The New York Mets keep rolling with a victory in Tampa Bay

The New York Mets defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 4-3 Mets.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and pitched well and the bullpen was pretty good.  Daniel Murphy and Wilmer Flores led the offense with two hits each. 

deGrom pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up six hits and two runs with no walks and seven strikeouts.  Eric O'Flaherty pitched to one batter and retired him, Bobby Parnell pitched 1/3 of an inning with a walk and Tyler Clippard won his second game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout.  Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and earned his 30th save of the season. 

Jake Odorizzi pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up four hits and a run with a walk and six strikeouts.  Steve Geltz pitched to one batter and retired him, Jake McGee pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout.  Brad Boxberger pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two unearned runs and Alex  Colome pitched to one batter and struck him out.   

Murphy had two hits and an RBI, Juan Uribe had a hit and an RBI and Michael Conforto had a hit and an RBI.  Travis d'Arnaud had a hit and drew a walk, Kelly Johnson had a hit and Flores had two hits and an RBI.  Conforto hit a double and Uribe and Murphy each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

Grady Sizemore had a hit and an RBI, Evan Longoria had two hits and an RBI and James Loney had two hits and an RBI.  Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits, Kevin Kiermaier had a hit and Curt Casali drew a walk.  Loney and Cabrera each hit a double and Sizemore, Loney and Longoria each hit a homerun.  The Rays were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Boxberger committed an error. 

In the fourth Sizemore hit a solo homerun to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  In the seventh Uribe hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  Loney answered back with a solo homerun in the bottom of the seventh to give the Rays a 2-1 lead.  In the eighth Murphy hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two.  Longoria hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the eighth to give the Rays a 3-2 lead.  In the ninth Conforto hit an RBI double to tie the game at three and Flores hit an RBI single to give them a 4-3 lead which would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday afternoon.