New York Mets defeat the Philadelphia Phillies

The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 5-1.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and pitched well, the bullpen did their job.  Jeff McNeil and Juan Lagares each had two hits to lead the Mets offense. 

Matz won his second game of the season pitching six innings and giving up three hits and a run.  He walked two and struck out six.  Seth Lugo pitched an inning with a strikeout, Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Edwin Diaz pitched an inning with two strikeouts. 

Jake Arrieta lost his second game of the season pitching six innings and giving up seven hits and four runs with three being earned.  He walked one and struck out seven.  Jose Alvarez pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up an unearned run, Juan Nicasio pitched 2/3 of an inning with a walk and Edubray Ramos pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit, McNeil had two hits and an RBI and Pete Alonso had a hit and two RBI.  Michael Conforto had an RBI and drew a walk, Wilson Ramos had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Todd Frazier had a hit.  Lagares had two hits, Dom Smith had a hit and Alonso hit a double.  McNeil hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Frazier and Nimmo each had a stolen base and Lagares was caught stealing. 

Rhys Hoskins had a hit and an RBI, Maikel Franco drew a walk and Cesar Hernandez had two hits.  Aaron Altherr drew a walk, Hernandez hit a double and Hoskins hit a homerun.  The Phillies were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Hernandez, Altherr and Realmuto each committed an error. 

In the third Alonso hit an RBI double and Ramos hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Hoskins hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the fifth McNeil hit a solo homerun to push the Mets lead to 3-1.  In the seventh a hit by pitch and a sac fly by Conforto extended the Mets lead to 5-1 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night.