Monday, March 6, 2017

New York Mets defeat the Houston Astros

The New York Mets defeated the Houston Astros on Friday afternoon.  The game took place at First Data Field in Port St. Lucie and the final score was 11-3.  Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets and pitched well.  Yoenis Cespedes, Neil Walker, Brandon Nimmo and Rene Rivera all led the offense with two hits each. 

Syndergaard pitched two innings giving up a hit and no runs with two walks and a strikeout.  Jerry Blevins earned the win pitching an inning and giving up a up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts.  Kevin McGowan pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts and Josh Smoker pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout. 

Dominic Smith had a hit and an RBI, Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit and an RBI and Amed Rosario had a hit and an RBI.  Cespedes had two hits, Patrick Biondi had a hit and Walker had two hits and two RBI.  Jay Bruce had a hit and an RBI, Nimmo had two hits and Lucas Duda had a hit and two RBI.  T.J. Rivera had a hit and an RBI, Michael Conforto had a hit and drew a walk and Wuilmer Becerra drew a walk.  Champ Stuart had a hit and an RBI, Rivera had two hits and Duda, Rivera, Rosario and Stuart each hit a double.  Walker hit a homerun and the Mets were 7-15 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Lagares had an outfield assist. 

In the third Cabrera hit an RBI single giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  Bruce hit an RBI single and the lead was extended to 2-0.  Duda hit a two-run double to push the lead to 4-0.  In the fifth Walker hit a two-run homerun and the lead grew to 6-0.  A passed ball allowed another run to score and make it a 7-0 game still in the fifth.  Smith hit an RBI single and the lead was 8-0.  Rosario  hit an RBI double and it was 9-0.  In the sixth Teoscar Hernandez hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 9-1.  In the seventh Jake Marisnick hit a solo homerun to make it a 9-2 game.  Carlos Correa hit a sac fly to cut into the lead further and make it a 9-3 game.  IN the seventh Stuart hit an RBI double and it became a 10-3 game.  In the eighth Rivera hit a sac fly and it was 11-3 Mets which would be the final score. 

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