July 4th DBacks 5, Mets 4 -- 15 innings

July 4^th at Citifield, The Mets showed off some fireworks hitting solo homers twice in extra innings to stay alive, but the Diamondbacks held off the Mets to win in 15 innings 5-4.  In the top of the 13^th with the game tied at 2, David Aardsma walked Cody Ross with the bases juiced to make it 3-2 Dbacks. But then in the bottom of the 13^th Anthony Recker hit his 4^th homer on the season to tie it at 3. In the top of the 14^th, Martin Prado connected for an rbi single off Brandon Lyon to take a 4-3 lead. In the bottom of the inning, Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit his 2^nd homer to tie the game at 4. In the 15^th Cliff Pennington’s rbi single against Scott Rice made it 5-4. But, Brad Ziegler ended the drama and finally held the Mets down, retiring them 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 15^th to ice the win. Rice takes the loss he falls to 3-5. Ziegler gets the save.  Dillon Gee started the game for the Mets and pitched very well, going 7 strong allowing 6 hits, 2 runs (both earned) walked 2 and struck out 6.  Gee also added an rbi single in the 3^rd. Josh Satin went 1 for 6….his 6^th inning single extended his hitting streak to 10 straight games.  A highlight out of the pen Carlos Torres continues to impress tossing 3 shutout innings in relief allowing just 2 hits and striking out 2. With the loss the Mets fall to 35-47 (17-27 at home)Next up the Mets embark on a 9 game road trip that will take them up to the All-Star break. Friday the Mets are in Milwaukee Zach Wheeler (1-1   5.06) looks to rebound from his 1^st loss. Johnny Hellweg (0-1  20.25) goes for the Brewers. https://www.facebook.com/MetsForum