New York Mets fall in a slugfest

The New York Mets were defeated by the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado and the final score was 10-8.  Jason Vargas started for the Mets and he was horrible.  Asdrubal Cabrera and Kevin Plawecki each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Vargas pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up nine hits and seven runs with no walks or strikeouts and he lost his sixth game of the season.  Hansel Robles pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with three walks and a strikeout, Chris Beck pitched two innings giving up four this and a run with a walk and two strikeouts and Tim Peterson pitched two perfect innings with three strikeouts.

German Marquez won his fifth game of the season pitching six innings and giving up six hits and four runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Bryan Shaw pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with one of them being earned and he walked one and struck out one, Chris Rusin pitched to one batter and struck him out and Adam Ottavino pitched 1 1/3 innings with three strikeouts.  Wade Davis pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with one of them being earned and he walked one and struck out one. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Cabrera had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Michael Conforto had a hit and an RBI.  Todd Frazier had an RBI, Wilmer Flores had a hit and Kevin Plawecki had two hits and an RBI.  Luis Guillorme drew a walk, Jose Bautista had a hit and an RBI and Jose Reyes drew a walk.  Amed Rosario had a hit, Flores and Plawecki each hit a double.  The Mets were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Rosario committed an error. 

DJ LeMahieu drew a walk, Charlie Blackmon had two hits and drew two walks and Nolan Arenado had three hits and three RBI.  Trevor Story had two hits and two RBI, Ian Desmond had two hits and two RBI and Carlos Gonzalez had two hits and an RBI.  Chris Iannetta had a hit and drew a walk, Noel Cuevas had two hits and an RBI and Marquez had two hits and an RBI.  Arenado hit a double and Cuevas hit two doubles.  Arenado, Story, Desmond and Gonzalez each hit a homerun.  The Rockies were 4-11 with nd runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Shaw and Arenado each committed an error and Iannetta had a passed ball. 

In the first Frazier hit a sac fly to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Story hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  Desmond hit an RBI single to give the Rockies a 2-1 lead.  In the second Plawecki hit an RBI single to tie the game at two.  In the third Arenado hit a two-run homerun to give the Rockies a 4-2 lead.  Story hit a solo homerun and Desmond hit a solo homerun to make it 6-2.  Cuevas hit an RBI double and Marquez hit an RBI single and it was 8-2 Rockies.  In the fourth Gonzalez hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 9-2.  In the fifth Cabrera hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 9-3 and Conforto hit a sac fly making it 9-4.  In the bottom of the fifth Arenado hit an RBI single to push the lead to 10-4.  In the seventh Bautista hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 10-5 and a passed ball made it 10-6.  In the ninth Nimmo hit an RBI ground out and Cabrera hit an RBI ground out to make it 10-8 and that was the final score. 

The two teams have split the first two games and will play game three on Wednesday night.