The New York Mets defeated the
Minnesota Twins on Saturday. The game
took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was
3-2. Seth Lugo started for the Mets and
he pitched pretty well, the bullpen was good.
TJ Rivera had three hits and Yoenis Cespedes and Curtis Granderson each
had two hits to lead the offense.
Lugo pitched five innings giving up
four hits and a run with four walks and two strikeouts. Josh Smoker pitched an inning giving up a hit
and he struck out three, Fernando Salas pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a
hit and he struck out one and Jerry Blevins pitched to one batter and struck
him out. Addison Reed pitched an inning
with a strikeout, Jeurys Familia pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout
and Hansel Robles pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with two
strikeouts. Josh Edgin won his first game of the season
pitching an inning with a walk and a strikeout.
Ervin Santana pitched seven innings
giving up four hits and no runs with two walks and nine strikeouts. Ryan Pressly pitched 1/3 of an inning giving
up two hits and a run, Taylor Rogers pitched to two batters and struck out two
and J.T. Chargois pitched an inning with a strikeout. Alex Wimmers pitched an inning walking one
and striking out three, Brandon Kintzler blew his third save of the season
pitching an inning and giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout and
Michael Tonkin pitched to two batters and retired them both. Ryan O'Rourke lost his first game of the
season giving up a hit and a run.
Jose Reyes had a hit, Asdrubal
Cabrera had a hit and drew a walk and Cespedes had two hits and an RBI. Granderson had two hits and two RBI, Rivera
had three hits and James Loney drew a walk.
Brandon Nimmo had a hit, Alejandro De Aza drew a walk and Rivera hit a
double. Granderson hit two homeruns and
the Mets were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on
base.
Brian Dozier had a hit and drew a
walk, Jorge Polanco had two hits and drew two walks and Max Kepler had a
hit. Eddie Rosario had a hit, an RBI and
drew a walk, Byron Buxton had two hits and an RBI and Juan Centeno had a hit
and drew two walks. Polanco hit a double
and Rosario and Buxton each hit a homerun.
The Twins were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on
base. Polanco had a stolen base.
In the fourth Rosario hit a solo
homerun to give the Twins a 1-0 lead. In
the eighth Cespedes hit an RBI single to tie the game at one. In the 11th Buxton hit a solo homerun to give
the Twins a 2-1 lead. In the bottom of
the 11th Granderson hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two. In the 12th Granderson hit a walk-off homerun
to give the Mets a 3-2 win.
The Mets and Twins will play their
third and final game on Sunday afternoon.
The Mets will be looking for the three game sweep.
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