New York Mets fall to the Detroit Tigers

The New York Mets were defeated by the Detroit Tigers by the score of 6-4 on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and pitched well.  Juan Lagares, Ruben Tejada and John Mayberry Jr. each had two hits. 

Matz pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up three hits and one run with a walk and a strikeout.  Zach Thornton pitched two innings giving up a hit and two walks, Jack Leathersich retired the only batter that he faced and Chase Bradford pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked two batters.  Jeurys Familia took the loss, his first of the spring.  He pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with one of them being earned, he walked one and struck out two and Dario Alvarez struck out the only batter that he faced. 

Lagares had two hits and drew a walk, Tejada had two hits and an RBI and Lucas Duda had a hit and drew a walk.  Mayberry Jr. had two hits and an RBI, Cory Vaughn had a hit and Eric Campbell had an RBI and drew a walk.  Alex Castellanos had two hits, Daniel Muno had two hits and an RBI and Tejada and Mayberry each hit a double.  Lagares hit two doubles and Castellanos hit a triple.  The Mets were 3-14 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Campbell had a stolen base, Rosario and Lawley each committed an error. 

In the first J.D. Martinez hit a solo homerun to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead.  Tejada hit an RBI single in the third to tie the game.  Campbell hit an RBI groundout in the third to give the Mets a 2-1 lead.  In the sixth Muno hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 3-1 and the Tigers came right back in the bottom of the sixth.  Nick Castellanos hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 3-2 and then Bryan Holaday reached on an error and a run scored to tie the game at three.  Hernan Perez hit a sacrifice fly and it was 4-3 Tigers.  In the seventh Mayberry Jr. hit an RBI double to tie the game at four.  In the eighth the Tigers would score the last two runs of the game.  A wild pitch made it 5-4 and then another wild pitch made it 6-4 and that would be the final score. 

The Mets will take on the New York Yankees on Sunday afternoon with Matt Harvey taking the mound.  They will remain at home for that game.