Mets Lose to Giants 5-4 After Robertson Blows Lead

 

Mets First Baseman Pete Alonso (Photo Credits to Cory Woodruff)

The New York Mets lost to the San Francisco Giants 5-4 tonight at Citi Field for their third consecutive loss and dropped their record to 36-46.

RHP Carlos Carrasco had a scoreless top of the first, but gave up a RBI single to SS Brandon Crawford in the top of the second.

Carrasco had scoreless innings in the top of the third and fourth, but then gave up a solo homer to former Met DH Wilmer Flores in the top of the fifth and was then taken out.

His final line was five innings, five hits, two runs, three walks and six strikeouts.

RHP Jeff Brigham came in next and threw 1.1 scoreless innings.

LHP Brooks Raley got the last two outs in the top of the seventh.

RHP David Robertson came on in the top of the eighth and after striking out Flores to lead off the inning, ran into trouble after 1B Pete Alonso made a costly fielder error which allowed RF Joc Pederson to reach 1B.

Robertson then walked another former Met 3B J.D. Davis and then gave up a three-run homer to catcher Patrick Bailey.

RHP Grant Hartwig threw a scoreless top of the ninth.

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after SS Francisco Lindor and then 2B Jeff McNeil followed with a RBI double.

In the bottom of the second, LF Tommy Pham led off with an infield single and then 3B Brett Baty grounded into a fielder's choice, but then Pham was able to advance to third on an error by 1B Lamonte Wade Jr.

In the bottom of the fifth, McNeil hit another RBI double.

In the bottom of the sixth, Pham continued his torrid stretch at the plate with a RBI single.

The Met offense's struggles with men on base continued after they went 0-5 with runners in scoring position leaving six runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, July 1 at home against the Giants at 4:10 p.m.