Mets Lose to Rays 10-8 After Quintana Gets Shelled

 

Mets LHP Jose Quintana (Photo Credits to Kim Klement Neitzel-USA Today Sports)

The New York Mets lost to the Tampa Bays 10-8 tonight at Tropicana Field and dropped their record back to .500 at 16-16.

LHP Jose Quintana started out well with a scoreless bottom of the first, however it started to unravel in the bottom of the second.

Quintana allowed a RBI ground-out to CF Jonny DeLuca and then a RBI double to 3B Curtis Mead and a RBI single to 1B Yandy Diaz.

It all came apart for Quintana in the bottom of the third after he gave up a RBI single to former Met 2B Amed Rosario, a sacrifice fly to catcher Alex Jackson and then a two-run double by DeLuca.

Quintana gave up a RBI single to Diaz later in the inning and was then taken out.

His final line was 2.2 innings, 10 hits, eight runs, one walk and two strikeouts.

RHP Dedniel Nunez came in next and allowed one run in 2 1/3 innings.

LHP Danny Young threw two scoreless innings in the bottom of the seven and eighth innings.

The Met offense got on the scoreboard in the top of the second after 3B Brett Baty hit a three-run homer.

In the top of the fifth, RF Starling Marte drove in a run with a sacrifice fly and later in the inning, SS Francisco Lindor hit a two-run double, his third in the last two games.

1B Pete Alonso followed with a RBI double to break out of a 0-19 slump.

In the top of the ninth, Baty hit his second homer of the game and then LF Brandon Nimmo doubled with two outs, but Marte struck out to end the game.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Saturday, May 4 at the Rays at 7:15 p.m.