New York Mets blow late lead for a horrible loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers

The New York Mets were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California and the final score was 9-8.  Noah Syndergaard and started for the Mets and he pitched well.  The Mets bullpen did not pitch well and Dom Smith and Pete Alonso led the offense with three hits each. 

Syndergaard pitched six innings giving up seven hits and three runs.  He walked two and struck out five.  Robert Gsellman pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run, Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and Edwin Diaz lost his third game of the season and blew his second save of the season.  Diaz pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up five hits and four runs with a walk. 

Walker Buehler pitched five innings giving up seven hits and five runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  Pedro Baez pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, Julio Urias pitched an inning giving up four hits and two runs with a strikeout and Yimi Garcia pitched an inning with a walk.  Scott Alexander won his third game of the season pitching an inning with a walk. 

Amed Rosario had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Smith had three hits and an RBI and Alonso had three hits and four RBI.  Michael Conforto had a hit and drew a walk, Wilson Ramos drew a walk and Todd Frazier had two hits.  Adeiny Hechavarria had two hits and two RBI, Syndergaard had a hit and Frazier, Conforto and Hechavarria each hit a double.  Syndergaard also hit a double and Alonso hit two homeruns.  Rosario and Smith each hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Hechavarria was caught stealing and Gomez had an outfield assist. 

Joc Pederson had two hits and an RBI, Max Muncy had two hits and an RBI and Justin Turner had three hits and two RBI.  Cody Bellinger had a hit and an RBI, Corey Seager had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Matt Beaty had three hits and an RBI.  Alex Verdugo had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Buehler drew two walks and Bellinger, Turner, Muncy, Pederson, Beaty, Verdugo each hit a double.  Seager hit two doubles and Seager, Muncy and Pederson each hit a homerun.  The Dodgers were 6-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Beaty had a stolen base and he committed an error.  Pederson had an outfield assist.  

In the first Alonso hit a two-run homerun to give the Mets a 2-0 lead.  In the second Hechavarria hit an RBI double to extend the lead to 3-0.  In the bottom of the second Beaty hit an RBI double, Verdugo hit an RBI double and the lead was cut to 3-2.  In the third Turner hit an RBI single to tie the game at three.  In the fifth Alonso hit a two-run homerun to give the Mets back the lead at 5-3.  In the sixth Hechavarria hit an RBI single to push the Mets lead to 6-3.  In the seventh Rosario and Smith each hit a solo homerun to make it 8-3 Mets.  In the bottom of the seventh Turner hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 8-4 and in the bottom of the eighth Seager hit a solo homerun making it 8-5.  In the bottom of the ninth Pederson hit a solo homerun, Muncy hit a solo homerun and Bellinger hit an RBI double to tie the game at eight.  Verdugo hit a walk-off sac fly to give the Dodgers a 9-8 victory.  The Mets have lost the first three games of the series and will try to salvage one on Thursday.