Mets Lose to Angels 3-2 Due to Offensive Struggles

 

Mets SS Francisco Lindor (Photo Credits to Jonathan Hui-USA Today Sports)

The New York Mets lost to the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 this afternoon at Angel Stadium to lose two out of three games in the series and dropped their record to 58-53.

LHP Jose Quintana had a scoreless bottom of the first, but gave up two runs in the bottom of the second on a wild pitch and later in the inning, a sacrifice fly to catcher Matt Thaiss.

Quintana gave up another run on a sacrifice fly by CF Kevin Pillar in the bottom of the third, but settled down after that with scoreless innings in the bottom of the fourth and fifth and was then taken out.

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

RHP Adam Ottavino followed with a scoreless bottom of the sixth.

LHP Danny Young came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the seventh.

RHP Phil Maton threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

In the top of the second, catcher Francisco Alvarez reached on an error with two outs and then 2B Jeff McNeil followed with a walk.

CF Harrison Bader then hit a RBI single.

In the top of the fifth, McNeil led off with a double and two batters later, SS Francisco Lindor drove him in with a RBI singe.

The Met offense struggled all game with men on base wasting several scoring opportunities.

Their best shot to tie the game came in the top of the eighth with runners on first and third and one out, but then 3B Mark Vientos grounded into a double play.

The offense went 2-10 with runners in scoring position leaving seven runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Monday, August 5 in a makeup game at the St. Louis Cardinals at 5:15 p.m.