The New York Mets lose a one run game to the Los Angeles Dodgers

The New York Mets were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.  The game took place at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, California and the final score was 4-3.  Matt Harvey started and didn't have a great outing, the bullpen was pretty good.  Wilmer Flores had three hits to lead the offense. 

Harvey pitched five innings giving up seven hits and three runs with five walks and four strikeouts.  He lost his sixth game of the season.  Alex Torres pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk, Carlos Torres pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out a batter and Sean Gilmartin pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one. 

Zach Greinke won his seventh game of the season pitching seven innings giving up four hits and no runs.  He walked none and struck out four.  Yimi Garcia pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout, Adam Liberatore pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and Pedro Baez pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run.  J.P. Howell picked up his first save of the season striking out the only batter that he faced. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit, Daniel Murphy had a hit and Lucas Duda had a hit and an RBI.  Flores had three hits and an RBI, Kevin Plawecki had two hits and Juan Lagares had a hit and an RBI.  Plawecki and Duda each hit a double and the Mets were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Cecilliani had a stolen base and Lagares was caught stealing. 

Joc Pederson drew a walk, Howie Kendrick had two hits and Adrian Gonzalez had a hit and an RBI.  Yasmani Grandal had two hits and drew a walk, Yasiel Puig had a hit and drew a walk and Andre Ethier had a hit and drew two walks.  Alberto Callaspo had two hits and two RBI.  Jimmy Rollins had an RBI and drew a walk, Greinke had a hit and Puig and Grandal each hit a double.  Gonzalez had a homerun and the Dodgers were 2-12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Kendrick had a stolen base. 

In the second Rollins hit an RBI groundout to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Gonzalez hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 2-0.  Callaspo hit an RBI single and it was 3-0 Dodgers.  In the seventh Callaspo hit an RBI single to push the lead to 4-0.  In the eighth Duda hit an RBI double, Flores hit an RBI single and in the ninth Lagares hit a sac fly to make it 4-3 but that would be the final score.