New York Mets defeat the San Diego Padres

The New York Mets were defeated by the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 9-3.  Matt Harvey started for the Mets and pitched ok and the bullpen was mostly good.  Michael Conforto and Lucas Duda each had three hits to lead the offense. 

Harvey pitched five innings giving up three hits and two runs with four walks and six strikeouts.  Harvey won his third game of the season.  Josh Smoker pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts, Paul Sewald pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one and Jerry Blevins pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two.  Fernando Salas pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings with two strikeouts. 

Jhoulys Chacin started for the Padres and pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up eight hits and seven runs.  He didn’t strike out or walk a batter and took his fourth loss of the season.  Craig Stammen pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with two strikeouts, Miguel Diaz pitched two perfect innings with a strikeout and Kirby Yates pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout.  Brad Hand pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Conforto had three hits and four RBI, Jose Reyes had a hit and Jay Bruce had a hit.  Juan Lagares had a hit, Neil Walker had two hits and Curtis Granderson had an RBI.  Wilmer Flores had two hits and an RBI, Duda had three hits and three RBI and Rene Rivera had a hit.  Duda hit a double, Conforto hit two homeruns and the Mets were 6-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

Manuel Margot had a hit, Yangervis Solarte had two hits and drew a walk and Ryan Schimpf had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Hunter Renfroe had two hits, Cory Spangenberg had an RBI and Austin Hedges had an RBI and drew a walk.  Erick Aybar had a hit, Stammen drew a walk and Renfroe hit two doubles.  Schimpf hit a homerun and the Padres were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Renfroe had an outfield assist. 

In the first Conforto hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  Granderson hit a sac fly to extend the lead to 2-0.  Flores hit an RBI single and Duda hit a two-run double to make it 5-0 Mets.  Conforto hit a two-run single and it was 7-0 Mets after one inning.  In the second Spangenberg hit an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 7-1.  Hedges had an RBI ground out to make it 7-2.  Conforto hit a solo homerun in the fourth and it was 8-2 Mets.  In the sixth Schimpf hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 8-3.  In the seventh Duda hit an RBI single to make it 9-3 and that was the final score of the game.