Monday, May 22, 2017

New York Mets defeat the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in a shutout


The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Friday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 3-0.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he pitched very well and the bullpen did their job.  Michael Conforto led the offense with two hits. 

deGrom pitched seven innings giving up four hits and no runs.  He walked three and struck out nine and won his third game of the season.  Jerry Blevins pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two, Paul Sewald pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Addison Reed saved his fifth game of the season pitching a perfect inning. 

Ricky Nolasco pitched six innings giving up four hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked three and struck out four and took his third loss of the season.  Jose Alvarez pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout and Keynan Middleton pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Conforto had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Neil Walker had a hit and Curtis Granderson had a hit and an RBI.  T.J. Rivera had a hit, Lucas Duda drew two walks and Rene Rivera had a hit and an RBI.  Granderson hit a double and Conforto hit a homerun.  The Mets were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

Cameron Maybin drew a walk, Kole Calhoun had a hit and Mike Trout had two hits and drew a walk.  Andrelton Simmons had two hits, C.J. Cron had a hit and drew a walk and Simmons hit a double and the Angels were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Maybin was caught stealing and Cron and Simmons each committed an error and Maldonado had two passed balls. 

In the first Granderson hit an RBI double to make it 1-0 Mets.  In the sixth R. Rivera hit an RBI single to push the lead to 2-0 and in the seventh Conforto hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 3-0 which was the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday afternoon. 

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