New York Mets pound the Boston Red Sox

The New York Mets defeated the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.  The game took place at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Florida and the final score was 10-2.  Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and pitched great and Brandon Nimmo had a couple of hits and RBI, Peter Alonso also had a couple of hits and J.D. Davis had three hits to lead the team. 

Wheeler pitched four innings giving up a hit and he struck out three.  Kyle Dowdy pitched an inning giving up four hits and two runs, Tyler Bashlor pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and Jacob Rhame pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two.  Tim Peterson pitched an inning with a couple of strikeouts. 

Nimmo had two hits and two RBI, Keon Broxton had a hit and Braxton Lee had a hit and two RBI.  Alonso had two hits and an RBI, Davis had three hits and Tomas Nido had a hit.   Rymer Liriano had two hits and drew a walk, Luis Guillorme had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Rajai Davis had a hit and two RBI.  Guillorme, Davis and Liriano each hit a double.  Nimmo hit a triple and Alonso hit a homerun.  The Mets were 6-11 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Davis had an outfield assist.  In the third Nimmo hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Guillorme hit an RBI double, Nimmo an RBI triple and a wild pitch made it 4-0.  In the fifth Blake Swihart hit an RBI single and Andrew Benintendi hit an RBI single to cut the lead in half at 4-2.  In the sixth Alonso hit a solo homerun, a wild pitch and Davis hit a sac fly to make it a 7-2 game.  In the eighth Davis hit an RBI double and Lee hit a two-run single pushing the lead to 10-2 and that would be the final score. 

The Mets record improved to 7-8 on the spring and they will return home to take on the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday afternoon.