New York Mets avoid a no hitter but are one hit and shutout by the Atlanta Braves

The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves on Friday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 6-0 Braves.  Jon Niese started for the Mets and pitched well, Gonzalez Germen out of the pen not so well.  The Mets offense only managed one hit from David Wright. 

Niese pitched six innings giving up four hits and a run with three walks and seven strikeouts.  Niese lost his second game of the season.  Carlos Torres pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one, Germen pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up four hits and four runs with a walk and Scott Rice pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit.  Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run. 

Aaron Harang pitched seven innings giving up no hits and no runs to earn his third win of the season.  He walked six and struck out five.  Luis Avilan pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two and Jordan Walden pitched an inning striking out one. 

Eric Young Jr. drew a walk, Wright had a hit and drew a walk and Lucas Duda drew a walk.  Travis d'Arnaud drew a walk, Ruben Tejada drew a walk and Niese drew a walk.  The Mets were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Andrelton Simmons had a hit, B.J. Upton had two hits and drew a walk and Freddie Freeman had two hits and two RBI.  Justin Upton had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Evan Gattis drew a walk and Dan Uggla had two hits.  Chris Johnson had three hits and an RBI, Jordan Schafer had a hit and an RBI and Johnson hit two doubles.  Uggla, Schafer and Freeman each hit a double, Freeman hit a homerun and the Braves were 1-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

In the second Johnson hit an RBI double giving the Braves a 1-0 lead.  In the eighth Freeman hit a two run homerun, Uggla hit an RBI double and Schafer hit an RBI double giving the Braves a 5-0 lead.  The Braves would complete the scoring with a Justin Upton sacrifice fly in the ninth inning.  The final score was 6-0 Braves.  It was the first of three games and the two teams will play again on Saturday afternoon. 

The New York Mets lose 7-2 to the Washington Nationals

The New York Mets lose 7-2 to the Washington Nationals


The Washington Nationals defeated the New York Mets on Thursday afternoon. The final score was 7-2 and the game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Aaron Harang started for the Mets and pitched pretty well, the bullpen wasn’t great. Eric Young Jr. and Anthony Recker each had two hits.

Harang pitched six innings giving up four hits and three runs with a walk and ten strikeouts. Harang lost his 12th game of the season. Pedro Feliciano gave up a hit and a run, Scott Atchison pitched an inning striking out one and Frank Francisco pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs. David Aardsma pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run and Sean Henn pitched to one batter and retired the batter.

Young Jr. had two hits and drew a walk, Daniel Murphy had a hit and an RBI and Lucas Duda had a hit. Mike Baxter had a hit, Recker had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Harang had a hit. Murphy hit a double and the Mets were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Young had a stolen base.

Tanner Roark won his sixth game of the season pitching six innings giving up six hits. He gave up two runs and a walk with three strikeouts. Craig Stammen pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts, Xavier Cedeno pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Mattheus pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out the sides.

Denard Span had a hit and drew a walk, Ryan Zimmerman had two hits and two RBI and Bryce Harper had a hit. Ian Desmond had an RBI, Adam LaRoche had two hits and an RBI and Wilson Ramos had a hit and an RBI. Anthony Rendon had a hit and two RBI. LaRoche, Span and Zimmerman each hit a double. Zimmerman, LaRoche, Ramos and Rendon each hit a homerun. The Nationals were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. Harper had an outfield assist.

The game was tied at one after one and then the Nationals took a 2-1 lead after two innings. The Mets tied the game at two in the fourth and the Nationals took a 3-2 lead in the fifth. They scored four runs in the last three innings to pull away and win the game 7-2.

The Mets record fell to 64-81 and the Nationals record improved to 77-69.