New York Mets double up the Colorado Rockies

The New York Mets defeated the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday.  The game took place at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado and the final score was 10-5.  Chris Flexen started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch well, the Mets bullpen pitched very well.  Asdrubal Cabrera had three hits to lead the offense. 

Flexen pitched three innings giving up eight hits and five runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Chasen Bradford won his first game of the season pithcing two perfect innings with a couple of strikeouts, Fernando Salas pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out two and Paul Sewald pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out two.  AJ Ramos pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Tyler Chatwood pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and eight runs with seven of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out two and lost his 12^th game of the season.  Scott Oberg pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up four hits and two runs with two strikeouts and Antonio Senzatela pitched three innings giving up a hit and he struck out four. 

Michael Conforto had two hits and an RBI, Cabrera had three hits and an RBI and Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and an RBI.  Jay Bruce had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Curtis Granderson had a hit and three RBI and Amed Rosario had a hit and an RBI.  Travis d’Arnaud had two hits and an RBI and Jose Reyes had a hit.  Cespedes and Cabrera each hit a double and Rosario hit a triple.  Bruce and Granderson each hit a homerun and the Mets were 5-9 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Cespedes had an outfield assist. 

D.J. LeMahieu had two hits, Nolan Arenado had a hit and Mark Reynolds had two hits and an RBI.  Gerardo Parra had two hits and two RBI, Trevor Story had a hit and Carlos Gonzalez had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Ryan Hanigan had two hits, LeMahieu and Reynolds each hit a double and Parra hit two doubles.  Gonzalez hit a homerun and the Rockies were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Reynolds committed an error. 

In the third Reynolds hit an RBI single to give the Rockies a 1-0 lead.  Parra hit a two-run double to extend the lead to 3-0.  Gonzalez hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 5-0.  In the fourth Cespedes grounded into a double play and a run scored to cut the lead to 5-1.  Bruce hit a solo homerun and it was 5-2.  In the fifth Rosario hit an RBI triple, d’Arnaud hit an RBI ground out and the lead was cut to 5-4.  In the sixth Cespedes hit an RBI double, Granderson hit a three-run homerun, Conforto hit an RBI single and Cabrera hit an RBI double to give the Mets a 10-5 lead.  The final score would be 10-5.  

The two teams will play their third and final game of the series on Thursday afternoon.