New York Mets lose a high scoring nail biter to the Seattle Mariners

 

The New York Mets were defeated by the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 8-7.  Carlos Carrasco started for the Mets and he pitched ok.  Brandon Nimmo led the offense with a couple of hits and three RBI. 

Carrasco pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and four runs with a walk and two strikeouts.   Chasen Shreve took his first loss of the season pitching an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout, Drew Smith pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and Joely Rodriguez pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with three strikeouts.  Colin Holderman pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one. 

Robbie Ray won his fourth game of the season pitching six innings giving up five hits and five runs with three walks and nine strikeouts.  Sergio Romo pitched a perfect inning, Paul Sewald pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Drew Steckenrider pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up four hits and two runs.  Diego Castillo pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two and earned his second save of the season. 

Nimmo had two hits and three RBI, Starling Marte had a hit and Francisco Lindor had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Pete Alonso had a hit, Mark Canha drew a walk and J.D. Davis had a hit and two RBI.  Eduardo Escobar had a hit and drew a walk, Jeff McNeil had a hit and an RBI and Tomas Nido drew a walk.  Mazeika had a hit, Marte and Nimmo each hit a double and Davis, Nimmo and Escobar each hit a triple.  Lindor hit a homerun and the Mets were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Canha was caught stealing and Marte had an outfield assist. 

Adam Frazier had two hits, Ty France had two hits and J.P. Crawford had a hit.  Jesse Winker had two hits, Julio Rodriguez had four hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Mike Ford had a hit and two RBI.  Abraham Toro had two hits and an RBI, Steven Souza Jr. had a hit and Cal Raleigh had a hit and two RBI.  Toro, Frazier, France and Winker each hit a double and Rodriguez and Raleigh each hit a homerun.  The Mariners were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the bottom of the first Lindor hit a solo homerun giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third Raleigh hit into a double play but a run scored tying the score at one.  In the fourth Ford hit a two-run single to give the Mariners a 3-1 lead.  Toro hit a sac fly and the lead was pushed to 4-1.  In the bottom of the fourth Davis hit a two-run triple to cut the lead to 4-3 and Nimmo hit a two-run triple to give the Mets a 5-4 lead.  In the sixth Rodriguez hit a solo homerun tying the game at five.  Raleigh hit a two-run homerun and the Mariners grabbed a 7-5 lead.  In the seventh Rodriguez hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 8-5 and in the bottom of the ninth McNeil hit an RBI single and Nimmo an RBI double cutting the lead to 8-7.  8-7 would be the final score.