New York Mets hang on to defeat the Miami Marlins

The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.  The game took place at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida and the final score was 6-5.  Jason Vargas started for the Mets an he pitched pretty well.  Wilson Ramos and Dominic Smith each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Vargas pitched five innings giving up eight hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Vargas earned his first win of the season.  Robert Gsellman pitched an inning giving up two hits and no runs with a couple of strikeouts, Seth Lugo pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with a walk and Justin Wilson earned his first save of the season pitching 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Jose Urena pitched four innings giving up seven hits and five runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Urena took his second loss of the season.  Tyler Kinley pitched an inning with two walks, Wei-Yin Chen pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with two walks and two strikeouts and Tayron Guerrero pitched a perfect inning.  Austin Brice pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Jeff McNeil had a hit and Robinson Cano had a hit.  Michael Conforto had a hit and drew a walk, Wilson Ramos had two hits and an RBI and Dominic Smith had two hits and an RBI.  Amed Rosario had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Juan Lagares had an RBI and drew a walk and J.D. Davis drew a walk.  Rosario hit a double and the Mets were 3-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Rosario had a stolen base.  Cano committed an error. 

Miguel Rojas had a hit, Curtis Granderson had a hit and drew a walk and Brian Anderson had two hits and an RBI.  Starlin Castro had three hits and an RBI, Martin Prado had two hits and drew a walk and JT Riddle had a hit and an RBI.  Lewis Brinson had three hits and an RBI, Peter O’Brien had a hit and an RBI and Neil Walker had a hit.  Chad Wallach had a hit, Prado, Anderson, Granderson and Brinson each hit a double.  Castro hit a homerun and the Marlins were 4-18 with runners in scoring position and left 14 men on base.  Alfaro committed an error. 

In the first Ramos hit an RBI single, Smith hit an RBI single and Rosario hit a two-run double to give the Mets a 4-0 lead.  Lagares reached on a fielder’s choice and a run scored to push the lead to 5-0.  In the bottom of the first Anderson hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 5-1.  In the fifth Castro hit a solo homerun making it 5-2.  In the seventh Nimmo was hit by a pitch and a run scored to extend the Marlins lead to 6-2.  In the bottom of the seventh Brinson hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 6-3.  O’Brien hit an RBI single to make it a 6-4 game and in the eighth Riddle hit an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 6-5 and that would be the final score. 

New York Mets lose to the Colorado Rockies again

The New York Mets were defeated by the Colorado Rockies on Thursday afternoon.  The game took place at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado and the final score was 6-4.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch very well.  Todd Frazier, Michael Conforto, Kevin Plawecki and Dominic Smith each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Matz lost his fifth game of the season pitching 5 2/3 innings and giving up eight hits and five runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  Tim Peterson pitched 1 1/3 perfect with two strikeouts, Paul Sewald pitched giving up a hit, run and a walk without recording an out and Jerry Blevins pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one.  Chris Flexen pitched to one batter and retired him. 

Kyle Freeland pitched six innings giving up five hits and two runs with four walks and four strikeouts and won his seventh game of the season.  Jeff Hoffman pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits, Chris Rusin pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Yency Almonte pitched a perfect inning.  Jake McGee pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and earned his first save of the season. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit and an RBI, Frazier had two hits and an RBI and Conforto had two hits.  Wilmer Flores had an RBI and drew a walk, Jose Bautista drew two walks and Plawecki had two hits.  Jose Reyes had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Amed Rosario had a hit and Smith had two hits.  Smith hit a double and Plawecki hit a triple.  Frazier hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

DJ LeMahieu had two hits, Charlie Blackmon had two hits and Nolan Arenado had two hits and five RBI.  Trevor Story had a hit, Ian Desmond drew three walks and Chris Iannetta had a hit.  Gerardo Parra had an RBI, Noel Cuevas had a hit and Carlos Gonzalez drew a walk.  LeMahieu, Story and Arenado each hit a double and Arenado hit a homerun.  The Rockies were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  LeMahieu and Blackmon each had a stolen base.  

In the first Frazier hit a solo homerun giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Arenado 

hit a three-run homerun to give the Rockies a 3-1 lead.  In the second Arenado hit a two-run double 

to push the lead to 5-1.  In the third Nimmo hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 5-2.  In the eighth 

Flores hit a sac fly to make it 5-3.  In the bottom of the eighth Parra hit a sac fly to push the lead to 

6-3 and in the ninth Reyes hit an RBI ground out to make it 6-4 which would be the final score

  

New York Mets lose a slug fest in Colorado

The New York Mets were defeated by the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado and the final score was 10-8.  Seth Lugo started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch well.  Dominic Smith had three hits to lead the offense. 

Lugo pitched three innings giving up six hits and six runs with three of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out five.  Paul Sewald pitched an inning giving up a hit and he walked one, Robert Gsellman lost his second game of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and three runs with a walk and Anthony Swarzak pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts.  Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Chad Bettis pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up nine hits and eight runs with five walks and four strikeouts.  Chris Rusin pitched giving up a hit and two walks and he didn’t record an out, Bryan Shaw pitched 1/3 of an inning winning his third game of the season and Harrison Musgrave pitched an inning giving up a hit and he walked two.  Jake McGee pitched an inning with a strikeout, Adam Ottavino pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Wade Davis saved his 21^st game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Michael Conforto had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Todd Frazier had a hit and an RBI, Smith had three hits and Wilmer Flores had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Devin Mesoraco had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Jose Reyes had a hit and drew two walks and Luis Guillorme drew a walk.  Jose Bautista drew a walk, Amed Rosario had a hit and Cabrera, Mesoraco, Reyes and Smith each hit a double.  Smith hit a triple and the Mets were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  Frazier and Reyes each committed an error and Mesoraco had a passed ball. 

DJ LeMahieu had three hits and an RBI, Charlie Blackmon had a hit and an RBI and Nolan Arenado had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Carlos Gonzalez had a hit and drew a walk, Gerardo Parra had two hits and two RBI and Ian Desmond drew three walks.  Tom Murphy had two hits and an RBI, Bettis had an RBI and Ryan McMahon had a hit and three RBI.  Arenado, McMahon and Blackmon each hit a homerun and the Rockies were 5-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Murphy was caught stealing. 

In the first Conforto hit an RBI single, Mesoraco hit a two-run double and it was 3-0 Mets.  In the bottom of the first Arenado hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 3-1.  In the second Frazier hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 4-1.  In the bottom of the second Parra hit an RBI single to cut it to 4-2.  Bettis hit an RBI ground out to make it 4-3 and LeMahieu hit an RBI single to tie the game at four.  In the third Parra hit an RBI single, Murphy hit an RBI single and the Rockies had a 6-4 lead.  In the fifth Flores hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 6-5.  Nimmo drew an RBI walk and the game was tied at six.  Cabrera hit a two-run single giving the Mets a 8-6 lead.  In the bottom of the fifth McMahon hit a three-run homerun to give the Rockies back the lead at 9-8.  Blackmon hit a solo homerun in the sixth to push the lead to 10-8 and that would be the final score.   

New York Mets are routed by the Cincinnati Reds

The New York Mets were defeated by the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio and the final score was 14-4.  Chris Flexen started and he didn’t pitch very well.  Asdrubal Cabrera and Dominic Smith each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Flexen pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and seven runs with four walks and four strikeouts.  Flexen lost his third game of the season.  Josh Smoker pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and three walks with two strikeouts, Jeurys Familia pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out three and Chasen Bradford pitched giving up six hits and seven runs with four of them earned and didn’t record an out.  He walked one batter and didn’t strike any out and Kevin Plawecki pitched an inning giving up a hit and no runs. 

Sal Romano won his fourth game of the season pitching six innings and giving up six hits and three runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Drew Storen pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one, Kevin Shackelford pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Wandy Peralta pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Alejandro Chacin pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with two walks and a strikeout. 

Jose Reyes had a hit and drew three walks, Brandon Nimmo had a hit and Cabrera had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Wilmer Flores had a hit, Travis d’Arnaud had a hit and Smith had two hits and two RBI.  Amed Rosario had a hit, Flexen had a hit and Matt Reynolds drew a walk.  Cabrera and d’Arnaud each hit a double and the Mets were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Reyes was caught stealing and Nimmo committed an error and Flores committed two errors. 

Billy Hamilton had three hits and an RBI, Zack Cozart had two hits and drew a walk and Joey Votto had a hit, an RBI and drew three walks.  Adam Duvall had a hit and three RBI, Scooter Gennett had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Eugenio Suarez had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Scott Schebler had two hits, five RBI and drew a walk, Tucker Barnhart had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks and Hamilton hit two doubles and Suarez and Gennett hit a double.  Schebler and Duvall each hit a homerun and the Reds were 9-20 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. 

In the first Cabrera hit an RBI double to make it 1-0 Mets.  In the bottom of the first Suarez hit an RBI single, Schebler hit a grand-slam and it was 5-1 Reds.  In the fifth Gennett hit an RBI single, Schebler hit an RBI single to push the lead to 7-1.  In the sixth Smith hit a two-run single to cut the lead to 7-3.  In the eighth Votto hit an RBI single, Duvall hit a three-run homerun and Barnhart hit an RBI single to push the lead to 12-3.  Ervin grounded into a double play and a run scored and Hamilton hit an RBI double to extend the lead to 14-3.  In the ninth Cabrera hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 14-4 and that would be the final score of the game.  The two teams will complete their series on Wednesday night. 

New York Yankees survive and hold off the New York Mets for the win

The New York Yankees defeated the New York Mets on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-4.  Sonny Gray started for the Yankees and he pitched well, the bullpen was good except for Aroldis Chapman who almost blew another save.  Didi Gregorius, Gary Sanchez and Ronald Torreyes each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Gray won his seventh game of the season pitching six innings and giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Tommy Khanle pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Dellin Betances pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts and Chapman earned his 16^th save pitching an inning and giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout. 

Jacob deGrom pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up nine hits and five runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Jerry Blevins pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Chasen Bradford pitched to one batter and got him out. 

Aaron Hicks had a hit and an RBI, Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk and Gregorius had two hits.  Sanchez had two hits and two RBI, Chase Headley had a hit and drew a walk and Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and two RBI.  Torreyes had two hits, Torreyes and Judge each hit a double and Ellsbury and Sanchez each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

Yoenis Cespedes had two hits and drew a walk, Michael Conforto had a hit and drew a walk and Wilmer Flores drew a walk.  Dominic Smith had a hit and two RBI, Jose Reyes had a hit and Amed Rosario had a hit and two RBI.  Juan Lagares had a hit, Smith and Rosario each hit a homerun and the Mets were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

In the third Hicks hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Ellsbury hit a two-run homerun to extend the lead to 3-0.  In the sixth Sanchez hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 4-0.  In the seventh Smith hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 4-2.  In the eighth Sanchez hit a sac fly to make it 5-2.  In the ninth Rosario hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 5-4 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees have taken the first two games of the series and they will now head to Citi Field for the next two nights.