The New York Mets are swept in Colorado

The New York Mets were defeated by the Colorado Rockies on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado and the final score was 4-3.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he pitched ok and the bullpen was pretty good.  Eric Campbell had two hits as the only Mets player with a multi-hit game. 

deGrom pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with three walks and three strikeouts.  Jim Henderson took his second loss of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, Jerry Blevins pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out one and Jeurys Familia pitched to one batter and retired him. 

Tyler Chatwood pitched seven innings giving up six hits and three runs with three walks and four strikeouts.  He won his fifth game of the season.  Boone Logan pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Jake McGee pitched an inning giving up a hit and earning his 12th save of the season. 

Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit, Michael Conforto had a hit and an RBI and Juan Lagares had a hit.  Yoenis Cespedes had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Walker drew a walk and Kevin Plawecki had a hit.  Campbell had two hits and drew a walk, deGrom had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Campbell and Lagares each hit a double.  Cespedes hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

Charlie Blackmon drew a walk, Trevor Story had a hit and Carlos Gonzalez had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  DJ LeMahieu had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Chatwood had a hit and Ryan Raburn had a hit and two RBI.  Gonzalez hit a double, Story hit a triple and Gonzalez and Raburn each hit a homerun.  The Rockies were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

In the second Cespedes hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the second LeMahieu hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  In the third deGrom hit an RBI single giving the Mets a 2-1 lead.  In the third Conforto hit an RBI single and it was 3-1 Mets.  In the sixth Gonzalez hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 3-2 Mets and in the seventh Raburn hit a two run homerun and it was 4-3 Rockies.  The final score was 4-3. 

The Mets were swept in the three game series by the Rockies.  They will have an off day on Monday and then return home on Tuesday night for a big three game series with the Washington Nationals.