New York Mets defeat the Seattle Mariners

 

The New York Mets defeated the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 5-4.  Chris Bassitt started for the Mets and he pitched well and the offense was led by Starling Marte who had three hits. 

Bassitt pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and a run with three walks and eight strikeouts.  Seth Lugo pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk, Chasen Shreve pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Adam Ottavino pitched an inning giving up a hit.  Ottavino won his second game of the season and Edwin Diaz pitched a perfect inning striking out the side and he earned his eighth save of the season. 

George Kirby started for the Mariners and he pitched four innings giving up three hits and three runs with one of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out one.  Penn Murfee pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, Anthony Misiewicz pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Andres Munoz pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts and he took his first loss of the season.  Sergio Romo pitched a perfect inning. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit, Marte had three hits and Francisco Lindor had a hit and two RBI.  Pete Alonso had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Jeff McNeil had an RBI and Patrick Mazeika had a hit and an RBI.  Marte and Alonso each hit a double and Marte hit a triple.  Mazeika hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Marte had a stolen base.  Bassitt and Shreve each had a pickoff. 

Ty France had two hits, J.P. Crawford had a hit and Eugenio Suarez had a hit and drew a walk.  Jesse Winker had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk, Julio Rodriguez drew a walk and Steven Souza Jr. had a hit and an RBI.  Luis Torrens had two hits and drew two walks, Winker hit a homerun and the Mariners were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Rodriguez was caught stealing and Suarez and Rodriguez were picked off.  Crawford, Suarez and Torrens each committed an error and Souza Jr. had an outfield assist. 

In the bottom of the first Lindor hit an RBI single giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the third Lindor hit a sac fly pushing their lead to 2-0.  McNeil hit a sac fly and the lead was 3-0.  In the bottom of the fifth Alonso hit an RBI double extending the Mets lead to 4-0.  In the sixth Souza Jr. hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 4-1.  In the seventh Winker hit a three-run homerun to tie the score at four.  In the bottom of the seventh Mazeika hit a solo homerun giving the Mets a 5-4 lead and that was the final score of the game.  The third and final game of the series will be on Sunday.