New York Mets defeat Oakland Athletics

The New York Mets defeated the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 7-5.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and he pitched ok and the offense was led by Michael Conforto having two hits and four RBI and Yoenis Cespedes three hits. 

Matz pitched five innings giving up nine hits and three runs.  He struck out five and didn’t walk a batter.  Hansel Robles won his fifth game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit with two strikeouts, Paul Sewald pitched an inning with two walks and Erik Goeddel pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout.  Addison Reed pitched giving up a hit and a walk without recording an out and Jerry Blevins pitched 1 2/3 innings striking out two and he saved his first game of the season. 

Paul Blackburn pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and four runs with a walk and a strikeout.  Blackburn lost his first game of the season.  Daniel Coulombe pitched to one batter and gave up a hit, Blake Treinen pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a unearned run and Frankie Montas pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  John Axford pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Conforto had two hits and four RBI, Asdrubal Cabrera drew a walk and Cespedes had three hits.  Lucas Duda had a hit, T.J. Rivera had two hits and two RBI and Travis d’Arnaud had a hit.  Matz had a hit, Matt Reynolds drew a walk and Conforto hit two homeruns and the Mets were 3-5 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. 

Rajai Davis had two hits and drew two walks, Marcus Semien had four hits and two RBI and Ryan Healy had two hits and an RBI.  Yonder Alonso had an RBI, Khris Davis had an RBI and Matt Joyce had two hits.  Adam Rosales had a hit, Josh Phegley had two hits and Jedd Lowrie had a hit and an RBI.  Phegley hit a double and the Athletics were 5-12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Davis and Semien each had a stolen base and Chapman committed an error.  Phegley had a passed ball and Davis had an outfield assist. 

In the first Healy hit an RBI single to give the A’s a 1-0 lead.  In the third Conforto hit a two-run homerun to give the Mets a 2-1 lead.  In the fifth Semien hit an RBI single to tie the game at two.  Davis hit a sac fly to give the A’s a 3-2 lead.  In the sixth T. Rivera hit a single and three runs scored including an error on the play to give the Mets a 5-3 lead.  In the seventh Conforto hit a two-run homerun and it was 7-3.  In the eighth Lowrie hit an RBI single and Semien hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 7-5 but that would be the final score.