Tuesday, July 30, 2019

New York Mets defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates and sweep three-game series


The New York Mets defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 8-7.   Jason Vargas started for the Mets and pitched well.  J.D. Davis had two hits to lead the offense. 

Vargas won his sixth game of the season pitching 5 2/3 innings givAaing up six hits and three runs with three walks and five strikeouts.  Seth Lugo pitched 1 1/3 innings with two strikeouts, Justin Wilson pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout and Tyler Bashlor pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a walk.  Edwin Diaz pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run and he saved his 23rd game of the season. 

Chris Archer pitched five innings giving up five hits and six runs with five of them being earned.  He walked four and struck out four and lost his eighth game of the season.  Francisco Liriano pitched an inning giving up two hits and two unearned runs, Michael Feliz pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Keone Kela pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two. 

Aaron Altherr had a hit and an RBI, Michael Conforto had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Pete Alonso had an RBI and drew two walks.  Wilson Ramos had a hit and drew a walk, Todd Frazier had a hit and an RBI and Davis had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Amed Rosario had a hit and an RBI and Adeiny Hechavarria had a hit.  Hechavarria hit a double, Conforto hit a homerun and the Mets were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Davis had a stolen base.  Conforto committed an error. 

Kevin Newman drew a walk, Bryan Reynolds had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Starling Marte had two hits.  Jose Osuna had a hit and two RBI, Melky Cabrera had a hit and an RBI and Adam Frazier had a hit and drew a walk.  Jacob Stallings had two hits and an RBI, Archer had a hit and drew a walk and Colin Moran drew a walk.  Cabrera hti a double and Stallings, Reynolds and Osuna each hit a homerun.  The Pirates were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Marte had a stolen base and Kang, Osuna and Marte each committed an error. 

In the first Conforto hit a two-run homerun to give the Mets a 2-0 lead.  Frazier hit an RBI single to push the lead to 3-0.  Davis hit an RBI single and it was 4-0, Rosario hit an RBI single and the lead was 5-0.  Altherr hit a sac fly and the lead was 6-0.  In the third Stallings hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 6-1.  In the fourth Stallings hit an RBI single and the lead was 6-2.  In the fifth Cabrera hit an RBI double to make it 6-3.  Conforto reached on a error and the lead was up to 7-3.  Alonso hit into a force out and the lead was 8-3.  In the ninth Reynolds hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 8-5.  Osuna hit a two-run homerun and the lead was 8-7 but that was the final score. 

The Mets swept the three-game series and will head to Chicago to take on the White Sox on Tuesday night. 




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