New York Mets defeat the Chicago White Sox in extra innings

The New York Mets defeated the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois and the final score was 5-2.  Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets and he pitched great.  Amed Rosario had four hits to lead the offense and Michael Conforto added three hits. 

Syndergaard pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up five hits and an unearned run.  He walked one and struck out 11.  Justin Wilson pitched to one batter and gave up a hit, Seth Lugo faced two batters and got them both out and Edwin Diaz pitched an inning giving up a run, two walks and he struck out two.  Diaz blew his fifth save of the season.  Robert Gsellman earned his second win of the season pitching two perfect innings with two strikeouts. 

Reynaldo Lopez pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and two runs with four walks and six strikeouts.  Jace Fry pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Evan Marshall pitched two innings giving up a hit and Aaron Bummer pitched an inning giving up a hit.  Alex Colome pitched an inning with a strikeout, Jose Ruiz pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run and he lost his second game of the season and  Josh Osich pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout. 

Jeff McNeil had two hits and two RBI, Conforto had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Pete Alonso had two hits and drew a walk.  Robinson Cano had an RBI, J.D. Davis drew a walk and Todd Frazier had a hit and drew a walk.  Rosario had four hits and Tomas Nido had an RBI.  Conforto hit a double, McNeil and Conforto each hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Rosario had a stolen base, Frazier and McNeil each committed an error.  Leury Garcia had a hit, John Jay had ah it and Ryan Goins had a hit and drew a walk.  Tim Anderson had an RBI, Yolmer Sanchez had two hits and drew two walks and Adam Engel had a hit.  Goins hit a double and the White Sox were 2-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Sanchez and Garcia each had a stolen base.  Garcia committed an error. 

In the second Nido hit an RBI ground out to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Cano hit an RBI ground out to push the lead to 2-0.  In the sixth Abreu reached on a fielding error and a run scored to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the ninth Anderson hit a sac fly to tie the score and the game went into extra innings.  In the 11^th McNeil hit a two-run homerun and Conforto hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 5-2 lead and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two on Wednesday.