New York Mets defeat the San Francisco Giants

The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at AT+T Park in San Francisco, California and the final score was 8-2.  Rafael Montero started for the Mets and he pitched well and the bullpen pitched well.  The Mets had seven hits who each had two hits. 

Montero pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and a run with two walks and seven strikeouts and won his first game of the season.  Josh Edgin pitched to one batter and struck him out, Paul Sewald pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Jerry Blevins pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run.  Fernando Salas pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Chasen Bradford pitched an inning giving up a hit and he walked one and struck out two. 

Matt Moore pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and five runs.  He walked three and struck out five and lost his eighth game of the season.  George Kontos pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a walk with a strikeout, Cory Gearrin pitched an inning giving up a hit and he walked one and struck out one and Josh Osich pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Hunter Strickland pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Curtis Granderson had two hits and an RBI with three walks, Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits and drew a walk and Jay Bruce had two hits and three RBI.  Wilmer Flores had two hits and drew a walk, Lucas Duda had two hits and an RBI and T.J. Rivera had two hits.  Brandon Nimmo drew two walks, Rene Rivera had two hits and three RBI and Flores and Duda each hit a double.  R. Rivera hit two homeruns, Bruce and Granderson each hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-16 with runners in scoring position and left 15 men on base. 

Denard Span had two hits, Joe Panik had a hit and drew a walk and Hunter Pence had two hits and drew a walk.  Buster Posey had two RBI, Brandon Belt had a hit and Brandon Crawford had a hit.  Gorkys Hernandez had a hit, Conor Gillaspie had a hit and drew a walk and Gillaspie hit a double.  The Giants were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Pence was caught stealing and Jones committed an error. 

In the first Bruce hit an RBI ground out to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the second R. Rivera hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 3-0.  In the third Posey hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 3-1.  In the fourth R. Rivera hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 4-1.  In the fifth Duda hit an RBI double pushing the lead to 5-1.  In the eighth Bruce hit a two-run homerun to extend the lead to 7-1.  In the eighth Posey hit an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 7-2.  In the ninth Granderson hit a solo homerun to make it 8-2 and that was the final score.