August 19th - Mets 6, Twins 1

Monday afternoon in Minnesota, Dillon Gee went 7 2/3 strong allowing just 1 unearned run, the Mets beat the Twins 6-1.  Gee continues to impress. His era in August has been stellar 1.72. Gee was never in jeopardy allowing just 7 hits, he walked 1 and struck out 9.  Offensively the Mets got to Kyle Gibson right from the get-go amassing 10 hits and 4 runs off the start making for a short day. Gibson only lasted 3 2/3 innings.  The Met scored single runs in the 1^st and 2^nd on rbi single by Andrew Brown and Eric Young Jr. In the 4^th the Mets scored 2 more times chasing Gibson on singles by Omar Quintanilla and Daniel Murphy.  Wilmer Flores added an rbi single in the 7^th ,  in the 9^th Marlon Byrd hit a solo homer (a career high tying 20^th on the season) to cap the Mets scoring.  Overall the Mets tallied 14 hits on the day, Young, Murphy, Byrd,  Brown, Flores, Juan Lagares and Quintanilla each had 2 hits apiece. The Twins scored an unearned run in the 7^th when an error by Murphy allowed Trevor Plouffe to score. Gee gets the win he improves to 9-8 on the season and lowers his era to 3.60. Scott Atchison pitched the 9^th for the Mets. Gibson takes the loss for the Twins he’s now 2-4. The Mets are now 57 up and 66 down on the year and 32-34 on the road. Tuesday night the Mets are back home in Flushing to face the scorching hot Braves and start a 9 game home stand.  Zach Wheeler (5-2  3.43) goes for the Mets. Brandon Beachy (2-0  4.50) deals for Atlanta. https://www.facebook.com/MetsForum