The New York Mets win second straight over the Baltimore Orioles

The New York Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 5-1.  Jacob deGrom started and pitched well and Dilson Herrera had three hits and three RBI to lead the offense. 

deGrom pitched seven innings giving up six hits and a run with one walk and nine strikeouts.  deGrom won his third game of the season.  Carlos Torres pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one, Alex Torres pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Jeurys Familia pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out two. 

Ubaldo Jiminez pitched four innings giving up six hits and three runs with two walks and a strikeout.  Jiminez lost his second game of the season.  Brad Brach pitched two innings giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and three strikeouts, Kevin Gausman pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Jason Garcia pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit and two RBI, Michael Cuddyer had a hit and drew a walk and Wilmer Flores drew a walk.  Kevin Plawecki had a hit and drew a walk, Herrera had three hits and three RBI and deGrom had a hit.  Granderson and Herrera each hit a homerun and the Mets were 3-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

Alejandro De Aza had a hit, Rey Navarro had a hit and Delmon Young had a hit.  Jimmy Paredes had a hit and an RBI, Adam Jones drew a walk and Chris Davis had a hit.  Manny Machado had two hits, Caleb Joseph had a hit and Travis Snider had a hit.  The Orioles were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Machado had two stolen bases. 

In the second Herrera hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  Granderson hit a solo homerun in the third to increase the lead to 2-0 Mets.  In the fourth Granderson hit a sac fly to make it a 3-0 game.  Paredes hit an RBI single in the fifth to cut the lead to 3-1.  Herrera hit a two run homerun in the sixth to make it 5-1 and that would be the final score.  The Mets will have the day off on Thursday before beginning a three game series in Philadelphia on Friday night.