New York Mets pound the Arizona Diamondbacks and sweep the series

The New York Mets defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 11-1.  Marcus Stroman started for the Mets and pitched well.  Juan Lagares lead the offense with two hits and six RBI. 

Stroman pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up four hits and a run with four walks and six strikeouts and won his eighth game of the season.  Daniel Zamora pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one and Chris Mazza pitched 2 1/3 innings. 

Alex Young pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up five hits and six runs with one of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out three and lost his fourth game of the season.  Yoan Lopez pitched 1 1/3 innings with a strikeout, Robby Scott pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and Jimmie Sherfy pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs and struck out two.  Andrew Chafin pitched to one batter and got him out, Kevin Ginkel pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and Archie Bradley pitched 2/3 of an inning.  Matt Andriese pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Amed Rosario had a hit, Robinson Cano had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and J.D. Davis had two hits and an RBI.  Michael Conforto had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Todd Frazier had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Luis Guillorme had a hit.  Lagares had two hits and six RBI, Tomas Nido had a hit and an RBI and Frazier, Cano and Nido each hit a homerun.  Conforto hit a homerun and Lagares hit two homeruns.  The Mets were 2-4 with runners in scoring position andl eft three men on base.  Nido had a passed ball. 

Ketel Marte drew a walk, Abraham Almonte drew a walk and Josh Rojas had a hit.  Christian Walker drew a walk, Alex Avila had two hits and drew a walk and Jarrod Dyson drew a walk.  Ildemaro Vargas had a hit and an RBI.  Avila and Vargas each hit a double and the Diamondbacks were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Ahmed committed an error. 

In the second Frazier hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third Davis hit an RBI single, Lagares hit a grand slam and it was 6-0 Mets.  In the fifth Cano hit a solo homerun and Lagares hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 9-0.  Nido hit a solo homerun making it 10-0.  In the seventh Vargas hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 10-1.  In the bottom of the seventh Conforto hit a solo homerun and it was 11-1 which was the final score. 

The Mets swept the three-game series from the Arizona Diamondbacks and will remain home to start a three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.