The New York Mets
were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night. The game took place at Citi Field in
Flushing, New York and the final score was 1-0.
Bartolo Colon started for the Mets and pitched well, pen was good. The Mets offense only managed three
hits.
Colon pitched six
innings giving up five hits and one run with seven strikeouts. Colon took his first loss of the season. Hansel Robles pitched a perfect inning with a
strikeout, Antonio Bastardo pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and
Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up three hits and he struck out
one.
Vince Velasquez
started for the Phillies and pitched six innings giving up three hits and no
runs. He walked three and struck out
nine to earn his first win of the season.
Hector Neris pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and he struck out
one, Daniel Stumpf pitched to one batter and retired him and David Hernandez
pitched an inning striking out two.
Jeanmar Gomez pitched a perfect inning to earn his first save of the
season and secure the first victory of the season for the Phillies.
Curtis Granderson
drew a walk, Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits and Lucas Duda had a hit. Wilmer Flores drew two walks, Alejandro De
Aza drew a walk and Cabrera hit a double.
The Mets were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on
base. De Aza had a stolen base.
Cesar Hernandez
had two hits, Odubel Herrera had a hit and Maikel Franco had a hit. Ryan Howard had a hit and an RBI, Cameron
Rupp had two hits and Peter Bourjos had a hit.
Bourjos hit a double and Howard hit a homerun. The Phillies were 1-4 with runners in scoring
position and left five men on base.
Hernandez was caught stealing.
The only run of
the game came in the fifth inning on a Howard solo homerun. The win was the first of the year for the
Phillies and the two teams will play the rubber game of the series on Sunday
afternoon. Matt Harvey will get the
start for the Mets.
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