The New York Mets fail to sweep the Anaheim Angels

The New York Mets were defeated by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 12-5.  Tommy Milone started for the Mets and he pitched poorly.  Curtis Granderson and Wilmer Flores each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Milone pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and eight runs with seven of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out three.  Milone lost his second game of the season, Rafael Montero pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with three walks and three strikeouts, Neil Ramirez pitched an inning giving up a walk and a strikeout and Hansel Robles pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with two walks and a strikeout.  Josh Edgin pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Paul Sewald pitched an inning with a walk. 

Jesse Chavez started for the Angels and pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and five runs with no walks and four strikeouts.  Chavez won his fourth game of the season.  Blake Parker pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out three, Deolis Guerra pitched an inning with a walk and Bud Norris pitched an inning with a strikeout. 

Michael Conforto had a hit, Flores had two hits and Jay Bruce had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk.  Granderson had two hits and an RBI, Lucas Duda drew a walk and Matt Reynolds had a hit and an RBI.  Conforto and Granderson each hit a double and Reynolds, Granderson and Bruce each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 2-3 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Flores committed an error and Conforto had an outfield assist. 

Cameron Maybin had two hits and drew a walk, Andrelton Simmons had two hits and three RBI and Mike Trout had two hits, three RBI and drew two walks.  Jefry Marte had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, C.J. Cron had a hit and four RBI and Ben Revere had a hit.  Kole Calhoun drew a walk, Danny Espinosa had a hit and drew two walks and Martin Maldonado had two hits.  Luis Valbuena drew two walks, Simmons, Trout and Maybing each hit a double and Cron, Trout, Marte and Simmons each hit a homerun.  The Angels were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Espinosa and Trout each had a stolen base and Espinosa was caught stealing. 

In the first Mate drew an RBI walk and Cron hit a grand slam to give the Angels a 5-0 lead.  In the second Trout hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 7-0.  Marte hit a solo homerun making it 8-0.  In the third Trout hit an RBI double extending the lead to 9-0.  Reynolds hit a solo homerun in the third to cut the lead to 9-1.  In the fifth Granderson hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 9-2.  In the sixth Bruce hit a three-run homerun and it was 9-5.  In the seventh Simmons hit a three-run homerun to make it 12-5 and that would be the final score. 

The Mets took two out of three in the series and will have the day off on Monday