Friday, May 5, 2017

New York Mets pound the Atlanta Braves


The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Suntrust Park in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 16-5.  Jacob deGrom started the game for the Mets and he didn’t pitch that well.  Michael Conforto, Rene Rivera and T.J. Rivera each had three hits to lead the offense. 

deGrom pitched five innings giving up eight hits and five runs with five walks and five strikeouts.  deGrom won his second game of the season.  Josh Edgin pitched a perfect inning with a  strikeout, Addison Reed pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Fernando Salas pitched an inning giving up a hit.  Josh Smoker pitched an inning with two strikeouts. 

Bartolo Colon lost his third game of the season pitching four innings and giving up seven hits and five runs with two walks.  Josh Collmenter pitched an inning giving up five hits and four runs with a strikeout, Ian Krol pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Jason Motte pitched an inning giving up a hit.  Eric O’Flaherty pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and four runs with a walk and Matt Wisler pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with two walks and a strikeout. 

Conforto had three hits and two RBI, Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Jay Bruce had a hit and drew two walks.  Neil Walker had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Curtis Granderson had two hits and an RBI and Jose Reyes had two hits and five RBI with a walk.  R. Rivera had three hits and three RBI, T. Rivera had three hits and deGrom had two hits and two RBI.  Juan Lagares had a hit and an RBI, Conforto hit two doubles and Cabrera, Walker and Reyes each hit a double.  Granderson and T. Rivera each hit two doubles.  The Mets were 12-20 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  T. Rivera committed an error. 

Ender Inciarte drew a walk, Adonis Garcia had a hit and Freddi Freeman had a hit and an RBI.  Matt Kemp had a hit, Nick Markakis had a hit and Tyler Flowers had two hits and drew a walk.  Jace Peterson had a hit and two RBI, Dansby Swanson drew three walks and Emilio Bonifacio had a hit and two RBI.  Kurt Suzuki had a hit and Peterson hit a double and Bonifacio hit a triple.  The Braves were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Garcia committed an error and Markakis had an outfield assist. 

In the first Cabrera hit an RBI double and Walker hit an RBI double to give the Mets a 2-0 lead.  In the third Granderson hit an RBI double, Reyes an RBI single and R. Rivera an RBI single to make it 5-0.  In the bottom of the third Freeman hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 5-1.  In the fourth Bonifacio hit a two-run triple to make it a 5-3 game.  In the fifth Reyes hit a sac fly and R. Rivera had an RBI single to make it 7-3 Mets.  deGrom hit a two-run single pushing the lead to 9-3.  In the bottom of the fifth Peterson hit a two-run double to cut the lead to 9-5.  In the eighth Reyes hit a three-run double, R. Rivera hit an RBI single and Lagares hit an RBI single to make it 14-5.  Conforto hit a two-run double making it a 16-5 game and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play the fourth and final game of the series on Thursday night. 

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