The New York Mets end losing skid with a victory in Baltimore

The New York Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland and the final score was 5-3 Mets.  Jacob deGrom started for the MEts and pitched well.  Curtis Granderson and Daniel Murphy each had two hits to lead the offense. 

deGrom pitched 7 2/3 innings giving up five hits and a run with a walk and six strikeouts.  He won his 12th game of the season.  Tyler Clippard pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and Jeurys Familia pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two walks with a strikeout. 

Kevin Gausman pitched six innings giving up six hits and three runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  He lost his fifth game of the season.  T.J. McFarland pitched an inning giving up a  hit and a walk with a strikeout, Mychal Givens pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with one of them being earned and he struck out a batter and Brad Brach pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout. 

Granderson had two hits and two RBI with a walk, Murphy had two hits and two RBI and Yoenis Cespedes drew a walk.  Lucas Duda had a hit, Travis d'Arnaud drew a walk and Michael Cuddyer had a hit.  Michael Conforto had a hit, Wilmer Flores had a hit and Murphy hit two doubles.  Granderson hit two homeruns and the Mets were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Conforto had an outfield assist. 

Manny Machado had a hit and drew a walk, Gerardo Parra had a hit and an RBI and Chris Davis drew a walk.  Matt Wieters had two hits, Steve Clevenger had a hit and J.J. Hardy had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Henry Urrutia had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Hardy hit a double and Parra hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Schoop committed two errors. 

In the first Granderson hit a solo homerun giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third Murphy hit an RBI double to extend the Mets lead to 2-0.  Granderson hit another solo homerun and it was 3-0 Mets in the fifth inning.  Parra hit a solo homerun in the sixth to cut the lead to 3-1.  In the ninth Murphy hit a sac fly and it was 4-1 Mets.  A wild pitch made it 5-1 and in the bottom of the ninth an RBI walk by Hardy and Urrutia made it a 5-3 game but that would be the final score.  The two teams will play the second and final game of the brief series on Wednesday night.