New York Mets crush the Toronto Blue Jays

The New York Mets defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 12-2.  Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets and he pitched well, the bullpen was great.  Juan Lagares had four hits and Amed Rosario had three to lead the offense. 

Syndergaard pitched five innings giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and seven strikeouts.  Syndergaard won his third game of the season.  Seth Lugo pitched three innings giving up a hit and he struck out four and Jacob Rhame pitched an inning with a strikeout. 

Jaime Garcia pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up six hits and six runs with three walks and three strikeouts.  Garcia lost his third game of the season.  Jake Petricka pitched an inning giving up six hits and three runs and Deck McGuire pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with a walk and three strikeouts. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit and an RBI, Lagares had four hits and three RBI and Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit and an RBI.  Luis Guillorme had a hit and an RBI, Wilmer Flores drew a walk and Jay Bruce had a hit.  Devin Mesoraco had two hits, two RBI and drew three walks, Jose Reyes had a hit and Syndergaard had a hit and two RBI.  Adrian Gonzalez had a hit, Rosario had three hits and two RBI and Syndergaard, Bruce, Rosario and Cabrera each hit a double.  Lagares hit a triple and Mesoraco hit a homerun.  The Mets were 8-14 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Lagares had a stolen base. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit, Josh Donaldson had a hit and Justin Smoak had a hit and drew a walk.  Teoscar Hernandez had a hit, McGuire had a hit and Yangervis Solarte had a hit and two RBI.  Russell Martin drew a walk, Donaldson hit a double and the Blue Jays were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Granderson had a stolen base and Pillar committed an error. 

In the second Syndergaard hit an RBI double to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third Solarte hit a two-run single to give the Jays a 2-1 lead.  In the fourth Syndergaard hit a sac fly to tie the game at two, Rosario hit an RBI double, Lagares hit a two-run single and it was 5-2 Mets.  Cabrera hit an RBI double to push the lead to 6-2.  In the fifth Rosario hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 7-2.  Nimmo hit an RBI single, Lagares hit an RBI single and in the eighth Guillorme hit an RBI single making it 10-2.  Mesoraco hit a two-run homerun in the eighth to cap the scoring at 12-2. 

The two teams will play game two of two on Wednesday afternoon.