New York Mets are doubled up by the San Diego Padres

The New York Mets were defeated by the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Petco Park in San Diego, California and the final score was 6-3.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and he pitched poorly.  The Mets offense only managed five hits. 

Matz pitched three innings giving up nine hits and six runs with no walks and four strikeouts.  Matz lost his fourth game of the season.  Erik Goeddel pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts, Tyler Pill pitched two innings giving up a walk and he struck out one and Hansel Robles pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out four. 

Jhoulys Chacin pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with three walks and five strikeouts.  Chacin won his tenth game of the season.  Buddy Baumann pitched 1/3 of an inning and walked one, Craig Stammen pitched 1 1/3 inning with a strikeout and Kirby Yates pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts.  Brad Hand pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and earned his fourth save of the season. 

Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit, Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and Jay Bruce drew a walk.  Wilmer Flores had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Lucas Duda had a hit and drew a walk, Jose Reyes had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Flores hit a homerun.  The Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

Jose Pirela had a hit, Manuel Margot had two hits and two RBI and Wil Myers had a hit and an RBI.  Hunter Renfroe had a hit, Jabari Blash had a hit and Carlos Asuaje had a hit.  Cory Spangenberg had a hit, Luis Torrens had a hit and three RBI and Chacin had a hit.  Matt Szczur drew a walk, Renfroe and Myers each hit a double and Margot and Torrens each hit a triple.  Margot hit a homerun and the Padres were 4-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

In the first Margot hit a two-run homerun to give the Padres a 2-0 lead.  In the second Reyes hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the third Myers hit an RBI double to extend the lead to 3-1 and Torrens hit a three-run triple to push the lead to 6-1.  In the sixth Reyes drew an RBI walk to make it a 6-2 game.  Flores hit a solo homerun in the eighth to cut the lead to 6-3 and that would be the final score.