Sunday, April 17, 2022

New York Mets pound the Arizona Diamondbacks

 The New York Mets defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday afternoon at Citi Field in Flushing, 

New York and the final score was 10-3.   Chris Bassitt started for the Mets and pitched well.  Starling

Marte and Travis Jankowski each had three hits to lead the offense.


Bassitt won his second game of the season for the Mets pitching six innings and he gave up two hits and

a run with two walks with six strikeouts.  Chasen Shreve pitched a perfect inning striking out the side,

Drew Smith pitched an inning with a walk and Sean Reid-Foley pitched an inning giving up a hit

and two runs with two walks and two strikeouts.  


Zach Davies pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and five runs with four being earned.  He walked

one and struck out two.  He took his first loss of the season.  J.B. Wendelken pitched 2/3 of an inning

with a strikeout and Caleb Smith pitched three innings giving up five hits and five runs with three walks 

and two strikeouts.  


Jeff McNeil had two hits, Marte had three hits and three RBI and Francisco Lindor had two hits, three RBI

and drew two walks.  Pete Alonso had two RBI and drew a walk, Eduardo Escobar had a hit and an RBI.

Robinson Cano had a hit and an RBI, J.D. Davis drew a walk and Jankowski had three hits.  Escobar hit

a double and Cano and Marte each hit a homerun.  Lindor hit two homeruns and the Mets were 2-9 with

runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Marte and Lindor each stole a base.  


Daulton Varsho had a hit and an RBI, Ketel Marte had a hit and David Peralta drew a walk.  Cooper 

Hummel drew a walk, Pavin Smith drew a walk and Seth Beer had a hit and an RBI.  Sergio Alcantara 

had an RBI, Jose Herrera drew a walk and Yonny Hernandez drew a walk.  Marte and Beer each hit

a double and Varsho hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left

five men on base.  Perdomo was caught stealing and Peralta committed an error.  


In the bottom of the first Alonso hit a sac fly to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the third Alonso

hit a sac fly making it 2-0 Mets.  In the fourth Cano hit a solo homer pushing the lead to 3-0 and in the 

fifth Lindor hit a two-run homer pushing the lead to 5-0.  In the sixth Varsho hit a solo homerun cutting 

the lead to 5-1.  In the seventh Escobar hit an RBI double making it 6-1.  In the eighth Marte hit a three

run homer extending the lead to 9-1.  Lindor hit a solo homerun and it was 10-1.  In the ninth Beer hit

a RBI double and Alcantara hit an RBI groundout making it 10-3 which was the final score.  

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