The New York Mets fall to the Los Angeles Dodgers

The New York Mets were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night.  The game took place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California and the final score was 9-5.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he pitched well, the bullpen didn’t do a good job.  Amed Rosario and Adeiny Hechavarria each had three hits to lead the Mets offense. 

deGrom pitched five innings giving up seven hits and two runs.  He walked one and struck out two.  Tyler Bashlor pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and three runs and he took his second loss of the season, Daniel Zamora pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and Wilmer Font pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit.  Drew Gagnon pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout. 

Clayton Kershaw won his fifth game of the season pitching six innings and giving up ten hits and three runs.  He walked one and struck out five.  Pedro Baez pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout, Joe Kelly pitched giving up three hits and two runs without recording an out and Dylan Floro pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit.  Kenley Jansen pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out three.  Jansen saved his 15^th game of the season. 

Rosario had three hits, J.D. Davis had a hit and two RBI and Michael Conforto had a hit and drew two walks.  Pete Alonso had two hits and an RBI, Todd Frazier had two hits and Hechavarria had three hits and two RBI.  Dom Smith had a hit, Tomas Nido had a hit and deGrom had a hit.  Conforto hit a double and Rosario hit two doubles.  Alonso hit a triple and Hechavarria and Davis each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. 

Joc Pederson had three hits, Kiki Hernandez had a hit and three RBI and Max Muncy had two hits and drew a walk.  Justin Turner had two hits, Cody Bellinger had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Corey Seager had a hit and two RBI.  Alex Verdugo had a hit and an RBI, Chris Taylor had three hits and two RBI and Russell Martin had a hit.  Kershaw had a hit, David Freese had a hit, Turner hit a double and Bellinger, Taylor and Hernandez each hit a homerun.  The Dodgers were 4-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Martin committed an error and Bellinger had two outfield assists.  Pederson also had an outfield assist. 

In the first Alonso hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Seager hit into a force out and a run scored to tie the game at one.  In the third Bellinger hit a solo homerun to give the Dodgers a 2-1 lead.  In the fifth Davis hit a two-run homerun to give the Mets back the lead at 3-2.  In the sixth Taylor hit a solo homerun to tie the game at three.  Hernandez hit a three-run homerun to give the Dodgers a 6-3 lead and Seager was hit by a pitch to make it 7-3.  Verdugo hit a sac fly to push the lead to 8-3.  In the eighth Hechavarria hit a two-run homerun to make it a 8-5 game and in the bottom of the eighth Taylor hit an RBI single to make it 9-5 and that was the final score of the game. 

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