The Mets lose in Arizona as the game gets away late

The New York Mets were defeated by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.  The game took place at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.  Jon Niese started for the Mets and was ok and the bullpen wasn't.  The Mets had six hits and no one had more than a hit. 

Niese pitched six innings giving up six hits and three runs with a walk and eight strikeouts.  Niese lost his sixth game of the season.  Carlos Torres pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout, Jack Leathersich gave up a run and a walk and Erick Goeddel pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout. 

Jeremy Hellickson won his fourth game of the season pitching six innings and giving up six hits and two runs with three walks and six strikeouts.  Andrew Chafin pitched a perfect inning, Daniel Hudson pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Randall Delgado pitched an inning striking out two. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit and drew a walk, Ruben Tejada had a hit and Lucas Duda drew a walk.  Michael Cuddyer had a hit and an RBI, Wilmer Flores had a hit and Juan Lagares had a hit.  Eric Campbell had a hit and an RBI, Niese drew a walk and Flores hit a double.  Cuddyer hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Niese committed an error. 

Ender Inciarte had a hit, A.J. Pollock had three hits and two RBI and Paul Goldschmidt had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Yasmani Thomas had two hits and an RBI, David Peralta drew a walk and Aaron Hill had a hit and an RBI.  Chris Owings had a hit and an RBI, Nick Ahmed drew two walks and Pollock hit a double.  Tomas hit a double and Inciarte hit a triple and the Diamondbacks were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Ahmed had a stolen base, Pollock had a stolen base and Goldschmidt had a stolen base. 

In the second Cuddyer hit a solo homerun to make it 1-0 Mets.  In the third the Diamondbacks tied it on a Pollock RBI single.  Campbell hit an RBI single in the fourth and it was 2-1 Mets.  In the sixth the Diamondbacks tied it up again on a Goldschmidt RBI single.  Tomas hit an RBI double and the Diamondbacks took a 3-2 lead.  Pollock hit an RBI double in the eighth to make it 4-2 Diamondbacks.  Hill hit an RBI single, Owings hit a sac fly and a wild pitch made it 7-2 and that was all in the eighth inning.