The New York Mets were defeated by the Detroit Tigers on Monday afternoon.  The game took place at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida and the final score was 5-1.  Matt Harvey started for the Mets and he pitched ok.  Wilmer Flores led the offense with a couple of hits. 

Harvey lost his fourth game of the season pitching 4 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and three runs.  He struck out four batters.  Fernando Salas pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one, Josh Smoker pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Paul Sewald pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout.  Alberto Baldonado pitched an inning with a couple of walks and a strikeout. 

John Mora Jr. had a hit, Michael Conforto had a hit and Kevin Kaczmarski had a hit and an RBI.  Flores had two hits, Kaczmarski hit a triple and the Mets were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Lagares committed an error. 

In the second James McCann hit a solo homerun to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Brendan Ryan hit a two-run single to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead.  In the sixth JaCoby Jones hit an RBI single to push the lead to 4-0.  Nicholas Castellanos hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 5-0.  In the ninth Kaczmarski hit an RBI triple to cut the lead to 5-1 and that would be the final score.