The New York Mets squeak by the Philadelphia Phillies with a couple of late runs

The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night.  The game took place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the final score was 3-2.  Jon Niese started and pitched well for the Mets.  Michael Cuddyer and Ruben Tejada each had a couple of hits and Juan Lagares had a couple RBI to lead the offense. 

Niese pitched seven innings giving up five hits and two runs with none of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out six and earned his third win of the season.  Carlos Torres pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Alex Torres walked the only two guys he faced and Buddy Carlyle pitched to two batters and retired them both.  Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and he saved his 12th game of the season. 

Aaron Harang pitched seven innings giving up eight hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out two and lost his third game of the season.  Jake Diekman pitched to one batter and struck him out, Luis Garcia pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and two walks with a strikeout. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit and drew a walk, Lagares had a hit and two RBI and Cuddyer had two hits.  Daniel Murphy had a hit, Kevin Plawecki drew a walk and Dilson Herrera had a hit.  Tejada had two hits and drew a walk and Niese had a hit.  Tejada hit a double and Lagares hit a homerun, the Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Herrera committed an error. 

Ben Revere drew a walk, Freddy Galvis had a hit and Darin Ruf had a hit.  Jeff Francoeur had an RBI, Grady Sizemore drew a walk and Cesar Hernandez had a hit and drew a walk.  Carlos Ruiz had a hit and an RBI, Andres Blanco had two hits and Chase Utley had a hit.  Ruiz and Galvis each hit a double and the Phillies were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

In the fifth Duda reached on an error and a run scored to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth the Phillies tied the game at one on a Francoeur sac fly.  Ruiz hit an RBI double and the Phillies had a 2-1 lead.  In the seventh Lagares hit a two run homerun to give the Mets a 3-2 lead and that would be the final score.