Monday, May 14, 2018

New York Mets defeat the Philadelphia Phillies with ninth inning comeback


The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.  The game took place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the final score was 3-1.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and he pitched well, the bullpen pitched great.  Asdrubal Cabrera and Michael Conforto each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Matz pitched five innings giving up five hits and a run with four walks and three strikeouts.  Seth Lugo pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one, Paul Sewald pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out two and AJ Ramos pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and won his second game of the season.  Jeurys Familia saved his 11th game of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Jake Arrieta pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up five hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out five.  Tommy Hunter pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Hector Neris pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs. 

Cabrera had two hits and drew a walk, Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and Adrian Gonzalez had a hit.  Wilmer Flores had a hit, Conforto had two hits and two RBI with a walk and Devin Mesoraco had a hit and an RBI.  Jose Reyes had a hit, Cabrera hit a double and Conforto and Mesoraco each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Reyes was picked off. 

Cesar Hernandez had a hit, Aaron Altherr drew a walk and Odubel Herrera had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Rhys Hoskins drew a walk, Maikel Franco had a hit and Scott Kingery had two hits.  Jorge Alfaro had a hit, Arrieta drew a walk and Herrera hit a homerun.  The Phillies were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Hernandez had a stolen base and Arrieta had a pickoff. 

In the first Herrera hit a solo homerun to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead.  In the ninth Conforto hit a two-run homerun to give the Mets a 2-1 lead and that was extended to 3-1 on a Mesoraco solo homerun.  The final score was 3-1. 

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