The New York Yankees defeated the
Atlanta Braves on Friday night. The game
took place at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 8-6
Mets. Steven Matz started for the Mets
and did not pitch well, the bullpen was very good. Neil Walker had three hits and James Loney
had three RBI to lead the offense.
Matz pitched 4 1/3 innings giving
up nine hits and six runs. Hansel Robles
won his second game of the season pitching 2 2/3 innings giving up no hits or
runs and he struck out two, Antonio Bastardo pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up
a hit and he struck out one and Jeurys Familia picked up his 25th save of the
season pitching 1 1/3 innings and giving up a hit and he struck out one.
Aaron Blair lost his fifth game of
the season and he pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and eight runs. He walked three and struck out two. Alexi Ogando pitched to two batters and he
struck out one, Ian Krol pitched an inning walking one and striking out one and
Chris Withrow pitched an inning giving up a hit. Hunter Cervenka pitched two innings walking
two batters and striking out two batters.
Curtis Granderson drew two walks,
Asdrubal Cabrera drew a walk and Yoenis Cespedes had a hit. Walker had three hits, Loney had two hits and
three RBI and Wilmer Flores had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks. Michael Conforto drew a walk, Travis d'Arnaud
had a hit and three RBI, Matz had an RBI and Flores and Loney each hit a
double. Loney hit a homerun and the Mets
were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. Cespedes had a pickoff.
Jace Peterson had a hit, Ender
Inciarte had two hits and Freddie Freeman had a hit and an RBI. Jeff Francoeur had a hit, Nick Markakis had
two hits and Adonis Garcia had a hit and two RBI. Tyler Flowers had two hits, Brandon Snyder
had a hit and three RBI and Francoeur, Markakis and Garcia each hit a
double. Snyder hit a homerun and the
Braves were 5-11 with runners in scoring position and left four men on
base. Withrow had a pickoff.
In the second Flores hit an RBI
double, d'Arnaud hit an RBI ground out and it was 2-0 Mets. In the fourth d'Arnaud hit a two run single
to push the score to 4-0. Matz hit a sac
fly and it was 5-0 still in the fourth.
Loney hit a three run homerun in the fifth to extend the Mets lead to
8-0. In the bottom of the fifth Garcia
hit a two run double and the lead was cut to 8-2. Snyder hit a three run homerun to further cut
the lead to 8-5. Freeman hit and RBI
single and it was 8-6 which would be the final score.
The two teams will play game two of
three on Saturday night. The series will
conclude on Sunday afternoon.
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