New York Mets defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers to even series

The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California and the final score was 7-3.  Steven Matz started and pitched well and Carlos Gomez led the offense with three hits.

Matz won his fourth game of the season pitching six innings and giving up four hits and two runs with three walks and six strikeouts.  Robert Gsellman pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk, Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Edwin Diaz pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Rich Hill pitched six innings giving up six hits and two runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  Yimi Garcia pitched giving up a run and a walk and he lost his second game of the season, Dylan Floro pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two runs with one earned and he walked one and struck out one and Scott Alexander pitched giving up a hit and a run.  Ross Stripling pitched giving up 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout.  Joe Kelly pitched an inning walking two and struck out one. 

Amed Rosario had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Michael Conforto had a hit, five RBI and drew a walk and Pete Alonso had a hit.  Wilson Ramos drew a walk, Todd Frazier had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Gomez had three hits.  Adeiny Hechavarria drew a walk, Matz had a hit and Aaron Altherr drew a walk.  Frazier, Alonso and Gomez each hit a double and Rosario hit a triple.  Frazier and Conforto each hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-20 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Rosario had a stolen base and Gomez was caught stealing.  Ramos had a passed ball. 

David Freese had a hit and drew a walk, Matt Beaty had a hit and an RBI and Cody Bellingern had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Chris Taylor had a hit, Max Muncy drew two walks and Corey Seager had a hit.  Will Smith had two hits, Alex Verdugo had a hit and drew a walk and Smith and Verdugo each hit a double.  Belllinger hit a homerun and the Dodgers were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Floro committed an error. 

In the third Conforto reached on a fielder’s choice and a run scored to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third Bellinger hit a two-run homerun to give the Dodgers a 2-1 lead.  In the fourth Frazier hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two.  In the seventh Conforto hit a grand slam to give the Mets a 6-2 lead.  In the bottom of the seventh Beaty hit an RBI single to make it a 6-3 game.  In the eighth Rosario hit an RBI triple to make it 7-3 and that would be the final score.