The New York Mets were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies

The New York Mets were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday.  The game took place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the final score was 7-5.  Walker Lockett started for the Mets and he pitched ok.  Jeff McNeil led the offense with four hits. 

Lockett pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Wilmer Font pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and three runs and he took his second loss of the season.  Robert Gsellman pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out two and Chris Flexen pitched an inning striking out one. 

Jake Arrieta won his seventh game of the season pitching six innings and giving up nine hits and five runs.  He walked two and struck out two.  Adam Morgan pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout, Juan Nicasio pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one and Hector Neris pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts and he saved his 16^th game of the season. 

McNeil had four hits and an RBI, Pete Alonso had a hit and Robinson Cano had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Michael Conforto had an RBI, Todd Frazier drew a walk and Dom Smith had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Wilson Ramos had a hit, Amed Rosario had two hits and an RBI and Lockett had a hit and drew a walk.  McNeil and Cano each hit a double and Rosario and Smith each hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Rosario had a stolen base and Cano committed an error. 

Scott Kingery had a hit and an RBI, Bryce Harper drew a walk and Rhys Hoskins had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  J.T. Realmuto had a hit, Jay Bruce had a hit and an RBI and Cesar Hernandez had two hits and an RBI.  Maikel Franco had a hit and two RBI.  Arrieta drew a walk, Brad Miller had a hit and an RBI and Realmuto hit a double.  Kingery, Hoskins, Franco and Miller each hit a homerun.  The Phillies were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Arrieta and Realmuto each committed an error. 

In the first Cano hit an RBI single and Conforto hit a sac fly to give the Mets a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Kingery hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the second Rosario hit a solo homerun to push the Mets lead to 3-1.  In the third Smith hit a solo homerun making it a 4-1 game.  In the bottom of the fourth Hoskins hit a solo homerun and the lead was cut to 4-2.  In the sixth McNeil hit an RBI single and the lead was 5-2.  In the bottom of the sixth Bruce hit an RBI groundout to cut the lead to 5-3.  Hernandez hit an RBI single and Franco hit a two-run homerun to give the Phillies a 6-5 lead.  Miller hit a solo homerun to make it 7-5 and that would be the final score.