New York Mets fall to the San Francisco Giants

 

The New York Mets were defeated by the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 5-2.  Chris Bassitt started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch well, the bullpen pitched well.  Pete Alonso led the offense with three hits and Brandon Nimmo and Eduardo Escobar each had two hits. 

Bassitt lost his first game of the season pitching six innings and giving up eight hits and five runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  Chasen Shreve pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout and Sean Reid-Foley pitched two innings giving up a walk and he struck out three. 

Carlos Rodon started for the Giants and he pitched five innings giving up three hits and no runs with two walks and eight strikeouts.  Rodon won his second game of the season.  John Brebbia pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts, Dominic Leone pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Tyler Rogers pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run.  Jake McGee pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one and earned his second save of the season. 

Nimmo had two hits, Starling Marte had a hit and an RBI and Alonso had three hits.  Escobar had two hits and drew a walk, Mark Canha had a hit and an RBI and Luis Guillorme drew a walk.  James McCann drew a walk, Escobar hit a double and the Mets were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Marte was caught stealing and he had an outfield assist. 

Mike Yastrzemski had two hits and an RBI, Brandon Belt had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Darin Ruf drew a walk.  Joc Pederson had two hits and an RBI, Brandon Crawford had a hit and an RBI and Wilmer Flores had a hit and an RBI.  Thairo Estrada drew a walk, Steven Duggar had a hit and Pederson hit a double.  Belt hit a homerun and the Giants were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Estrada had a stolen base. 

In the first Pederson hit an RBI double, Crawford hit an RBI single and Flores hit an RBI single giving the Giants a 3-0 lead.  In the second Belt hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 4-0.  In the fourth Yastrzemski hit an RBI single extending the lead to 5-0.  In the bottom of the seventh Marte hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 5-1 and in the bottom of the eighth Canha hit an RBI single making it a 5-2 game but that would be the final score.  The two teams will play the fourth and final game of the series on Thursday.