New York Mets blown out as they fail to sweep the series over the Colorado Rockies

The New York Mets were defeated by the Colorado Rockies on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 13-4.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and he pitched very poorly.  Jay Bruce had two hits to lead the Mets offense. 

Matz pitched one inning giving up nine hits and seven runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  He lost his third game of the season.  Erik Goeddel pitched two perfect innings with three strikeouts, Fernando Salas pitched two innings giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout and Chasen Bradford pitched two innings giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Neil Ramirez pitched two innings giving up three hits and two runs with two walks and a strikeout. 

Jeff Hoffman pitched six innings giving up seven hits and four runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Hoffman won his sixth game of the season.  Scott Oberg pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Mike Dunn pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Zac Rosscup pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit and two RBI, Bruce had two hits and T.J. Rivera had a hit.  Lucas Duda had a hit and an RBI, Jose Reyes had a hit and an RBI and Rene Rivera had a hit and drew a walk.  Wilmer Flores had a hit, Bruce hit a double and Duda and Cabrera each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  T. Rivera and Duda each committed an error and R. Rivera had a passed ball. 

Charlie Blackmon had two hits and two RBI, DJ LeMahieu had four hits and Nolan Arenado had two hits and three RBI.  Mark Reynolds had four hits and an RBI, Ian Desmond had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Gerardo Parra had two hits and three RBI.  Trevor Story had two hits and two RBI, Ryan Hanigan drew two walks and Amarista drew a walk.  Reynolds, Story, Blackmon, Desmond and Arenado each hit a double and LeMahieu hit two doubles.  Arenado, Blackmon and Parra each hit a homerun and the Rockies were 5-17 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  LeMahieu had a stolen base. 

In the first Desmond hit a two-run single, Story hit a two-run double and it was 4-0 Rockies.  In the second Arenado hit a three-run homerun to push the lead to 7-0.  In the fourth Reynolds hit an RBI single, Parra hit a sac fly and the lead was extended to 9-0.  In the fourth Duda hit a solo homerun and in the fifth Cabrera hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 9-3.  In the sixth Reyes hit a sac fly and the lead was cut to 9-4.  In the seventh Blackmon hit a two-run inside-the-park homerun to extend the lead to 11-4 Rockies.  In the eighth Parra hit a two-run homerun and it was 13-4 which would be the final score.