New York Mets beat up on the Miami Marlins

The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins on Friday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 11-2.  Zack Wheeler started for the Mets and he pitched well and J.D. Davis and Michael Conforto each had three hits to lead the offense. 

Wheeler pitched seven innings giving up nine hits and two runs with a walk and 11 strikeouts.  Wheeler picked up his third win of the season.  Tyler Bashlor pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout and Daniel Zamora pitched an inning giving up a hit and he walked one. 

Pablo Lopez pitched three innings giving up ten hits and ten runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  Lopez lost his fifth game of the season.  Austin Brice pitched two innings giving up four hits and a run with two walks and four strikeouts and Jose Quijada pitched three innings giving up a hit and four walks with a strikeout. 

Jeff McNeil had two hits and an RBI and drew a walk, Davis had three hits and Robinson Cano had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Pete Alonso drew two walks, Conforto had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Wilson Ramos had two hits and an RBI.  Brandon Nimmo had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks.  Amed Rosario had a hit, four RBI and drew a walk, Wheeler had a hit and Conforto, Rosario and McNeil each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 5-12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Alonso committed an error. 

Curtis Granderson had two hits, Martin Prado had a hit and Starlin Castro had a hit and drew a walk.  Neil Walker had two hits and an RBI, Brian Anderson had a hit and an RBI and Miguel Rojas had a hit and drew a walk.  Rosell Herrera had a hit and drew a walk, Isaac Galloway had a hit and the Marlins were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  Anderson had an outfield assist. 

In the first a wild pitch, Ramos hit an RBI single, Nimmo drew an RBI walk and Rosario hit a grand slam to give the Mets a 7-0 lead.  Cano hit an RBI single and the lead pushed to 8-0.  In the second Conforto hit a solo homerun and it was 9-0.  In the third Walker hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 9-1 and Anderson hit a sac fly to make it a 9-2 game.  In the bottom of the third McNeil hit a solo homerun and in the fourth Nimmo hit an RBI single to make the score 11-2 and that would be the final score. 

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