New York Mets lose to the San Francisco Giants

The New York Mets were defeated by the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 6-5.  Tommy Milone started for the Mets and he pitched pretty well.  The Mets bullpen was very good except for their closer.  Wilmer Flores led the offense with three hits and two RBI. 

Milone pitched five innings giving up six hits and two runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Fernando Salas pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one, Josh Edgin pitched to one batter and retired him and Hansel Robles pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Addison Reed pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Jerry Blevins pitched to one batter and retired him and Jeurys Familia pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and four runs with three of them being earned.  He walked two and blew his first save and took his first loss of the season.  Rafael Montero pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out one. 

Matt Cain pitched five innings giving up four hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out three.  George Kontos pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and he walked one and struck out three, Steven Okert pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he walked one and Bryan Morris pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit.  Morris picked up his first win of the season and Derek Law pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout and he saved his second game of the season. 

Jose Reyes drew a walk, T.J. Rivera had a hit and Jay Bruce had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Neil Walker had a hit, and drew a walk, Curtis Granderson had a hit and an RBI and Flores had three hits and two RBI.  Kevin Plawecki drew a walk, Juan Lagares had a hit and Milone had a hit and an RBI.  Michael Conforto had a hit, Granderson and Flores each hit a double and Bruce hit a homerun.  The Mets were 4-15 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Reyes had a stolen base and Flores committed an error. 

Joe Panik drew a walk, Eduardo Nunez had two hits and Hunter Pence had a hit and an RBI.  Buster Posey had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Christian Arroyo had two hits and three RBI and Nick Hundley had two hits and drew a walk.  Justin Ruggiano had two hits and an RBI, Gorkys Hernandez drew a walk and Arroyo hit a double and Posey hit a homerun.  The Giants were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Posey committed an error. 

In the first Granderson hit an RBI double giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the second Posey hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the third Bruce hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 2-1 lead.  In the fourth Milone hit an RBI single to push the Mets lead to 3-1.  In the sixth Ruggiano hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 3-2.  In the ninth Pence hit an RBI single to tie the game at three.  Arroyo hit a three-run double to give the Giants a 6-3 lead.  In the bottom of the ninth Flores hit a two-run double to cut the lead to 6-5 but that was the final score.  The Mets won two out of three in the series and will head to Milwaukee after an off day on Thursday.