Thursday, July 12, 2018

The New York Mets lose to the Philadelphia Phillies


The New York Mets were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 7-3.  Drew Gagnon started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch very well and Amed Rosario led the offense with three hits. 

Gagnon pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and six runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  He lost his first game of the season.  Tyler Bashlor pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts and P.J. Conlon pitched two innings giving up three hits and he struck out three. 

Enyel De Los Santos pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with three walks and six strikeouts and he won his first game of the season.  Mark Leiter Jr. pitched 2/3 of an inning and struck out one, Edubray Ramos pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Tommy Hunter pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Brandon Nimmo drew a walk, Jose Bautista had a hit and Dominic Smith had a hit.  Wilmer Flores had a hit and drew a walk, Jose Reyes had a hit and drew a walk and Rosario had three hits and an RBI.  Gagnon had an RBI, Michael Conforto had an RBI and Flores hit a double and Rosario hit two triples and the Mets were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

Rhys Hoskins had three hits, Odubel Herrera had two hits and an RBI and Carlos Santana drew two walks.  Nick Williams had three hits and two RBI, Scott Kingery had a hit and Jorge Alfaro had a hit.  Maikel Franco had two hits and four RBI, Trevor Plouffe had a hit and Kingery hit a double.  Franco and Herrera each hit a homerun and the Phillies were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Williams was caught stealing. 

In the second Franco hit a three-run homerun to give the Phillies a 3-0 lead.  In the third Williams hit a two-run single to push the lead to 5-0.  In the bottom of the third Gagnon hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 5-1.  In the fifth Herrera hit a solo homerun extending the lead to 6-1.  In the sixth Franco hit an RBI single and it was 7-1.  In the bottom of the seventh Rosario hit an RBI triple and Conforto hit an RBI ground out to make it 7-3.  7-3 would be the final score of the game. 


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