The New York Mets fall to the Detroit Tigers

The New York Mets were defeated by the Detroit Tigers on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida and the final score was 4-3.  Adam Wilk started for the Mets and pitched well.  Phillip Evans led the offense with a couple of hits. 

Wilk pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a walk with a strikeout, Donovan Hand pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings and Kyle Regnault pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up four this and four runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Rafael Montero pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out two and Josh Edgin pitched an inning striking out one. 

Patrick Biondi had a hit and an RBI, Luis Guillorme had a hit and Kevin Plawecki had a hit.  Travis Taijeron had a hit, Evans had two hits and L.J. Mazzilli had a hit and two RBI.  Mazzilli and Biondi each hit a double and the Mets were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Regnault had a pickoff. 

In the third Mazzilli hit an RBI double to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  Biondi hit an RBI double to extend the lead to 2-0 in the third.  In the fourth Mazzilli hit a sac fly and it was 3-0 Mets.  In the bottom of the fifth Jose Iglesias hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 3-1 and in the sixth J.D. Martinez hit a solo homerun to make it a 3-2 game.  Omar Infante hit a two-run double in the sixth to make it a 4-3 game Detroit and that would be the final score.