Mets vs. Orioles Game 37 Recap

Mets RF Michael Conforto (Credits to Newsday.com)

The New York Mets beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-4 this afternoon to snap their five-game losing streak and improve their record to 16-21.  The offense got off to a fast start in the top of the first inning after DH J.D. Davis singled and RF Michael Conforto followed with a two-run homer.  The bats went quiet after that for the next few innings until the top of the fifth inning when SS Amed Rosario singled with two outs and Conforto came through again with an RBI double.  1B Pete Alonso broke out of his slump with a solo homer in the top of the sixth inning.  In the top of the seventh inning, Rosario led off with a single and D.H. J.D. Davis followed with a hit by pitch. Next Conforto came through once again with an RBI double.  In the top of the eighth inning, 2B Robinson Cano led off with a double and Alonso walked. CF Jake Marisnik followed with an RBI single. LF Jeff McNeil hit an RBI double to bring in Alonso with two outs and later in the inning Marisnik scored on a passed ball. Davis walked and Conforto capped off his stellar day with a RBI single, his fifth RBI of the game.

RHP Michael Wacha started out well with a 1-2-3 bottom of the first inning, but ran into trouble in the bottom of the second inning. Wacha gave up a triple to catcher Pedro Severino  after Marisnik crashed into the centerfield wall. LF Ryan Mountcastle then hit a RBI single.  Two batters later, 2B Pat Valiaka hit a single and then walked SS Andrew Valazquez to load the bases.  He hit CF Cedric Mullins to bring in tying run, but was able to get out of the inning with the game tied. Wacha threw a scoreless bottom of the third and was taken out after the inning. His final line was 3 innings, 4 hits, 2 runs, 1 walk and 2 strikeouts. LHP David Peterson came in next and threw four scoreless innings in relief in the bottom of the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings. Peterson gave up 2 hits and 2 walks and 1 strikeouts. He picked up his fourth win and lowered his ERA to 3.03.  RHP Miguel Castro followed in his Met debut and threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth inning. LHP Justin Wilson came on in the bottom of the ninth and gave up singles to Valiakak and Valasquez and after two strikeouts, he gave up a two-run single to DH Jose Iglesias that was helped out by throwing errors by Wilson and Alonso. Wilson came back to strike out former Met 1B Dilson Herrera to end the game.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon at home at Citi Field in a make-up game against the Yankees at 4:10 p.m.