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Thursday, June 20, 2013

The Mets defeat the Atlanta Braves 6-1 in the nightcap

The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves by the score of 6-1 on Tuesday night. The game took place at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia. Zack Wheeler started and was good, his command wasn’t great. Marlon Byrd led the offense with three hits and three players had two hits.

Wheeler pitched six innings giving up four hits and no runs. He walked five and struck out seven and earned his first win of the season and career. Brandon Lyon pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk, David Aardsma pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and Josh Edgin pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and striking out one.

Colin Cowgill had two hits, Daniel Murphy had a hit and David Wright had two hits. Byrd had three hits, Josh Satin had a hit and drew two walks and Recker had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk. Juan Lagares had a hit and an RBI; Omar Quintanilla had two hits and two RBI. Jordany Valdespin drew a walk, Wright and Byrd each hit a double and Recker hit a homerun. The Mets were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. Murphy and Byrd each had a stolen base. Recker committed an error.

Paul Maholm pitched seven innings giving up nine hits and two runs with seven strikeouts. Maholm lost his sixth game of the season, Anthony Varvaro pitched an inning giving up four hits and four runs with two walks and Cory Gearrin pitched an inning giving up a hit and two walks and he struck out two batters.

Recker hit a two run homerun in the seventh to give the Mets a 2-0 lead. Justin Upton hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead in half. Byrd scored a run in the eighth on a throwing error, Lagares hit an RBI single and Quintanilla hit a two run single to make it a 6-1 game.

The two teams will play their fifth and final game of the series on Wednesday night. The Mets record improved to 27-40 and the Braves record dropped to 42-30. 

Sunday, April 14, 2013

The New York Mets win 4-2 in Minnesota as Matt Harvey dominates and flirts with perfection

The New York Mets defeated the Minnesota Twins by the score of 4-2 on Saturday afternoon. The game took place at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Matt Harvey started for the Mets and pitched great carrying a perfect game into the seventh inning. He is becoming must see T.V. as he is a phenom that is giving all Mets fans hope. Daniel Murphy had a couple of hits and Justin Turner had three to lead the Mets offense. 
Harvey pitched eight innings giving up two hits and one run with two walks and six strikeouts. He picked up his third win of the season. Bobby Parnell pitched an inning to pick up his first save. He gave up two hits and a run with a couple of strikeouts.

Colin Cowgill had a hit and an RBI, Murphy had two hits and an RBI and David Wright had a hit and an RBI. Lucas Duda drew a walk, Marlon Byrd had a hit and an RBI and Ike Davis had a hit. Turner had three hits, Ruben Tejada had a hit and Turner and Tejada each hit a double. Byrd hit a homerun and the Mets were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.

Scott Diamond took the loss his first of the season. He pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and four runs with a strikeout, Josh Roenicke pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and Casey Fien pitched two perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts. Jared Burton pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.

Joe Mauer had a hit, Josh Willingham had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Justin Morneau had a hit and an RBI. Ryan Doumit drew a walk, Dozier had a hit and Mauer hit a double. Morneau hit a homerun and the Twins were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. Willingham had an outfield assist.

In the fifth the Mets took a 4-0 lead. Byrd hit a solo homerun, Cowgill hit an RBI single, Murphy hit an RBI single and Wright hit an RBI single. Morneau hit a solo homerun in the seventh to make it a 4-1 game and then in the ninth Willingham hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 4-2 but that would be the final score.

The Mets record improved to 7-4 and the Twins record dropped to 4-7. The Mets will be going for the three game sweep on Sunday afternoon.

Sunday, April 7, 2013

The New York Mets defeat the Miami Marlins 7-3

The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins by the score of 7-3 on Saturday afternoon. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Jon Niese started and pitched well and the bullpen pitched pretty well for the Mets. David Wright and Ike Davis led the Mets offense with five of their nine hits. 
Niese pitched six innings giving up eight hits and two runs with one of them being earned. He walked two and struck out five. Scott Atchison pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run, Josh Edgin pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Brandon Lyon picked up the win pitching an inning and giving up a hit and striking out two. Bobby Parnell pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.

Mike Baxter had a hit and drew two walks, Daniel Murphy had a hit and an RBI and Wright had three hits and an RBI. Davis had two hits and drew a walk, John Buck had a hit and four RBI and Lucas Duda drew two walks. Colin Cowgill had a hit and an RBI, Buck hit a double, Murphy hit a triple and Cowgill hit a homerun. The Mets were 4-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Baxter and Wright had a stolen base. Tejada committed an error.

Ricky Nolasco pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs with three walks and three strikeouts. Ryan Webb took the loss pitching 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and three runs with two of them being earned. He walked two batters, Chad Qualls pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout.

Juan Pierre had two hits and drew a walk, Placido Polanco had a hit and Mike Stanton had two hits. Gregg Dobbs had two hits and two RBI, Miguel Olivo had two hits and Hechavarria had a hit and drew a walk. Solano had a hit and the Marlins were 2-8 with runners in scoring position with eight men left on base. Olivo had two errors in the game.

Dobbs hit an RBI single in the first to give the Marlins a 1-0 lead. Buck hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first to tie the game at one. In the fifth Dobbs grounded out an a run scored to give the Marlins the 2-1 lead. Buck hit a two run double in the sixth inning to make it 3-2 Mets. Dobbs hit an RBI single in the seventh to tie the game at three. In the seventh inning Murphy hit an RBI triple, Wright hit an RBI single and Buck hit a sacrifice fly to make it 6-3 Mets. In the eighth Cowgill hit a solo homerun making it 7-3 Mets and that was the final score.

The Mets improved to 3-2 on the season and the Marlins record dropped to 1-4. The two teams will play the rubber game of their three game series on Sunday afternoon.

Monday, April 1, 2013

The New York Mets win on Opening Day as usual

The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres by the score of 11-2 on Monday afternoon. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Jon Niese started for the Mets and pitched well, Colin Cowgill hit a grand slam and a bunch of guys had a couple of hits. 
Niese pitched 6 2/3 innings picking up the win. He gave up four hits and two runs with a couple of walks and four strikeouts. Brandon Lyon pitched to one batter and retired him, Scott Atchison pitched a perfect inning and Scott Rice pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts.

Cowgill had two hits and four RBI, Daniel Murphy had two hits and an RBI and David Wright had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Marlon Byrd had two hits and two RBI, Lucas Duda drew two walks and John Buck had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk. Ruben Tejada had two hits and an RBI and Niese had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk. Tejada and Cowgill each hit a double, Cowgill hit a homerun and the Mets were 7-14 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Wright had two stolen bases and Tejada committed an error.

Edinson Volquez took the loss pitching three innings giving up six hits and six runs with three walks and four strikeouts. Anthony Bass pitched three innings giving up three hits and a run with three strikeouts, Brad Brach pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up four hits and four runs with a walk and a strikeout and Dale Thayer pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out two. Joe Thatcher pitched to one batter and retired him.

Chris Denorfia had a hit and drew a walk, Yonder Alonso had a hit and an RBI and Carlos Quentin had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Jedd Gyorko had a hit and he hit a double and Alonso hit a homerun. The Padres were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Cody Ransom committed an error.

In the second Tejada hit an RBI double and Niese had an RBI single in the second inning to make it 2-0 Mets. In the third Quentin hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 2-1. Byrd hit an RBI single and Buck hit an RBI single in the third to make it 4-1 Mets. Murphy hit an RBI single, Wright had an RBI groundout and Byrd hit an RBI single in the fourth inning to make it a 7-1 lead. In the sixth Alonso hit a solo homerun to make it 7-2 Mets. The Mets scored four runs in the seventh on a Cowgill grand slam to make it 11-2 and that was the final score.

The Mets are now 1-0 and the Padres 0-1. The two teams will have an off day on Tuesday and play on Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon.

Monday, March 4, 2013

The New York Mets lose 4-2 to the Atlanta Braves

The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves by the score of 4-2 on Monday afternoon. The game was played at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Jeremy Hefner started for the Mets and pitched three good innings. Jeurys Familia and Bobby Parnell also pitched well. Marlon Byrd had a hit and a couple of RBI. 
Hefner pitched three innings giving up three hits and a run with two strikeouts. Rafael Montero pitched two innings giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout, Familia pitched an inning giving up a walk and Darin Gorski pitched one inning giving up three hits and a run with two strikeouts. Gorski took the loss, Josh Edgin pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Parnell pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.

Matthew den Dekker had a hit, Colin Cowgill had a hit and Ike Davis had a hit. Byrd had a hit and two RBI, Mike Baxter had a hit and Travis d’Arnaud had a hit. Anthony Recker had a hit and Justin Turner had a hit, Davis and d’Arnaud each hit a double. The Mets were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Dekker had a stolen base, Cowgill and Turner were each caught stealing. Tovar committed an error and Duda had an outfield assist.

Tim Hudson started for the Braves and pitched four innings giving up six hits and two runs. He walked one and struck out two. Luis Avilan pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts, David Carpenter got the win pitching a perfect inning with two strikeouts and David Hale pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout. Alex Wood picked up the save pitching an inning giving up a hit, walking and striking out a batter.

Justin Upton had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Evan Gattis had a hit and Joey Terdoslavich had a hit. Juan Francisco had a hit, Joe Leonard had an RBI and Chris Johnson had three hits and an RBI. Blake DeWitt had two hits, Tyler Pastornicky had two hits and an RBI. DeWitt hit a double, Upton and Johnson each hit a homerun. The Braves were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Kazmar had a stolen base and Pastornicky was caught stealing. DeWitt committed an error and Pagnozzi had a passed ball.

In the first Upton hit a solo homerun to give the Braves a 1-0 lead. Byrd hit an RBI single in the first to tie the game at one. Byrd hit a sacrifice fly in the third to give the Mets a 2-1 lead and in the fifth the Braves tied it at two. Pastornicky hit an RBI single, Johnson hit a solo homerun in the seventh to give the Braves a 3-2 lead and they completed the scoring with a run in the eighth. Leonard hit an RBI groundout. The Mets record dropped to 2-5 and the Braves are now 5-6. The Mets are off on Tuesday and the Braves will play at the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

The New York Mets and Washington Nationals tie 4-4

The New York Mets and Washington Nationals played to a 4-4 tie on Thursday night in ten innings. The game was played at Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida. The Mets pitching was ok in the game and Jordany Valdespin, Colin Cowgill and Travis D’arnaud each had two hits. 
Rafael Montero pitched two innings giving up three hits and a run, Brandon Lyon pitched an inning giving up a run with a walk and a strikeout and Josh Edgin pitched two innings giving up two hits and an an unearned run. He struck out two, Elvin Ramirez pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with two walks and a strikeout, Scott Rice pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and striking out two and Jeremy Hefner pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts.

Stephen Strasburg pitched three innings for the Nationals. He gave up three hits and a run with two walks and six strikeouts. Zach Duke pitched two innings giving up three hits and an unearned run with a couple of strikeouts, Yunesky Maya pitched two innings giving up three hits and two runs with two walks and three strikeouts and Patrick McCoy pitched a perfect inning. Ryan Mattheus pitched two perfect innings with three strikeouts.

Valdespin had two hits, Cowgill had two hits and Mike Baxter had an RBI and drew a walk. Matthew den Dekker had a hit, d’Arnaud had two hits and Landon Powell drew a walk. Omar Quintanilla had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Brian Bixler had a hit and an RBI and Brandon Hicks drew a walk. Quintanilla hit a double, the Mets were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. den Dekker had a stolen base and Valdespin was caught stealing. Bixler, Puello and Tovar all committed an error.

Denard Span had a hit and drew a walk, Eury Perez had a hit and Chris Snyder had a hit. Jayson Werth had an RBI, Corey Brown had a hit and Chris Marrero had a hit and drew a walk. Ian Desmond had a hit, Zach Walters had a hit and Danny Espinosa had a hit and drew a walk. Tyler Moore had two hits, Anthony Rendon had a hit and a couple of RBI. Span, Espinosa, Rendon and Marrero each hit a double. The Nationals were 3-18 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base. Span had two stolen bases and Desmond committed an error.

Baxter hit a sacrifice fly in the first to make it 1-0 Mets. Rendon hit an RBI double to tie the game at one in the second inning. In the third Werth had an RBI groundout to give the Nationals a 2-1 lead, the Mets tied the game in the fourth inning and then the Nationals took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the fourth. Quintanilla hit an RBI double and Rendon grounded out scoring a run. Bixler hit an RBI single in the sixth and Matt Skole had an RBI walk. A wild pitch scored the fourth and final run of the game in the seventh for the Mets.

The Mets and Nationals are both 1-3 in the spring. The Mets will host the Detroit Tigers on Friday afternoon and Washington will play at Atlanta on Friday evening.

The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the New York Mets 12-4

The New York Mets were defeated by the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday afternoon by the score of 12-4. The game took place at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Darin Gorski started for the Mets and took the loss pitching two innings and giving up three hits and four runs with three walks. Carlos Torres pitched two innings giving up five hits and four runs with three walks and a strikeout, Robert Carson pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Greg Burke pitched two innings giving up four hits and three runs with three strikeouts. Bobby Parnell pitched an inning giving up a walk. 
Ruben Tejada had a hit, David Wright had two hits and Ike Davis drew a walk. Zach Lutz drew a walk, Marlon Byrd had a hit and Lucas Duda had a hit. John Buck had a hit and two RBI, Anthony Recker had a hit and an RBI and Colin Cowgill had a hit and an RBI. Buck, Recker and Cowgill each hit a homerun. The Mets were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Hicks committed an error and Byrd had an outfield assist.

Lance Lynn pitched two innings giving up four hits and two runs with three strikeouts. He picked up the win, Michael Wacha pitched three innings giving up a hit and striking out five, Edward Mujica pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk and struck out one and Michael Blazek pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts. Eric Fornataro pitched an inning giving up a walk and Fernando Salas pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts.

John Jay had two hits and an RBI, Justin Christian had two hits and Carlos Beltran had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk. Matt Holliday drew a walk, Shane Robinson had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and David Freese had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks. Kolten Wong had a hit and an RBI, Yadier Molina had a hit and three RBI and Matt Adams had two hits and an RBI. Daniel Descalso had a hit and Pete Kozma had a hit. Beltran, Jay, Molina, Robinson and Wong each hit a double. Robinson hit a homerun and the Cardinals were 6-15 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Jay and Chambers each had a stolen base.

The Mets had a 2-0 lead in the second inning. The Cardinals scored four runs in the third and fourth innings to take an 8-2 lead. They had a 9-3 lead in the eighth and added three more runs before the Mets finished the scoring with a run in the ninth inning.

The Mets record is now 1-3 in the spring and the Cardinals are 3-2. The Mets will play at the Washington Nationals on Thursday night and the St. Louis Cardinals will host the Miami Marlins.

Monday, February 25, 2013

The New York Mets tied the Houston Astros and in split squad defeated the University of Michigan

The New York Mets and Houston Astros played to a 7-7 tie on Sunday afternoon. The Mets played a split squad and defeated the University of Michigan 5-2 on Sunday afternoon also. Jordany Valdespin had a hit and two RBI. Colin Cowgill continues to make a name for himself with two hits, an RBI and a walk. The Mets pitching was ok in the game. 
Matt Harvey started and pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts. Jeremy Hefner pitched two innings giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout and Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with two of them earned. He walked two and struck out one, Aaron Laffey pitched two innings giving up two hits and a walk with a strikeout, Scott Atchison pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Josh Edgin pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run with a walk. He was charged with a blown save.

Andrew Brown had a hit for the Mets. Jamie Hoffman had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, R.J. Harris had a hit and Zach Lutz had a hit. Omar Quintanilla drew a walk, Wilfredo Tovar had a hit and an RBI and Josh Satin had two hits and two RBI. Cowgill hit a double, Satin hit two doubles and Brown hit a double. Hoffman and Valdespin hit a homerun. The Mets were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Cowgill had two stolen bases and Puello was picked off. Centeno committed an error.

Bud Norris pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run, Jose Veras pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and three strikeouts and Brad Peacock pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with two walks and two strikeouts. Jose Valdez pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two, Wesley Wright pitched an inning giving up a hit and Rhiner Cruz pitched an inning striking out one. Sergio Escalona pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run and Chia-Jen Lo pitched an inning walking one and striking out one.

Marwin Gonzalez had a hit, Jake Elmore had a hit and Nate Freiman had two hits. Brett Wallace had a hit and two RBI, Marc Krauss had a hit and Rick Ankiel had a hit. George Springer had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Jason Castro had a hit and two RBI and Fernando Martinez had a hit and an RBI. Robbie Grossman had a hit, Martinez and Castro each hit a homerun. The Astros were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. Gonzalez and Deshields each had a stolen base.

The Mets and Astros are both 1-0 and now with a tie. The Mets will host the Washington Nationals on Monday evening and the Houston Astros will be at the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday afternoon.
 

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