Mets vs. Pirates Game 64 Recap

The New York Mets defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight 11-2 to snap their 3 game losing streak and improve their record to 35-29. They remain 5 games out of first place in the National League East after the Washington Nationals defeated the Chicago Cubs. The Mets offense exploded for a season high 19 hits. 7 players had multi-hit games. 3B Wilmer Flores had 2 hits with 4 RBI's. Flores hit an RBI groundout, RBI single and 2 run homer. It was an encouraging day for Flores and has started to gain more confidence at the plate since he has become the every day 3B after David Wright got hurt. 2B Matt Reynolds had 3 hits with 2 RBI's. Reynolds hit a key  2 run double in the first inning to make it a 3-0 game. He has hit well since being called up and has earned the right to have more playing time. LF Kelly Johnson had 2 RBI's with a single and homer. This was Johnson's first homer with the Mets. Catcher Rene Rivera hit 2 RBI singles. He has done a great job behind the plate calling a game and his offense has been better than expected. He needs to remain the backup catcher once Travis d'Arnaud returns next week. 1B James Loney added an RBI double. RHP Noah Syndergarrd had his most dominant start of the year giving up just 1 run and 5 hits in 8 1/3 innings. He had 11 strikeouts and 0 walks. His fastball was as high as 100 miles per hour and was also mixing in a slider at 92 miles per hour. At one point during the game, Syndergarrd retired 17 Pirate hitters in a row. He has emerged as one of the best pitchers in the game. After Syndergarrd was taken out, RHP Jeurys Familia came in and picked up the last 2 outs.