double.  The Mets were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

In the second Flores hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third Xander Bogaerts hit an RBI single to tie the game at one and Bryce Brentz drew an RBI walk to give the Red Sox a 2-1 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth Flores grounded out and a run scored to tie the game at two.  In the fifth inning a Bogaerts three run homerun gave the Red Sox a 5-2 lead and then a wild pitch in the seventh made it 6-2 Red Sox.  In the bottom of the seventh the scoring was completed with a Lagares RBI single to make it 6-3 and that was the final score. 

The Mets will remain home on Monday afternoon and take on the Miami Marlins.  Zach Wheeler will make the start.