Thursday, April 20, 2017

Mets vs. Phillies Game 16 Recap

The New York Mets lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4 tonight and lost two out of three games in the series. The Mets have now lost five out of their last six games.  RHP Noah Syndergarrd had his worst outing of the season allowing five runs (three earned)  on seven hits in seven innings. Syndergarrd had 10 strikeouts and gave up no walks. He picked up his first loss of the season. RHP Fernando Salas came in next and allowed a solo homer to Phillies 3B Maikel Francos and failed to get an out in the inning after allowing three hits. LHP Josh Edgin followed with a scoreless top of the eighth inning. RHP Jeurys Famila made his season debut in the top of the ninth and gave up two walks, but managed to get out of it with a scoreless inning.

The Mets offense was able to get one run in the bottom of the second inning on a RBI single by catcher Rene Rivera. 2B Neil Walker hit a 3 run homer in the bottom of the ninth. The Mets were unable to score for the rest of the game.

Injury Notes:
LF Yoenis Cespedes left the game with a left hamstring cramp according to team officials.

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