Thursday, August 20, 2015

The New York Mets lose to the Baltimore Orioles on a walk-off homerun



The New York Mets were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland and the final score was 5-4 Orioles.  Noah Syndergaard started and struggled a little bit.  Daniel Murphy and Wilmer Flores each had two hits and two RBI to lead the offense. 

Syndergaard pitched five innings giving up eight hits and three runs.  He walked two and struck out six.  Logan Verrett pitched a perfect inning, Hansel Robles pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts and Tyler Clippard pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Carlos Torres lost his fifth game of the season giving up a hit and a run without recording an out. 

Ubaldo Jimenez pitched five innings giving up five hits and three runs with four walks and six strikeouts.  Mychal Givens pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout, Brian Matusz pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Darren O'Day pitched to two batters retiring them both and one was a strikeout.  Zach Britton won his fourth game of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit, Murphy had two hits and two RBI and Yoenis Cespedes had a hit.  Lucas Duda had a hit and drew a walk, Juan Uribe drew a walk and Travis d'Arnaud drew a walk.  Michael Conforto drew a walk, Michael Cuddyer had a hit and Flores had two hits and two RBI.  Juan Lagares had a hit, Granderson and Duda each hit a double.  Murphy and Flores each hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Cespedes had a stolen base and Duda was caught stealing. 

Manny Machado had two hits, Gerardo Parra had a hit and Adam Jones had two  hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Chris Davis had a hit and drew a walk, Jonathan Schoop had a hit and two RBI and Steve Clevenger had two hits and an RBI.  Henry Urrutia had a hit and an RBI, Machado, Jones and Davis each hit a double and Schoop, Jones and Urrutia each hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Parra, Davis and Machado each had a stolen base. 

In the first Murphy hit a solo homerun giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  Flores hit an RBI single in the fourth to make it a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth Clevenger hit an RBI single to make it a 2-1 game and in the fifth Murphy hit an RBI single to push the Mets lead to 3-1.  In the sixth Schoop tied the game at three with a two run homerun.  Flores hit a solo homerun in the seventh to give the Mets a 4-3 lead.  Jones tied the game in the bottom of the seventh with a solo homerun to make it 4-4.  Urrutia hit a solo homerun in the ninth to win the game 5-4 for the Orioles.  The two teams split the two game series and the Mets will have off on Thursday before beginning a three game series in Colorado. 

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