Wednesday, May 31, 2017

New York Mets defeat the Milwaukee Brewers behind a strong start by Robert Gsellman


The New York Mets defeated the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 4-2.  Robert Gsellman started for the Mets and he pitched well and Wilmer Flores had three hits to lead the offense. 

Gsellman pitched seven innings giving up three hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out five and won his third game of the season.  Paul Sewald pitched an inning with two strikeouts and Addison Reed saved his seventh game of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits with two strikeouts. 

Matt Garza lost his second game of the season pitching 5 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and four runs.  He walked two and struck out four.  Rob Scahill pitched 1/3 of an inning and walked a batter, Oliver Drake pitched an inning with a strikeout and Neftali Feliz pitched a perfect inning. 

Michael Conforto had a hit, Jay Bruce drew a walk and Lucas Duda had a hit.  Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit and drew a walk, Flores had three hits and Rene Rivera had a hit and an RBI, Gsellman had two RBI and R. Rivera and Conforto each hit a double.  The Mets were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Cabrera committed an error. 

Keon Broxton had an RBI, Eric Thames drew a walk and Jesus Aguilar had a hit.  Travis Shaw had a hit and drew a walk, Domingo Santana had two hits and an RBI.  Orlando Arcia had a hit, Santana hit a homerun and the Brewers were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

In the fifth Broxton hit an RBI ground out to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fifth R. Rivera hit an RBI double to tie the game at one.  Gsellman hit a sac fly to make it a 2-1 game and Conforto hit an RBI double to push the lead to 3-1.  In the sixth Santana hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 3-2.  In the sixth Gsellman drew an RBI walk to make it 4-2 and that would be the final score.   

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